my so-called blog (redux)

So wow. “storm passing” kinda didn’t make it - seems to be now, though. The flea problem seems to be subsiding - an aside, if you hadn’t heard: after we got back from Tupelo the house had a whole bunch of fleas in it. Bombed it a couple times and it seems to be ok now. On the plus side, I had a good excuse to mop the floors and rent a rug doctor for the furniture.

I’ve also gotten a TiVo. A bit late to the bandwagon, maybe, but here I is! I kinda wish I had gotten it sooner, as it’s really cool and also functional at the same time. It’s almost Mac-like in how it takes care of little things. Frex, when you fast-forward through commericals, all you have to do it hit the play button when you see your show and it bonks back to the beginning to the show. There’s even a nice API and a Web services sort of thing for it too. Kicks the crap out of the DVR Comcast provides.

So we all managed to survive the first week or two of classes (sorta). Just gotta hedge my bets against the spring semester.. Got the power bill for last month and it’s just as high as it was for July, which is disappointing. I don’t think it’ll actually go down for winter, since winter means gas heating which means expensive even if it’s not used very much.

I think I’m switching back to my Sony Ericsson phone - I like my Nokia but I kinda missed my T610. Just need to get a bluetooth headset for it. Speaking of, there aren’t enough stereo models - I got pretty used to having a stereo headset for the Nokia (it came with one since it has an FM radio in it, which I’ve used maybe twice), and it makes it a lot easier for me to hear what’s going on when on the phone. Only motorola seems to make a stereo bluetooth headset that’ll work with a phone, though, and it’s priced high enough to make me not want to buy it (since I’ll want to use it as headphones and be disappointed when they suck at it).

One thing I’ve found recently that’s pretty neat: Wineass, where some kinda whino-y dude reviews cheap wines. Fun and educationalable.