Hot damn, channel 57 came back! (Cable TV subscribers never lost it; the malfunction had to do with WCVE's ability to send a free broadcast signal.) It's our second-shot PBS: nearly all of the same shows, run at different times, so one stands a better chance at catching This Old House, say. City Council meetings air on it, too, heaven help us. I once bought a lunch with then-Mayor Kaine at a charity auction. On a hot summer day -- when a day camp bus had broken down, or failed to show, or something ultra-stressful -- we met for a meal at the Tobacco Company. We talked about his commitment to making meetings available on free TV: one more reason for my crush on him. That, plus the fact that J and I once saw the mayor and his kids at an R-Braves game in the cheap seats.