Bachelor In Paradise Update: If we’ve learned one thing from this season of Bachelor In Paradise, it’s that Ben Zorn is a dog guy. He loves dogs. He owns a dog. He admires women who love dogs. Most of his conversations revolve around the topic of dogs, especially his dog. In fact, rumor has it that Ben Z. will be the leading man in an upcoming spin-off from the Bachelor franchise. Twenty-five promising pedigrees will be moving into the Bachelor Doghouse. Each week Ben will be taking the canines on a series of group and one-on-one walks before deciding who to send home at each emotional leash ceremony. As the pack decreases in numbers, the pooches will look forward to the coveted Fantasy Kennel Date. In the end, Ben can only take one dog home to meet Zeus, his Rottweiler. See how it all goes down this fall, on the premiere season of “The Bark–chelor!”

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On Monday night, President Trump addressed the nation, preempting network television for about 30 minutes. Now, this caused a big problem because our DVR doesn’t know that the show it is recording has just been extended by a half hour. It keeps to its set schedule and promptly stops on the hour. I was on the ball enough to adjust the end time on the DVR for the show I was currently watching, the aforementioned Bachelor In Paradise. What I didn’t consider was the other show I was recording, So You Think You Can Dance. When Deb and I finally watched SYTYCD we realized our error about half way through the recording. Had we thought about it sooner, we could have pulled up the show “On Demand” instead. As it turned out, however, we were stuck be because “On Demand” does not let you fast forward. That means we would have had to watch the entire first hour again, something we weren’t going to do. We just ended up watching what we could on the DVR and googled a recap to find out who was voted off.

“On Demand” is a great service, but cable companies need to add an “unexpected interruption” feature to it. They have to know that DVRs are dropping show endings whenever there is breaking news, unplanned Presidential addresses, or any other event that preempts a show. Whenever this happens, the portion of the show that runs over the normal ending time needs to be a separate clip in the “On Demand” menu. Then you have the option of watching just what you missed when the DVR cuts off. That feature alone could make cable companies great again.

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I have sleep apnea and this week I received a shipment of supplies for my CPAP machine. Now, I realize the packaging is doing its best to make the apparatus appear more attractive, but I’m just not buying it.

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Life is short. Eternity is forever. Live for eternity. (Matt. 6:19-20)