We can do better!

Trying to power through the last of the Tinder cardigan I'm knitting for Wax, Sunday I wound up watching first Ask This Old House and then This Old House, a New-England based renovation show that conveniently has all its episodes available streaming at its website.

It's surprisingly fascinating to watch various kinds of fixing and tinkering and building - maybe even more so than I usually find interior design shows (even though I do love interior more in theory, but I tend to find the shows vapid or the results ugly).

I think this captures the element I always enjoyed most about Project Runway:
watching skilled experts practice their craft to solve various appropriate problems while explaining what they're doing. This show doesn't spend most of its time on stupid interpersonal drama like Project Runway, or even the 15% or so on Human Interest Stories and Uplifting Speeches that you get on Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

Anyway, Wax also got instantly hooked and I've been watching it for three evenings of knitting in a row. Also picked up some interesting tips and some new vocabulary, though I imagine I won't be getting a great deal of use out of either as they're pretty specialized.

Also greatly enjoyed: the New England accent.