TV Tonight

New Burn Notice on USA tonight!

On SyFy, we have two premiers, Mary Knows Best, and The Paranormal Files. If Mary Knows Best is really a reality show, I suspect it's going to be as boring as 99% of the other reality shows. It might not be, though, because I saw the actor who portrays Mary on another show, so it may not really be a reality show. As for The Paranormal Files, you wouldn't think that ghosts could possibly be boring, but SyFy made Ghost Hunters about as fun as watching paint dry. I have very low expectations for both of these. Ghost Hunters, in fact, went to a place that I've been and saw some exciting paranormal activity,  but they found nothing, so I have some serious doubts about them.

Other than that, there's not much going on here. I just mainly wanted to let you know about Burn Notice.

Have a great evening!

Just a Quick Note

There's a new Psych on USA tonight!

I've had a busy day today, and really can't sit here and write much, so this is just a quick note.

The repairman came early today and installed the card. Gee, It's SO hard, I have no idea why they couldn't just give it to me and let me install it myself. But if they did that, they couldn't try to get an additional $32 from me! I hate Comcast!

But it does work beautifully, and I can get all my channels now.

There was a new Doctor Who on Saturday, and I missed it, but it'll be on again on this coming Saturday along with a whole marathon of the Doctor! I can't wait!

I have to get going now.

Just Another Tuesday

There's not too much to talk about today. I've been busy trying to earn some money by finding neat stuff to sell in the website I'm putting together. I think I've found at least one super product that all you knitters are going to love!

Of course, there will be patterns in both printed and PDF format, and I'm working on those, too. But until I get some of the products I want to sell and test them, I'm going to be a boring person who's busy with other things.

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Tonight is the premier of Covert Affairs and White Collar on USA! I'm really excited about Covert Affairs! 

That's Christopher Gorham and Piper Perabo shown above. If I understand it correctly, it'll be spy fi, but with the usual USA twist.

I'm still waiting to get the card installed tomorrow by the Comcast repairman in a policy that's intended to rip off customers. I still hate Comcast! Until it's installed, I can see some TV, but not everything. They really seem to be trying to punish me for getting a TiVo (translation: a DVR that actually works as opposed to the piece of malfunctioning junk I got from them).

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I have lots to do at the moment, I just wanted to check in with you and let everyone know that I'm still alive and haven't forgotten you.

In the meantime, have fun, and I'll be back with another post in a couple of days!

Just Another Tuesday

There's not too much to talk about today. I've been busy trying to earn some money by finding neat stuff to sell in the website I'm putting together. I think I've found at least one super product that all you knitters are going to love!

Of course, there will be patterns in both printed and PDF format, and I'm working on those, too. But until I get some of the products I want to sell and test them, I'm going to be a boring person who's busy with other things.

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Tonight is the premier of Covert Affairs and White Collar on USA! I'm really excited about Covert Affairs! 

That's Christopher Gorham and Piper Perabo shown above. If I understand it correctly, it'll be spy fi, but with the usual USA twist.

I'm still waiting to get the card installed tomorrow by the Comcast repairman in a policy that's intended to rip off customers. I still hate Comcast! Until it's installed, I can see some TV, but not everything. They really seem to be trying to punish me for getting a TiVo (translation: a DVR that actually works as opposed to the piece of malfunctioning junk I got from them).

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I have lots to do at the moment, I just wanted to check in with you and let everyone know that I'm still alive and haven't forgotten you.

In the meantime, have fun, and I'll be back with another post in a couple of days!

Comcast Strikes Again!

The cords that weren't included with the TiVo arrived on Wednesday and I called Comcast to schedule a repairman to come out and take the old box and install the card(s) the TiVo needs. Prior to this, they had told me that they would have someone out here the day after I got the TiVo set up.

But when the time actually came, they insisted they couldn't get anyone out here before Thursday of next week. After a little discussion, they said I could bring the DVR back to the office, hand it in, and they would give me a card to install myself.

I should have known better. They've promised me things before (like TV that doesn't break up, freeze, go to black or lose the sound) and they haven't delivered all that in the last three and a half years.

