The Disconnect

Technology proved to complicate things around the abode:

- Cellphone coverage has deteriorated the point where I barely get a signal inside my house. It could be my phone, but making telephone calls proved to be a challenge.

- My landline is reserved for telemarketers and family. Over the past week, my landline has also been reserved with another phone number. When I would direct somebody to call my landline, two people would answer the telephone when my phone rang. It seems that a lincoln park resident was getting my calls, too. She was nice about it...but it creeped me out.

- My father's vintage 1980's cable descrambler finally died thus taking a few favorite cable channels with it. With fewer options, I found myself watching a documentary on the Harlem Globetrotters at three in the morning. The new mission is to find a cable box that will scramble the goods.

- The search for a cable scrambler took took me to Village Discount. A search for the correct box to work the signal means taking purchase gambles. I picked up a cable converter for three bucks. It looked like something you'd find in a hotel. It turns out the box did nothing to help me out.

- With the cable box, I picked up a Pioneer 6-CD (cartridge changer) for $10. The gamble here was that if I could turn it on, it would work. I was wrong. All that I could do was turn it on. All sales are final. I just spent money on stuff I will immediately recycle.

Technology. Now...sentences follow:

- My Roommate circa 1998 enjoyed this movie. It took me a little less than seven years to see what he was talking about. He was right...it was a pretty good movie.

- The opener of last night's New Amsterdam's show was treaty of paris. They looked and sounded as if they belonged on a WB teen drama show. A few people agreed with me. I wasn't sure, but I think Hanalei was subtly talking shit about the band during their set. Classic.

This will either be the best or the most annoying week in recent history. I better go to sleep now.

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