This article in the Mirror says that Churchill’s parrot, a female named Charlie, is still alive after 104 years, and still curses in the inflection that he taught it.
Heh.
Category: Random News
I’ve been sick three times since the middle of October…sore throat now is harbinger of #4. Stress over lack of Pirates chorus members and scheduling probably contributed. Maybe I should refraind from letting Julius nuzzle me, since I am allergic to long-haired cats. Just a thought.
This weekend my poor benighted Kyocera Smartphone pretty much gave up the ghost. I had to contort it every which way for the headset to work (I’d given up on using it without the headset months ago). I had originally intended to hold out for the Sony Ericsson P900, but then finally admitted to myself I really didn’t need it, so I got the same phone I picked out for my parents, the T616, a little Bluetooth phone that syncs nicely with iSync on my PowerBook.
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Dino and Jesus, my DirecTV Satellite Installer Team, arrived Monday about 11:30. They made quick work of the install, running the second line into my den and fishing the line into the guest room with ease. The Phillips DirecTiVo unit is very nice, and I love the Season Pass feature. Having two tuners is also very cool…can record Coupling and Aqua Teen Hungerforce at the same time while at rehearsal! The only drawback I’ve noticed so far is the lack of a 30-second jump forward button like I had on the Dishplayer…will just have to manually fast-forward through the commercials; oh, the torture! 😉
The installer scheduler, Terry, called me on Monday asking me to let him know when my package arrived, and we could then schedule the installation. Thebox from Direct Satellite arrived on time on Wednesday, so I called him up and he said he’d have a guy over in the morning, so I rearranged my clients so I could be there in the AM.
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