It's all very expensive though, yeah?

Available for Allyson:

EarthLink High Speed DSL Internet

Downstream speed of up to 1.5 Mbps

$21.95/month for the first 12 months

Monthly Charge: $ 39.95/month thereafter

Term Commitment: 12 months

Early Termination Fee: $149.95

Activation Charge: $ 99.00

One-time Fee Discounts: $ -99.00

Total One-time Fees: $ 0.00

Probably more expensive than AOL, but if you just want a different provider, you can get their dialup for $9.95/month for the first six months.

And I just picked them out of a hat--no comparison shopping performed.

Whoot, hockey! (In denial of all other types of hockey and associated controversy elsewhere.)

I just moved the dvd burner & the vcr into the bedroom tv (did we talk here about the study that showed couples who have a tv in the bedroom got less action than couples who didn't?) so that the SO in his sickened state can still feel productive by running off our ridiculous collection of vhs tapes to dvd.

That leaves the tivo, the ilo (with its working hard drive but nonworking dvd burner), and the dvd player in the living room. I think this may be a solution that actually works, especially allowing us to be the more tv reliant family that we are while our roommate (who, coming as he does from a commune, totally isn't into tv at all) can have a reasonably quiet living room.

I am, however, totally watching the opening ceremonies, because I am a big giant sucker for that sort of thing.

Also, earthlink offers a AAA discount, if you're the sort of person who has AAA. It's not much, but every dollar, right?

hmmmm. Is it complex to switch? Also, I need to keep my aol name. I've had it for like, 12 years.

You can't keep your AOL name unless you're with AOL. It's possible AOL can do some forwarding dealie, but you'll still be subject to their foibles. And their costs.

Allyson, if you sign up for AT&T DSL online right now, they are having a $12.99/month for 12 months right now.

PR: I liked Austin's line, but that music was HORRIBLE. "The American President" meets ... something. As far as Santino is concerned, I think he did what he needed to do design-wise to be able to stay. Producers love him. He's a character, people love to hate him. They watch him for the reasons people first listened to Howard Stern - they want to see what the FUCK he designs next.

You'll have to keep paying AOL, then, but just to keep the email is like $5 a month.

Is this the everything Olympic tv schedule we were looking for?

Also, Dorothy Hamill = my favorite haircut of the 70s. Not that I had a lot to choose from.

Dorothy Hamill has one of my favorite celeb stories. She was talking to someone one day and the woman said she liked her hair, that it was "almost a Dorothy Hamill" haircut. Dorothy said it was a Dorothy Hamill haircut. The woman basically said, "No, not quite, but pretty close." (Paraphrased from 20 years back, sorry).

Andi and I are getting a 5 mbps down/ 768k up DSL deal from Qwest right now. $35/month, first 12 months, no contractual obligation to stay with them, free dsl modem for a year, no activation charges, and free installation if we needed.

It would be $30/mo if we had one of their package phone "deals"

They have a slower DSL connection at $25/$20 with package.

Prices rounded to nearest dollar.

I do not know if it's available in your area, but it's nice to know I won't pay a penalty if I decide to jump at a better deal.