I'm headed to DC this T-giving weekend and with a TiVo full of stuff, I had to empty the thing out this weekend or I'd just lose out on all the upcoming's week's shows.

So I chose to take all the West Wings on there (all 13 of them) and transfer them to VHS format (Derek is going to love it that he has 13 episodes to watch over the 4 day weekend upcoming).

Anyway, while I was recording them, I was 'working' on my computer and doing other things. But I did catch enough of the tit-for-tat to know that what Derek said the other day was true. That at the simple stroke of a search engine, any screenwriter can fill an hour episode with obscure facts and minutiae...that while making shows interesting and the banter good between the cast members, the shows are, in a way, 'ruined' by Google.

Oh yeah, it's really cool to think that a president, like Bartlett, can convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, just like that, or know the percentage of (fill in the blank) on a moment's notice.

But really, does anyone these days really have all this information at their fingertips?

OK, I guess they do, but only if they have a keyboard handy, internet access and Google.

Otherwise, I rather doubt that it just pops out of their head while walking the halls of the West Wing.

Still, it makes for a great show! And look out future Trivial Pursuit challengers...I may just take you on!!