The deal with Sinclair broadcasting is done. Time Warner and Sinclair got their respective shit together so Homer, Jack Bauer, et al. are all staying put. This was a nationwide thing. Los Angeles was sweating losing their ABC affiliate. The whole thing was that Sinclair didn't like the existing arrangement. That being we put Fox and My TV commercials on the cable channels like we do for 2,4, and 7. Their argument being that since more people watch 24 than watch Trading Spaces, the cable company should pay a fee since a fee gets paid to TLC for Trading Spaces. This whole scenario was playing out in all the former Adelphia areas, but it's done now. And the clerk at Spot who saw my Time Warner dog tags yesterday can now shut his pie-hole.
Elsewhere, I was running some errands before work yesterday and saw the moving trucks in front of the Albright Knox yesterday. Couldn't tell if they were moving out or in, but the whole thing is troublesome. What the gallery is giving up ain't coming back. Is what is coming that valuable that a priceless collection needs forever compromised? I don't think so. You could make the argument that if the operating budget couldn't permit the purchases, maybe they shouldn't be buying. Guess that makes too much sense.
Hope all the snowbirds are happy. Side effect of the late starting snow is that all the plow guys are too. I took my car for an oil change yesterday at the Valvoline place on Delaware and nearly didn't make it. The entrance has a pretty steep incline and I had to slalom my way up to make the garage door without falling back to Delaware.
Domestic responsibilities made it impossible to get to the party, but Happy Birthday anyhoo (e:Paul) . Hope a grand time was had.
I've yet to meet (e:joshua) in person but I trust his beer judgement implicitly. Got some Tetley's from TOPS and it rocks.
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01/20/2007 10:08 #37790
Fox TV and other ass gripersCategory: mental mcnuggets
01/18/2007 22:22 #37767
Grey's made me call my DadCategory: fatherman
Bastards! sniff
And then my phone rang....warm fuzzy
And then my phone rang....warm fuzzy
01/18/2007 07:58 #37756
Curse you, domestic responsibilites!!Category: fatherman
In news that matters to well.....me, I can't get to the latest PMT fest which is a bit of a downer. I seem to be in an every other party mode which I suppose is better than nothing. The monk's life is not for me. I have found that if you leave your apartment periodically, you might (gasp) meet other humans and interact with them. Boggles the mind it does.
I am sorry I'll miss it. The NYE party was like a irish wedding: beautiful women, flame retardant frocks, bumfuzzled men (wait that was just me) and drinks a flowing.
I'm remember turning 30, the early 90s were a different time and my hair was a different color.
Happy Birthday, Paul. My fellow aquarian. I'll be celebrating my 13th anniversary of turning 30 in a couple of weeks. Have a great day, good sir.
I am sorry I'll miss it. The NYE party was like a irish wedding: beautiful women, flame retardant frocks, bumfuzzled men (wait that was just me) and drinks a flowing.
I'm remember turning 30, the early 90s were a different time and my hair was a different color.
Happy Birthday, Paul. My fellow aquarian. I'll be celebrating my 13th anniversary of turning 30 in a couple of weeks. Have a great day, good sir.
01/16/2007 22:51 #37721
The Shawshank ReductionTim Robbins picks out the wrong record. Make me chuckle and wish I was better with audio software.
carolinian - 01/17/07 03:04
Simple, yet clever. I like.
Simple, yet clever. I like.
01/14/2007 13:49 #37681
My mental remote controlCategory: feh!
Third straight Sunday, I made it back to church. Couldn't tell you if anything happened. Work is so preoccupying little vignettes started playing out in my head about what is to come in the next week or so in cable land. There is the distinct possibility that I'll get a chance to interview for my former post (If life was fair, it should just be given to me, but we all know about life). I'd like to do those things again, but it would be with a juandiced eye toward some of the collaborators. I thought there were tight friendships there, but that was only partially the case. Two women I worked with are fine. The rest of the staff there subscribe to the "If you are in the room, you get to play, if not, we don't know you" school.
The whole experience has left me professionally frustrated and socially retarded. There's no shortage of people willing to lecture you at work, but a dearth of people intrested in just helping out. This all came to me this morning. I'm standing the church hall, not mixing with anybody because I'm full for the work folly and it remains a hot topic.
