TiVo!

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I have stepped into the 21st century. That’s right, you are looking at the latest owner of a TiVo device. It is all setup and working and in the few minutes I’ve had to test it (pause live TV, etc.) it is working just as advertised. Not only that, [...]

My TVs are working again

The DirecTV service people got her at about 9:40 AM. They were great. They too suspected it was kids who pulled the dish and pole out of the ground. They said that technically, vandalism isn’t covered by the insurance, but they said as long as they didn’t have to dig or replace the pole, they [...]

Halloween morning

I didn’t have the greatest night’s sleep last night for the first time in quite a while. I had “fever dreams”, even thought I have no fever and am not in any way sick. I just kept waking up from the same set of strange dreams throughout the night, and though I went to bed [...]

What to do when there is no TV

When there is no TV, it would appear the thing to do is to be on the phone. In the course of the last two hours or so, I’ve had four phone calls. First, I spoke to jen_ashlock who told me all about their trip upstate. Next, I talked to Doug. We hadn’t talked in [...]

Bathroom talk

Here is the situation: 3 urinals are set in a wall. A person occupies the leftmost and rightmost urinal, making the middle one the only that is available. Naturally, that’s the one you use. Now add to this situation the fact that the guy on the left and right of you are having an in-depth, [...]

Top-earning dead celebrities

In one of it’s more obscure lists, Forbes recently released its list of top-earning dead celebrities. At the top of the list (and the reason it was newsworthy) was Kurt Cobain, who recently overtook Elvis as the top dead earner ($50 million in the last year alone). But of all of the celebrities on the [...]

To Nanuet!

On Friday I was wondering what to do with my long Veteran’s Day weekend. It looks as though I will be heading up to Nanuet to visit Norm and Vicky for the weekend. Our agents have met and various contract issues have been hammered out, and that cleared the way for a weekend visit. It [...]

What a difference an hour makes

It was light out crossing the Potomac on the train this morning and so I guess that means we really did “fall back” an hour this weekend. I’m not sure however. My phone still says it’s 8:40 AM, even though the time on it is sync’d with my local T-Mobile network. Perhaps T-Mobile decided to [...]

Jeans, cleans, books and screens

I was actually fairly productive for a Sunday, one in which I slept in later than usual because I was up late last night. I did a fair amount of cleaning this morning. I cleaned the kitchen, the bathroom, vacuumed the house, and did a ton and a half of laundry. Then I headed over [...]

Happy Anniversary, Jen and Jason

Today is jen_ashlock and Jason’s one year wedding anniversary. They got married at the Southcoast Winery in Temecula, California, and it was a great wedding. I can’t believe a year has already gone by. Anyway, I just wanted to wish Jen and Jason a very happy anniversary.

DirectTV Protection Plan

I woke up this morning to find that the post with my DirecTV dish had blown over in the winds last night (strong winds). I remounted the post as best I could but it is not aligned properly and so naturally, I’m not getting a satellite signal on my TVs. I pay an extra $6/month [...]

Daylight saving ends

This was kind of cool. Half an hour ago I watched the clock on my computer change from 1:59 AM to 1:00 AM. Kinda like jumping back in time.

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