Molasses

The internet was like molasses today.  This was the first weekend after the semester started.  It was also rainy, so everybody staid indoors.  Doing what?  I think I have an idea.

Last week, I had lunch with Happy, who works at the Sino-German Exchange program at Ocean University of China.  Her English is perfect (thoughtful and deliberate, to be sure, but perfect).  She has worked with a number of people from Texas A&M during her time at OUC, and she seems at least as familiar with Texas A&M (where I work) as I am.  Although she has never lived in the US, or even been there for a visit, she also knows American television much, much better than I do.  Admittedly, this is a low bar, but her knowledge of American television seems to me to be substantial.  So, what does she like to do in her spare time?  She watches American television series, naturally.  She downloads them from some Chinese web site.

Given the syrupy nature of the internet today, I imagine this is a common pastime.

So please, Mr. Comcast, come to China and provide everybody with American cable TV (subtitled, of course, not dubbed -- better for practicing English).  This will free up the internet for my proposals, papers, and tech blogs.  Thank you in advance.