After a 5-1/2+ hour trip, I'm home minus the DVR (they did accept that), and without a card or cards for the TiVo. The person I spoke to on the phone said that they would have a card waiting for me at my local office in Dale City, but they not only didn't, they said that they never give out cards, and that they have to be installed by a repairman. So, she gave me an appointment for between 2 and 5 pm on Wednesday. Then she said "That'll cost $32!" I explained to her very carefully that it would not cost me anything because of the agreement they have with my apartment complex.

Well, it's obvious to me that, although there may be some people who are reluctant to try something like that themselves, it's just a moneymaking scam to refuse to give out the cards and insist on installing them. I'm also thinking it's a scam to give bad service and then insist that customers pay to have the problems Comcast makes for them fixed! As I said, they can't charge me for service calls. But they've already told me on the phone that service calls are $70 each, and they send them out without even asking you if you want service.

Once again with feeling, "I HATE COMCAST!"

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I bought a bookmark through Etsy that arrived yesterday. That link will take you to another bookmark made by the person who made mine. Here's the one I got.

I've been using it all day while I was riding around on the bus, and it's so pretty! The photo doesn't do it justice. When I get outside in the sun, it shines and sparkles!

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ABC Family is having another Harry Potter weekend! The Closer will be new on Monday (I think), and Covert Affairs will be starting on Tuesday. I can't wait! There's a new Doctor Who on Saturday on BBC in America, but I won't be able to see it because I can't get some of the stations without a card in my TiVo!

Have a fabulous weekend!

The Middleman Vs. Warehouse 13

I, like most of you, watched the brand new season premier of Warehouse 13 last night and loved it!

Not surprisingly, I found lots about it on the internet today, mostly on io9. There's an article, ostensibly about Warehouse 13, but with a lot about The Middleman, too! Warning: there are spoilers in the links and ahead.

I'm intimidated about writing anything about the show after reading that masterful review, though. There's lots I'd like to say, but mostly, it's already been said in the link from Warehouse 13 above.

I really like the relationship between Artie and Claudia. It reminds us that Artie knew Claudia when she was a kid, although it's hard to think of Claudia as anything but an adult, even when she was shorter. I have a friend like that, Sara, who may have been short when she was 7, but could hold her own in any adult conversation. I was a little disappointed that Claudia's brother fell about 20 feet, and all we heard about it was that he broke his leg.

I was delighted that H.G. Wells was portrayed as a woman, though. There have been too many things that have been done/invented by women that men took the credit for. The thing that leaps to mind is Eli Whitney and the cotton gin, which was actually invented by his sister, but credited to him because, at the time, a woman could not legally hold a patent.

I also especially enjoyed the text on the screen every time they showed Cern!

To find out more about the future of Warehouse 13, check out this interview with Allison Scagliotti, who plays Claudia. It also has some information about the future of Eureka, which premiers Friday night on SyFy (of course).

Oh, and there's a Warehouse 13 contest, too! Check it out!

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There's going to be a third Men In Black movie! Find out more about it here!

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There's a Doctor Who marathon currently going on BBC in America. It's been on for a while, so hurry, or you'll miss it!

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I've been working on the first sock with the yarn I bought over the weekend, and I really love the faded denim colorway!

I've finished as much of it as I have mainly because I'm being entertained by watching the patterns developing. Fun for the feebleminded!

I have to get back to my super secret project for the Lion Brand Yarn Imagination Contest. The contest closes at the end of this month, and it has to be done! I'm not saying anything else about it except that I ordered some more stuff to make it, and I have just a bit more to get to finish the project.

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I'm currently high bidder on ebay for the camera I talked about yesterday. I've bid the absolute maximum that I thought I could afford to spend, so if someone else bids more in the next 2-1/4 hours, I'm out of luck.

In a way, I'm also out of luck if I win it, because I just balanced my checkbook, and there's less in there than I thought there was. I'm going to have to find more stuff to sell on Craig's List. 

I'd love to get the camera, though, even if it means that I'll be a bit hungry at the end of the month.

Wish me luck!

I have lots of stuff to do today, so that's all there is for the moment.

Have a fabulous middle-of-the-week!

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Addition:

The auction is over and I didn't get the camera. The bid stayed the same with me in the lead for over 24 hours, and there must have been at least 3 bids in the last 15 seconds. It would have been a problem for me to pay for it, but I'm really disappointed I didn't get it.

Oh, well, maybe next month.