Kirk (nkl) wrote, @ 2009-10-02 12:13:00

The World Will End on Sunday, October 4
We have an appointment with Dish Network, that is to say, yes, after 40+ years of resistence, cable TV is coming to the Lucas household. So sad.

Changing technology forced our hand. First came the switch to digital. Helpfully, Pres. Obama moved the date from February, when shows were still airing new episodes, to June, when broadcast TV isn't showing anything that anyone needs to give a shit about. So we got the digital converter (w/ coupon), hooked it up, all was fine. Well, except that with the converter, we could no longer record on our vcr, only play. But it was summer, and we didn't need to record any broadcast shows. Digression: I will concede that we have been cheating for some time, in recording cable shows next door thanks to my mom getting cable a few years back. This allowed us to watch Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Battlestar Galactica, Damages, Saving Grace. btw, you know what spurred my mom to get cable? The local NBC affiliate, after some arcane dispute, moved from SF to San Jose, which, so we were told, would make NBC reception in Oakland iffy. We waited it out, and our NBC reception was fine. But my mom semi-panicked and was all, "You mean I might not be able to see The West Wing? Fuck that noise." Ok, she didn't actually say that last part, but she was rather attached to The West Wing, so she got cable. Anyway. But now it ain't summer no more. The final nail is that Comcast (aka The Worst Company on the Planet), which supplies my mom's cable, is forcing her to get some converter box thing which I suspect will render her own vcr obsolete. So reluctantly, we had to concede that action must be taken. (Note we are not ourselves going with Comcast, not after the nightmare of our cable internet experience.)

So I'm here to apologize for the whole world ending thing. Oh, and I'm no expert on these things, but if you see a plague of locusts on the horizon come Sunday, it might be best to stay indoors.

We're truly sorry about all this.

	bettiepie 2009-10-03 00:11 (link)
	Sheesh, only two days warning? Here's hoping to a nice post-apocalyptic future. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jupe 2009-10-03 00:53 (link)
	I'm impatiently waiting for FiOS to come to my area. Now I guess I don't have to worry about it, though! (Reply to this) (Thread)