Welcome to the last day of summer and this morning it feels it but by the afternoon it is supposed to be up in the 80's. Who says this is the last day? Of summer weather anyway.

Hurricane Rita (sounds like Katrina) is heading right for Galveston. Little Paul used to go to Galveston beach with his mom and dad. I have memories of being at the beach and frolicking in the water with my dad. I lived in Texas growing up, not very far from Galveston beach. Very fond memories.

Wednesday, once the home to popular shows such as Green Acres, Lost In Space, Dynasty, and Eight Is Enough. This year I'll be watching the behemoth Lost and the new mystery show or Lost Part II, Invasion. Lost ended the season with a so-so finale, it started out exciting but was disappointing. This season we are supposed to find out what is in the hatch during the first episode but, naturally, that will lead to more questions. The show did a great job of sustaining the suspense last season and the character development was handled deftly. This season let's stay out of lame territory and keep the story fresh and exciting and keep killing of major characters. I'm not talking about killing someone every week but I do think that it's not believable that everyone would keep surviving. People die, even on an island.

Invasion, the new show in the vein of Lost, offers mystery, conspiracy and "monsters." Its premiere episode also has the misfortune of featuring an eerily familiar disaster, a devastating hurricane. Supposedly ABC stood up to pressure to edit the show and it didn't budge when pressured to postpone the show. It looks promising and will no doubt feature weekly cliffhangers, however, the chances that it will be as clever or interesting as Lost are slim.

Network Notches: CBS: 1 ABC: 4 Fox: 5 NBC: 0

Well that's it for now. Enjoy your day,

paul