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Good and Bad I
I bought a Coke today with a cap that said “Free 20oz Coke.” Free is good.
The Coke was to help relieve a migraine. Migraines are bad.
The cap from the new Coke said “Free 20oz Coke.” Free is good.
Cokes can dissolve a steak in a matter of hours. Internal dissolving is bad.
Good and Bad II
I got a letter from Comcast that stated that what the Comcast salesman sold me as “Basic” cable is really “Basic Extended” cable, and the channels that I have been getting for a year is erroneous. To reinstate the channels that I currently have, it will cost me another $40 per month. Also, “Digital Bronze” has been bumped to “Digital Classic” leaving me with crap for cable channels.
I spent an hour on the phone with Comcast trying to get them to explain to me what they were pulling. There are two options: 1.) The salesman sold me Basic Extended as Basic to get me to sign up, figuring that the company would eventually audit me and figure out their error. Selling me a service that I already have is easier than selling it initially. 2.) Comcast is bullshitting me and changed basic service on me and is upping the price.
In either case, I argued that it was not my problem. I bought a service that I received, and to extort more was unfair. They argued that 2 techs and a salesman were incorrect about allowing the service I was receiving for the price I was paying. Again, not my problem. The best that Comcast could do was to offer to save me $10 off the “Extended Basic” for the next three months. The catch? I have to pay $37 more than I am currently paying from now on.
My take? Fuck Comcast. If I can switch out my phone, I’m going to. If I can switch out my cable, I’m going to. If I could switch internet services, I would. I’m not angry, I’m just not going to have Comcast decide one month that my internet speed is too high, or my phone is too cheap, and extort more money for a service that I have already paid for.
Man, I miss Earthlink.
But, the good thing is that I watch way too much TV anyway. The downgrade will hopefully put me back to the non-TV watching nut that I once was.
Totally Good I
Lockergnome provided this link today, and it is…boom chap…biboom chap…boom boom chap…schwey schewy freeesssshhhh.
Learning to beatbox from humanbeatbox.com.
Totally Good II
My aunt, Mother, and Sister ganged up on me today. That’s bad.
They ganged up on me to get me to write a book. That’s good.
Turning fun into a career always kills fun. That’s bad.
Did you miss “shaving 101″ at the top of the page? It’s been there for months. That’s Good?
Unreal I
Today is the 41st anniversary of the March on Washington. I was getting choked up listening to some of the excerpts from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” speech on the radio this morning. I almost forgot, but I had to stay up to listen to the entire thing tonight. It’s a powerful reminder that there is no “us” and “them.” There are only those in power, and those whose necks the boots of opression stand. (Listen (7.5 MB) or Read.