Tales of Love and Woe

OK, so more like once a month.

As many know, last year saw the death of my xbox 360.  It received an error due to the fan or heat sink or something.  It got repaired, but only managed to survive another 2 months.  Well, that was really just the start of it.  First the 360 went, and then my son’s TV and then, last month, my daughter busted the top screen of her DS.  Pokemon is truly a violent game.  Luckily kijiji was there to locate inexpensive replacements for all items.  Just need to find a new stand for Vince’s TV.

Now for the love.  While we were renting a TV from Easyhome, we decided it would probably be better just to use their Financial part, borrow the money and buy a TV.  Then we would pay it back with less interest and less time.  Well, less time really came about when the government fixed an error on their part and provided us with back CCTB payments.  We paid it off and were happy.  Though it’s only a 32” Toshiba from Future Shop, I LOVE my TV.  Also, this summer, we got an air conditioner – words cannot describe how great THAT thing has been this year.  Also managed to grab a WD 1 TB external hard drive for a decent price recently.  Freed up some space on the computer and it runs so much better.  Note: when shopping for external drives, Always read reviews.  I was going to get a Seagate 2 TB one, but the reviews were horrendous.

Next, to change the topic.

The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour aired its final episodes of season 1 last night.  It really is too bad there were only 6 episodes.  I was really getting into it.  Sure, the first couple episodes were confusing, but after eps 3 and 4, it started to make sense.  I went back and watched the first two again afterwards, and it’s all clear now.  Also, if you go to www.drunkandondrugs.com you can take part in a “quest” to see videos of what goes on between the episodes (when they’re affected by the blue stuff).  It adds a whole other level to the show I find. I can’t wait for this show to be released on dvd and blu ray.  The show stars Mike Smith, Rob Wells and John Paul Tremblay.