You could try unplugging the cable modem and plugging the cable box in there and see if the TV works.
Saffron: You're a good man. Mal: You clearly haven't been talking to anyone else on this boat.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 39 and Holding
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Sep 27, 2005 4:14:37 pm PDT #1481 of 10002
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
sarameg - Sep 27, 2005 4:19:11 pm PDT #1482 of 10002
I used to watch mexican telenovelas. Without really understanding the language. OMG, they trump ANY other soap for angst and improbability and class issues.
I actually heard a piece on the radio recently about how popular they are in Russia.
Man, I'm taping SO MUCH TV. And I don't consider myself that much of a tv watcher (from years of not watching.) Time to reevaluate the selfimage.
quester - Sep 27, 2005 4:28:49 pm PDT #1483 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I just bailed on TAR:FamilyFeud. Can't take the screaming.
Sue - Sep 27, 2005 4:31:45 pm PDT #1484 of 10002
hip deep in pie
TAR: I hope the screamers get eliminated fast.
sarameg - Sep 27, 2005 4:39:05 pm PDT #1485 of 10002
I'm ok with a few bunches of screaming adults. Now, at kids? Or bratty kids? Might turn me off.
Wanna bet this is going to be more The Great American Roadtrip than Round the World edition?
Also, it helps that I watch TAR thusly: get up. get a drink. scoop catboxes. pee. wash dishes watching reflection in glass doors. sort through read and unread Monitors. catch up here. post here. read lj. pay electric and gas bill.
etc.
Tom Scola - Sep 27, 2005 4:46:27 pm PDT #1486 of 10002
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Live giant squid photographed for the first time: [link]
sarameg - Sep 27, 2005 4:49:43 pm PDT #1487 of 10002
I had fresh regular squid caught for me in Mozambique. I don't like squid. Even in garlic and butter over a campfire. And squid guts 5 hours later? Stink. Also, I finally learned where cuttlebone came from. I could do without.
HOWEVER. Gianty squid PICTURES? Cool.
tommyrot - Sep 27, 2005 4:49:55 pm PDT #1488 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. People have been trying to photograph a giant squid in its natural environment for many years.
Nutty - Sep 27, 2005 4:50:29 pm PDT #1489 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I saw a program on TV about Humboldt Squid the other night. They are nasty critters, with teeth on their suckers, and a habit of leaping out at anything that moves, especially divers. (They are probably 3 feet long, not 25.)
The dude diving for them, with a big camera, was wearing body armor.
Cashmere - Sep 27, 2005 4:50:31 pm PDT #1490 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Live giant squid photographed for the first time:
All I can say is, "IT'S ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME!!!" Do they know how many National Geographic specials I sat through waiting to see them live, only to be left disappointed?