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And best of all, there's time now to watch them!

I forget where I first saw this linked, but CBS is streaming a bunch of the early seasons of Star Trek: TOS and The Twilight Zone* up on their website for free. For those who've never watched The Twilight Zone before, a bunch of old Simpsons episodes are about to make a lot more sense.

William Shatner appeared in three of the five shows they have posted (though not necessarily in the seasons currently up now). I find his omnipresence oddly reassuring.

*Also MacGyver, Hawaii Five-0, and, uh, Melrose Place, if that's your thing.

Target Opens

The Target is open! Ahead of schedule, too. I stopped by tonight to check the place out, and it's not bad. For the most part, just a bog-standard Target, though they do have a Starbucks and a decently stocked groceries section (though they don't carry produce). Of course the Park Rd. Giant is only a block away, so I don't think many people will be doing their main food shopping at Target, but it's a nice supplement.

Disappointing discovery: despite what the Washingtonian reported, I didn't see any beer or wine for sale inside. Did I just miss it?

Also, Columbia Heights has now joined the elite ranks of those neighborhoods with two separate Starbucks across the street from each other. Be proud, fellow residents, for we have arrived.

All in all, I'm happy with the new place. The creeping suburbanization of the neighborhood (particularly the big parking garage that's accompanying the shopping center) is not totally ideal, but it's nice to not need to trek out to Maryland for shopping trips. Now if only we can get that REI...

Pwned by HBO

I admit it: I caved. I wanted to wait until Sunday to watch the series finale of The Wire, I really did. But I'm leaving for Costa Rica on Saturday, and I don't have a lot of confidence in HBO's Central American market penetration.

So I fired up the old On Demand, selected episode 60, and settled in. This is what I saw:

Sheeeeeeeeeeeiiiiit. Nobody better spoil it for me before I get back.