Ye Olde Rad Blog

Sex and the City has become surprisingly popular here. I always thought it was a corny chick-flick sit-com .. until I watched an episode with a friend, and found that it mirrors real-life situations enough to "ring true" in a pithy way.

The group watching it at the Rad ranch has grown. We now have quite a gathering cramming 'round the tube every Sunday night. Folks mysteriously show up right at show time. The more the merrier. It's becoming an event .. (like another HBO special: Def Poetry).

The girls don't like it when guys talk during the show. They shhhhush us. (I haven't been shhhush'ed since 4th grade.) Last night was the show's 85th episode. And next Sunday is the season finale. It starts back up in January.

Sex and the City is an HBO original series .. recently nominated for 13 Emmy awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series .. about four mostly-single girls (Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte & http://www.hbo.com/city/cast/character/miranda_hobbes.shtml
) .. and their trials & tribulation in their search for love in the Big Apple. It's not really about sex per se. Each girl reminds you of someone you know, and represents a particular type. They are all very different from one other (like the seasons: winter, spring, summer, fall).

After discovering the show, girls have been known to rent the videos for an entire season at Blockbuster and spend the weekend catching up on old episodes.