Frustrating thing being is that I thought I was home. Good job and good reviews for doing the job. Now, I look to how I'm getting used and abused and thinking thank fuck for the decent health insurance. Guess I'm resenting how what should be what you do for eight hours a day is seeping beyond that eight hours when it doesn't deserve too.
There, got that off my chest.
Fun going bargain hunting at Borders yesterday. Took the youngins and we sought out new literature. Martin Amis for me, Traveling Pants for darling moody middle child, and Batman for Number one Son. The promise of expanding intellectuallism seemed worthy of a reward at Krispy Kreme. I stopped at coffee, can't abide their bake goods these days. Kids took up my slack. Good kids.
The whole experience has left me professionally frustrated and socially retarded. There's no shortage of people willing to lecture you at work, but a dearth of people intrested in just helping out. This all came to me this morning. I'm standing the church hall, not mixing with anybody because I'm full for the work folly and it remains a hot topic.
Frustrating thing being is that I thought I was home. Good job and good reviews for doing the job. Now, I look to how I'm getting used and abused and thinking thank fuck for the decent health insurance. Guess I'm resenting how what should be what you do for eight hours a day is seeping beyond that eight hours when it doesn't deserve too.
There, got that off my chest.
Fun going bargain hunting at Borders yesterday. Took the youngins and we sought out new literature. Martin Amis for me, Traveling Pants for darling moody middle child, and Batman for Number one Son. The promise of expanding intellectuallism seemed worthy of a reward at Krispy Kreme. I stopped at coffee, can't abide their bake goods these days. Kids took up my slack. Good kids.
metalpeter - 01/15/07 11:39
One positive thing to pull out of this is atleast you know you are taking work home with you. So many people don't relise it or deny it and then it effects there personal life or health because of their denial. Maybe a good example is people who go to "Happy Hour" for 4 hours everyday after work. Would it be better if you could completely leave work at work, of course. But when ever there is stress it is almost impossible to do, so at least you know you are doing that and can then deal with the fact. (This assumes that I understood what you said correctly there have been times where I have been completely off).
One positive thing to pull out of this is atleast you know you are taking work home with you. So many people don't relise it or deny it and then it effects there personal life or health because of their denial. Maybe a good example is people who go to "Happy Hour" for 4 hours everyday after work. Would it be better if you could completely leave work at work, of course. But when ever there is stress it is almost impossible to do, so at least you know you are doing that and can then deal with the fact. (This assumes that I understood what you said correctly there have been times where I have been completely off).
jenks - 01/14/07 14:25
I thought krispy kreme closed?
I thought krispy kreme closed?
Yes you are correct that with Rabit Ears you could get fox 29. But then you would also have to change all your imputs to antena instead of Cable to see the picture and on the vcr if you where going to tape it. But the thing is one reason why people get the dish or cable is so they don't get that often bad reception. IF anyone had an old TV they would get 29 as a UHF station along with Ch17, 49, and 23 or any other stations that I may not know about. Speaking of older TV does anyone remember the station called the box. It played music videos all day and people payed to have there song played.
The way I think a art muesum should work is that you have Pieces like the miror room for example that are always on display. Those would be pieces that will always be there. Then you have second teir art that is planed to stay there but if the muesum gets a chance to get something better takes its place but still things would be on display for long periods of time. Then maybe about 30% of the museum area would be for traveling art displays and shows. Maybe you could even have a part for art that is a show. For example video art or other forms of performance art. I think it is also important that the pieces of art can and do move around the muesum. That way if a display comes that is best suited for a differant area then where it would normaly go you can move stuff around so it fits better.
one question- Say fox had NOT reached a deal- isn't fox a free broadcast (i.e. non-cable) channel? Meaning, couldn't we have gotten our trusty rabbit-ears and gotten it? Not that anyone still has rabbit ears anymore, but you know what I mean. I'm glad I live under a rock and didn't even know there was a chance of fox leaving. Greedy businessmen. Ugh.
And I am with you on the Knox. I went to try to see Sheva a while ago, but she was already gone. And I commented on a particularly bad piece of "modern" photography, and was told that THAT is what they are selling off the antiquities to buy more of. That and crap video installations. Ew. I guess the argument is its mission is to be a modern gallery. Whatever, I still think it's a bad, bad move.