Today I’ve been trying to do school stuff, and I actually have managed to do some. I’ve also done some kitchen cleaning, some bathroom cleaning, some household laundry, and some errand running. I would do more school stuff — at my age, maybe there isn’t a lot of time to waste, yes? — but my thoughts are skittering a bit. Okay, fine. Lifetime is running the “Medium” series, pilot episode on now, and I didn’t see the show new because I was working a horrible overnight shift at the time. Good show, BTW, if a bit uncomfortable…sometimes fictional dialog is just a little too reminiscent of past reality.

Normally, when seeking televised diversion, I would watch HGTV, or maybe catch some “Bones.” But the lineup on HGTV tonight just doesn’t grab me and TNT’s self-promotion commercials were jarring. Not because commercials are annoying, although they often are. No, I can’t veg out and just absorb into the fiction because the folks at TNT have made a grammatical error that a reasonably intelligent person from a good high school or maybe a community college should have spotted and remedied long ago. But it appears that grammar is not a high priority with the folks at TNT. For months they have been airing their “More Movie. Less Commercials.” ads. ARGH!! No, no, no, no, NO! Commercials are individual, countable units. Isn’t the state of American education sad enough without a major broadcaster proving, multiple times each day, that Americans can’t properly manipulate the English (American style) language?

“More movie. Fewer commercials.”

“More movie. Fewer commercials.”

“More movie. Fewer commercials.”

I kind of doubt anyone in the TNT offices will read this, so I probably won’t be able to actually relax watching their channel until they change to a whole new ad campaign. Meanwhile, looks like Lifetime has gained a viewer.