Bargains ‘R’ Me
Heads up, anyone who is looking for a bargain on a really good digital camera. CompUSA is advertising the Olympus D490 Zoom for $349, more than $100 less than it’s list price. But that’s not the good part here. Take the ad to another store – one with a price-matching policy, like Circuit City, and ask them to match the price. That’s what I did tonight, and I ended up getting my mother a brand new $450 2 Megapixel digital camera for $330. And I’ve got a raincheck for one at CompUSA – in case I decide to go back and get one for myself… =)

The longest week in existence trudges on.

Now it seems that tomorrow night, we’re supposed to get…(wait for it…)…SNOW! Naturally, this time the weather idiots are taking no chances – they’re not even hazarding a guess on how much snow we’re going to get until the storm is actually on top of us.

Wanna know what I think? I think that THIS storm will be the big scary blizzard, and it’ll take everyone – EVERYONE – by surprise.

So, I’ve got this Sony TiVo unit, right? And it’s supposed to be able to remote control any Sony VCR, right? Well, my old Toshiba VCR was on it’s last legs, and I saw an advert for a Sony VCR for $99. So I figure, “might as well”.
Well, the VCR works fine, but the TiVo doesn’t seem to want to control it. I’m hoping it’s just a matter of updating the control codes (it’s a brand new model VCR, so maybe the TiVo needs new remote codes) – because if it’s not…well, let’s just say I’ll be very unhappy.

Everyone Dies of Cholera. At least, that’s the way “The Secret Garden” should have ended.
I wrote that in a review of the Broadway musical nearly 10 years ago – I was called crazy. I was called a “moron”. I was hit upside the head by several people. Well, now that “The Secret Garden” is getting a London run, it would seem I’m not the only one who thinks this way…
BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Review: Best kept secret?
Sadly, Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon’s bland musical – which premiered on Broadway a decade ago – fatally lacks the charm and wonder of the original story.

Oh, so THAT’s what snow looks like.
So now, fully 36 hours after the “Storm of the Century” was supposed to start, we’re finally seeing the kind of snow they said we would see on Sunday night. I’m beginning to wonder if the weather people aren’t just getting high, looking at the pretty colors on the doppler radar, and making shit up as they go along. (Well, we knew about that last one already, didn’t we?)

Storm of the Century my A**!
So it’s now a little past midday on Monday, and according to all the weather forecasts that had been running all weekend, we were supposed to be up to our waist in snow by now, with no end in sight. Instead, we’ve basically been getting freezing rain for the last 20 hours, and nothing approaching a blizzard, let alone anything that would qualify as a “storm of the century”.

I’m beginning to agree with my friend Marlo…there is no snow. There never was any snow. It doesn’t exist.

Today On The Subway
This is the first time I’m linking to the blog of a complete stranger [as opposed to say, Darren, who’s just completely strange.] =) Anyway, this is a neat little blog with observations from the NY Subways. I would probably be able to contribute if I made it into the city more…

Stuck In My Head:
From the season premiere of The Sopranos, the remix/combination of the Peter Gunn Theme and “Every Breath You Take”, by the Police.

Harlan has a new site design. It is…it is green.

So, it’s coming up on 1:40am on Monday morning. When I listened to the weather report this morning, we were supposed to be up to our ears in snow by now, with the storm not stopping for another 24 hours, at least. So I have one question…

Where the hell is all the damn snow???

I know what’s going to happen, too. Obviously, with no snow on the ground, I’m going to have to go to work. In the middle of the day tommorow, the snow’s going to start fast and furious, and either I’m going to have to drive home in WHITE OUT conditions, or I’m going to get (shudder) stranded at work. Just wait…