February 21, 2025: The Bauer Power

I was king of the world back in the TiVo days. Master of my TV universe.

That little black box was peak tech. A total game-changer. And that’s when (early 2000s) I had my first binging experience.

“Mass consumption” wasn’t a thing when I was a kid. If you loved a show, you had to wait forever — a whole week — for the next episode. And if you missed one, good luck catching a rerun anytime soon.

The first show I ever binged? 24. Bauer power.

Even with today’s endless streaming options, I’m not much of an on-the-couch-marathon-the-entire-season kind of guy. I can’t sit that long. But thanks to Snowpalooza this week, Jess and I blitzed through Landman Season 1.

10 episodes, 5 days. Wrapped up the finale tonight. It may or may not have involved pizza and brownies.

And somewhere, my old TiVo is still trying to record every episode of The Andy Griffith Show. Godspeed, little buddy.