Well, did you ever wonder how to recover from a dumb
mistake? I’ve wrestled for a couple of days
on various strategies. In his last posting (March
6th) the Feeder lamented the closing of Café Des Artistes, saying it
was one year ago “today”. Well, due to I’m
not sure what, I somehow thought I was still living in 2017, so when CDA closed
on March 6th (2016) it would have been one year ago, and so reported. Well, due to overwhelming criticism from
hundreds, well, many, er, one reader, I figured out that March 6th
2016 was two years ago from last Tuesday.
So, I thought maybe I could claim I was testing the
alertness of the readership, and purposely planted the false information.
Another would be to say it was all a lie and fake news, a strategy that
seems to be in vogue in certain circles these days. But
reality is reality, and I guess just had another instance of an increasingly common occurrence,
usually gratuitously called a “senior moment”.
So we’ve been without “fine dining” in Leonardtown for two years, not one.
And I was almost out of content, when something just kind of
popped up. I’m watching soccer at the
moment (Newcastle vs. Southampton in the Premier League) and looked for an NCAA
basketball game to oscillate with. Found
one that was on the (HD)CBS Sports Network on Metrocast 793. Punched it in to the clicker, and was taken
to a replay of last night’s Duke/UNC game.
Huh? Oh, I see, it somehow jumped
to 794. “Channel Down” took me to 792! The
roll around confirmed that 793 was not in the cable lineup, nor was the
standard def 149. What the hell? So I called tech support and after giving
them my life history spoke with “Kelly” who confirmed that yes, CBSSN was no
longer in the channel lineup, but a standard def could be on 89. Well, yes it was. Grainey and almost unwatchable. So since I was talking to a Metrocast rep, I made
my standard gripe that I really wish they carried the Big Ten Network. Yes, she said, we get a lot of requests for
that, and since Atlantic Communications took over Metrocrap, she said it was
being considered and possibly would be “coming soon”. Not holding breath.
Well, I see Tiger is in contention for the Valspar golf
tournament this weekend, and you would think it was the second coming (which it
might be in some bizarre way) with many of the sports talking heads reporting “Tiger’s
Back!”, and Tiger worship is in full roar.
So I’m sure today’s TV coverage
will show a single point broadcast. Not sure
I can take that. And again, my real
anger is not with the person but the “media” feeding frenzy.
Okay, since we’re mired in the weeds today (if there’s
anybody still reading at this point), another annoyance is still with the
automotive industry or rather the ad agencies that shill for their
products. Subaru still leads in the
obnoxious category, with a new entry that depicts a blind person “showing” his
misty eyed family “sights” that he senses with his ears (snowy owl for instance). Heart wrenching. Makes me want to run out and purchase a love…
er Subaru. And the arrogance of Lexus
goes on, with a car that is largely made in Japan pushing commercials with the
spokesperson droning on in a broad English accent. I suppose to create an aura of
sophistication. Ads finish with “See yo
Lehhxsuus deelah”.
Okay thanks, out.
Going out for dinner tonight, Ruddy Ale house. So I’ll have to be
correctly
DFD
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