Posted in General on Jan 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
I am so tired of watching reruns of TV shows. I wish that the writers would settle their strike. I don’t know the specifics of their problems, but I am fed up with this strike. I am ready for the Office to have new episodes. This is one of the reasons I don’t like unions. [...]
Posted in General on Dec 26th, 2007 No Comments »
I have been watching Jericho on DVD and I love it. Like most shows, their lack of technological knowledge is baffling sometimes. I was watching the episode “Federal Response” when the power is restored and Skylar tries to check her email. Allison Hawkins comes up to assist her and tries to type a “Straight IP [...]
Posted in General on Oct 23rd, 2007 3 Comments »
A couple of months ago, I decided to put an UHF antenna on my roof to receive ATSC over the air HDTV signals. I knew that my neighborhood covenants said something about this, but frankly, I didn’t care. This month our quarterly newsletter was mailed. It addressed placement of satellite dishes and reiterated that no [...]
Posted in General on Apr 26th, 2007 2 Comments »
I recently decided to cancel my cable TV service since I am paying $51 for about 5 decent channels. So I called Insight Communications and canceled my service two days ago. Last night I have a message on my answering machine to call he who will remain nameless from Insight. I call this person and [...]
Posted in General on Feb 6th, 2007 3 Comments »
Snickers has pulled the ad that ran during the Super Bowl that had two men eating the same Snickers bar which caused them to accidentally kiss. They pulled this ad because Human Rights and Gay and Lesbian groups found it offensive. To be honest, it is the only commercial that I want to remember. I [...]
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