The MP3 player is up and running, and so is the cost of my cable

                                     

Happy 34th Birthday to my long-time friend Erv. I doubt he's ever  been to this site, but what the heck, this is still cheaper than a card and filled with just as many good intentions.

Yes, I know about the two 'blank' entries. I'm going to let them stew for awhile and then fill them with material that I'll later link to on the sidebar. Or I'll delete them in the near future. We'll see.

I figured out the MP3 player all by myself - take that, youngin! - and now have what World Traveler calls a 'pedestrian' assortment of music loaded on it. Alanis, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Artie Shaw, Joe Mac, Buddy Holly, Bush, Creed, George Michael, Zeppelin, Live, Sam Cooke, 4 Non Blondes, The Cumberland Three, Woody Herman, Black 47, Glen Miller, Michael Jackson, Madonna, GNR, etc . . still to come: a bit more Nirvana and Alanis, some Alice in Chains, Queen, Doors, Cream, Hendrix, NKOTB, and I'd like a little by the Breeders.

Oh, and good news. I discovered Time Warner Cable is having a free preview of MLB Extra Innings, a series of 10 or so channels which broadcast EVERY major league baseball game of the season, until April 6th.

I watched Arod homer against Toronto last night, and quickly approached the Mrs. about signing up for the channels (which is set at $159 until April 7th, $199 after) and she greenlighted it, on the condition that she occasionally be allowed near the TV.

Sure it means I won't pay my electric bill this month to cough up the dough, but priorities people, priorities!