Happy (as possible) birthday, Beth! I hope cat no. 2 continues to improve.
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Calli - Apr 18, 2015 2:10:06 pm PDT #18744 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
meara - Apr 18, 2015 2:34:21 pm PDT #18745 of 30002
Yeah, I just called my cable company yesterday--in the past they've had options where I could sign up for a year of some bundle and lower the price, or drop something or whatever...this time they were like "Well, you could drop Starz? That's $5 a month. Or, um, lower your internet speed by half, but that's also only $5/month savings..." Grrreat. Am trying to figure out if I really need/want cable all that much. I may drop it for the summer.
sj - Apr 18, 2015 2:40:19 pm PDT #18746 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Beth, tons of cat~ma, and I hope you get to do something fun for your birthday.
The verdict on dinner is that the spaghetti squash was a little disappointing because we couldn't get it to shred into long strands, just short little bits. However, my sauce was delicious and satisfied my craving for some Italian style comfort food. Next time I'm going to try to make zucchini noodles with my new spiralizer.
Yeah, I just called my cable company yesterday--in the past they've had options where I could sign up for a year of some bundle and lower the price, or drop something or whatever...this time they were like "Well, you could drop Starz? That's $5 a month. Or, um, lower your internet speed by half, but that's also only $5/month savings..." Grrreat. Am trying to figure out if I really need/want cable all that much. I may drop it for the summer.
I've always been able to negotiate a new contract in the past, but today my company said, "We don't negotiate prices anymore because it's too confusing."
SailAweigh - Apr 18, 2015 2:52:09 pm PDT #18747 of 30002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Bullshit it's too confusing; that's what computers are for. I've been debating dropping cable, too; I've got Netflix and Amazon, I think all I'd need to add is Hulu+ and I'd be able to watch pretty much everything I want to.
meara - Apr 18, 2015 3:01:11 pm PDT #18748 of 30002
My problem is I pretty much only watch two cable TV channels--HGTV and USA. Well, and right now, Starz for Outlander. And I'm not sure those two channels (which I only occasionally watch, though I tend to binge-watch either Love it or List it, or Law and Order) is worth the $90 a month cable is costing me!
sj - Apr 18, 2015 3:07:01 pm PDT #18749 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
It looks like Fareed's show is available on iTunes for a fee but not the MHP show.
beekaytee - Apr 18, 2015 5:17:20 pm PDT #18750 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
Many thanks for all the birthday wishes on FB!
I posted a partial list of the 5s we did to celebrate my big 5-5.
They included 5 episodes of Buffy...the 5th Element...5 museum exhibits...walking more than 5 miles (nearly 8.5 for me, more than 22k steps)...etc.
Tomorrow is the first day of the last of my life, so I'm going to join, in earnest, the Buffistas kicking health's ass FB effort.
It's time.
sj - Apr 18, 2015 5:33:17 pm PDT #18751 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Happy Birthday, Bonny!
Vortex - Apr 18, 2015 6:45:18 pm PDT #18752 of 30002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Argh. Didn't realize that 6PM.com had a 30 day return policy and now I'm stuck with a too small pair of shoes. Grrr.
DavidS - Apr 18, 2015 7:28:36 pm PDT #18753 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Dag, I know it's hard to cut the cable cord, but we did it and I surely don't miss it.
Admittedly, we've got Neflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime AND I steal shows off the interpipes (like Game of Thrones and Mad Men).
The only thing I really miss are baseball games and baseball highlights. But if I was *really* willing to pay for that a la carte, I could get it. And I can get most highlights online.
It really changes your viewing habits when you drop cable. You wind up doing (as we do) hooking into a show you wanted to watch (like Parks and Rec) and watching the whole run of it. Which is great! Matilda just watched all of Community and Parks and Rec this year (dragging us along). Now she's on Emmett's old fav iCarly.
The thing is - there are SO many good shows out there, and miniseries too that it's almost impossible to watch everything that's on. It's so much easier and (I think) better to just go watch House of Cards, or Daredevil or Hannibal or Agent Carter in a bunch.