AAAGH! Home Improvement Shows Are Killing Me!! Hi There! This is an odd letter to write, but I just felt compelled to do so after visiting your site. For some sick and bizarre reason I have become completely obsessed with the new breed of home-improvement type shows (which would make a semblence of sense were I to actually OWN a home), and I guess I am reaching out to you to explain why?! You see, I usually tune in to The Learning Channel to watch fat old medical examiners pull larvae out of corpses or to witness a western journalist's attempts to blow the minds of Baka Pygmies with swatches of velcro and canned ravioli. Lately, however, I've been tuning in and alternating between Trading Spaces and it's infuriatingly cheery host, who seems to be an amalgam of Sandy Duncan, Shelly Long, and the residual effects of a life of drinking diet-cola, and your show, While You Were Out. Both shows seem to share the same "How much can these designers shatter the world of the common man" motif, but your's edges the other out in the "abuse the carpenter" department (I'm waiting for the episode in which he finally loses it and runs naked around a burning effigy of Chayse with an upside down cross carved into his chest) and biting wit. After watching what seemed like 8 hours of these shows back to back I visited the TLC (not the Scrubs one) and came across the link to your site, which I found very entertaining!! I especially appreciated your take on the criticism you recieved from that magazine (evil bastards!). As a writer/musician, I've had my share of negative press and my response to it is always the same; Attempted Suicide. It seems no matter how much good feedback one gets, the negative feedback is what sticks to the wall and throbs and grows into a giant, mocking beast that sucks you into it's gaping maw and chews you up like so much gristle. Or maybe that's just me. In any event, I enjoy your work. Here's hoping for a Trading Spaces/While You Were Out crossover episode in which you beat Paige senseless with a snow shovel. Cheers! Jim Reilly James Reilly Webmaster: Horrorview: The Last Gasp in Horror Entertainment www.horrorview.com Home Syndicated Column News Archive Good Day New York While You Were Out Lovers Lounge Fashion Police Photo Gallery Video Gallery Mailing List Books and Music Resume