A note to our readers

If you're reading this on a Sunday, thanks for hanging in there. We've had posting problems again.

We first noticed as we were attempting to get items up and Ty and Dallas both asked, "Where's Ava and C.I.'s TV review?" Written, read and humorous. But when it went to post, it didn't hit the site. It also didn't show up anywhere else. The other entries were in draft. Including a lengthy roundtable that we attempted to test by submitting it to post only to lose it again.

That's not post and also disappear from the drafts. We decided to forget the roundtable but Ava and C.I. were already at work recreating their review. They aren't sure whether this one is the better of the two or not. They had their notes on the show and some jokes they wanted to work in but they were starting all over in terms of writing the review. Having read both versions, we think the one being published is a stronger, tighter version. We are, however, aware that not only are Ava and C.I. very tough on their own TV reviews (if you think they skewer some shows, you should hear them talk down their reviews) but that both Ava and C.I. were falling asleep as they wrote. It was an all nighter for all of us but due to other issues, Ava and C.I. had been going since early Saturday morning. (The rest of us try to sleep in on Saturdays.)

They're not thrilled with the review but we think it's actually better than the earlier version. They're taking on Fox's new Prison Break which Ty says the network is advertising as a huge hit, so check out their review.

Our "Third Estate Sunday Review News Review" went up when we completed it. The editorial also made it up on the site and while we were having problems, we took comfort in the hope that readers seeing those two things would know we weren't taking the weekend off. We also felt that the issues addressed in those were important. How important?

Dona waived the one hour limit and we went ninety minutes on the news review. We could have gone on for two.

We also feature "5 CDs, Five Minutes." Jess pointed out that we're not doing enough on music and that's been echoed in some e-mails so we'll attempt to refocus.

As Ruth pointed out, Pacifica will air the John Roberts Jr. hearings so you can listen via them online or over the airwaves.

Thanks to Isaiah (and C.I.) for permission to repost his comic. Thanks to Maria for the Democracy Now! headlines. Thanks to Dallas for not only being the "link king" but also for speaking in the news review. That's the first time he's agreed to do that. Perhaps we should all pull a C.I. and just put him on the spot? We think he did a great job and gave us all a good idea of what the area two shelters for refugees are in.

Thanks to Cedric for his help with the news review. Thanks to Betty, Kat, Elaine, and Mike and for their help on all the features.

Thanks to C.I. for suggesting that we delink our new round of links. We have left one in because we like the site and had told the person who runs it that we'd include it. We're not sure if the new round of links caused the problems or not. We only know that after we added them, the problems started and when we took them down, we could post again.


Ava and C.I. had planned to do a DVD review of The Morning After this edition (as well as another feature they did solo that's lost and they'll try to recreate it at a future point). But when that came up, Ty informed us that it was his favorite Jane Fonda film. So this is a Third Estate Sunday Review piece done by The Third Estate Sunday Review (Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I. Yes, we say C.I. is a Third Estate Sunday Reviewer.)


We have great blog spotlights but we especially hope you'll check out "Food For Thought" (read our opening) which highlights C.I.'s "Should This Marriage Be Saved?"

Hopefully there is something here that you'll enjoy or that will enrage you. See you next week.

-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.