››that tv guy
by Rick Polito
taken to a small WyoFRiday, Feb, 14 Winter Olympics at ming town by federal this point, we begin to wonder how many agents. this couple’s different kinds of figure skating they could come up with if they really tried. Skate break counseling option may not be available dancing? Mixed martial arts skating? Skate limbo? Lambada, the forbidden skate? NBC. in your area. (2009) Lifetime. 6pm. 8pm. be My valentine, Charlie Star-Crossed ten years after brown the round-headed their space ship crashes on kid finally gets a date with earth, seven alien children the cute little red-headed are integrated into a suburgirl. We imagine this is ban high school where they going to turn out like Lucy become the first teenagers and the football and Charlie ever to feel isolated and difwill end up going home to ferent. CW. 8pm. Internet porn. ABC. 8pm. the iron Lady Meryl Streep June in January When stars as Margaret thatcher, her fiancè gets a job offer, the United Kingdom’s prime a woman has just three minister beloved by British weeks to plan her wedding. conservatives as “Ronald ReaOn ESPN2, they’re airing gan in drag.”(2011) The Movie this as It Takes Three Weeks Channel. 9:40pm. to Plan a Wedding? (2014) Good grief! Friday, 8pm. Hallmark Channel. 10pm. tueSday, Feb. 18 Frontline In “Generation Like,” we learn how teenagers SatuRday, Feb, 15 Mythbusters We’re guessing, catching a greased pig is about as are targeted and courted by social marketing companies. this is really nothing new. hard as it sounds. the “myth” is whether the Who can forget James Dean’s tortured pig secretly wants to be caught. Discovery “You’re tearing me apart!” Channel. 8pm. tweet in Rebel Without a Data Stake Land a hardened Plan? KQED. 9pm. vampire hunter and a 28 days Later a man awakyoung man cross an amerens from a coma to find that ica overcome by a vampire a virus has turned most of plague that has turned evethe population into ravenrybody into soulless bloodous zombies. We’ve been sucking leaches, who drain wondering if they could just the life from the world combine this with Sandra and give nothing back. If Bullock’s 28 Days. then the you listen to Glenn Beck, zombies could just go into you may believe this has rehab and confront their already happened. (2010) human brains addiction. The Movie Channel. 9pm. Inspiring dieters since 1983... Tuesday at 10. (2002) Sundance Channel. 9pm. Sunday, Feb. 16 Winter 900 Pound Man: Race Olympics they keep addagainst time Physicians refer to people ing snowboarding events too. this year it 900 pounds and up as “Jabba class.” The was “slope style,” building on the success of Learning Channel. 10pm. such youth-trending events as “half pipe,” “cutting lift lines” and “waiting in the parking WedneSday, Feb. 19 nature In “honey lot for your parents to pick you up.” Badgers: Masters of Mayhem,” we learn that NBC. 7pm. the breakfast Club Which character you they can actually be quite gentle creatures most identify with says a lot about your and the viral video just caught him on a bad day. KQED. 8pm. worldview. Yeah, we know, bravo’s top 10 vacations you were totally Judd Nelthese are way better than son in school. But we’ve “the Learning Channel’s top seen your yearbook pic10 Vacations.”those all end at ture. You were anthony a Wal-Mart with a shopping Michael hall. Sorry. (1985) cart full of midgets and child ABC Family. 9pm. beauty contestants battling R ambo this was the coming-out-of-retirement If, like us, you found ‘The Breakfast lapsed amish teens and notso-real botox’d housewives Rambo. he still fights the Club’ highly annoying, you were of Orange County. Bravo. bad guys but he has handi- Principal Vernon... Sunday, 9pm. 9pm. cap plates on his hummer. Sex Sent me to the eR a graphic reminder (2008) Spike TV 10:30pm. why you should only buy sex toys from a trusted manufacturer. The Learning Channel. MOnday, Feb, 17 did you Hear about 10pm. Y the Morgans? after witnessing a murder, a married couple on the brink of divorce is Critique That TV Guy at letters@pacificsun.com. 6 Pacific Sun February 14 -February 20, 2014
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The importance of shopping local Keep your dollars in the county, folks ... by Bob Heine n
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love working for the Pacific Sun. This is a great community filled with people who care. Over the next few weeks, I will be sharing ideas on how we can work together. The first idea is to shop local. Marin is a great place to live. To maintain a healthy economy, readers of the Pacific Sun should reach out and support our local businesses. Our communities are unlike anywhere else in the world. By choosing to support locally owned businesses, you help maintain our towns’ diversity and distinctive flavors. Locally owned businesses build strong neighborhoods by linking neighbors and by contributing to local causes, including nonprofits. Do you know that the Pacific Sun is the only locally owned independent media company whose sole mission is serving Marin County? I live in Tiburon, I work in San Rafael. Most of my staff live and shop in Marin. When you read a story or see an advertisement in the Pacific Sun, you should know and care that it was produced locally. Readers of the Pacific Sun should especially support our advertisers. Tell them that you saw their advertisement in the Pacific Sun. If your favorite store is not in the Sun, tell them you want to see them in the Sun. Your dollars spent in locally owned businesses have three times the impact on our community as dollars spent at national chains. Shop local and shop with advertisers who support the Pacific Sun. Y Email Bob at bheinen@pacificsun.com.
››triviA cAfé
by Howard rachelson
1. Identify the highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded in San Rafael (both end with zero, in Fahrenheit). 2. Virtually every plant, but no animal, contains what essential bio-molecule? 3. Which actors played father and daughter in the 1950 comedy Father of the Bride, and what comedic actors played nervous parents in the 1991 remake?
3a
4. The only two countries whose names begin with “A” but do not end with “A” are located in Asia. What are they?
3b
5. The quotation: “A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read” can be attributed to what witty American writer, who died in 1910? 6. How do roulette wheels in American casinos differ from those in European casinos? 7. A group of geese on the ground is known by a six-letter word and a group of geese in the air is known by a five-letter word. What are they? 8. What large country in 1920 was the world’s first to legalize abortion? 9. Pulitzer Prizes are given out each year in journalism, literature, music and art. The main office of the Pulitzer Prize is located on the campus of what university? 10. American football has unusual position names, like quarterback and tight end. Can you identify two positions with 10-letter (single word) names? BONUS QUeStiON: What is the smallest whole number whose name contains the letter “A”? Howard Rachelson invites you to a free Team Trivia Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley, starting at 6:30pm. Have a great question? Send it in to howard1@triviacafe.com and if we use it, we’ll give you credit!
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