Christmas is the time of year when women get Santamental.
Monday, December 14, 2015
Friday, December 11, 2015
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Monday, December 7, 2015
Friday, December 4, 2015
Old Persons Rant or Where the Hell is the Damn Remote?
We got a Roku on Black Friday.
After complaining that there’s ‘nothing good’ on TV from our
selection of 998 cable channels and watching 1970’s reruns of M*A*S*H we are
now watching reruns of Gilmore Girls (Husband’s choice, not mine) from 2000 on
Netflix.
Tell me again how this is an improvement????
I will say one thing for it; I like the lack of commercials.
It’s proving my theory that it’s the food commercials that are making me
fat(ter.) I didn’t even KNOW I wanted a bacon cheeseburger at 9 PM until I
saw that commercial for one!
The thing I DON’T like about it is the growing
number of remotes it now takes to turn the TV on and off!
Call me old fashioned but I long for the good old days of ONE
REMOTE for ALL the functions!
We now have; the one that turns on the TV, the one that
turns on the tuner for the surround sound speakers, the one that changes the
input to the Roku, the one that TURNS ON and controls the ROKU, one
that sits next to me for volume and one that sits next to Husband for various
other functions (that just confuse the hell out of me!)
There are actually several more for the other various
devices but I won’t go into them here.
And you have to be on your toes as to which remote you are
using and what ‘mode’ you are in because if you hit an erroneous button in the
wrong mode, thinking you’re adjusting the volume, it randomly changes the
setting on the tuner and you find yourself listening to ‘All Things Considered’
on NPR while Frank Sinatra is dying in Montgomery Clift’s arms on the screen.
Very bewildering.
Husband tells me not to worry, ‘they’ are working on a
universal remote app for our phones. Everything right there on our touch screens
for ALL
the inputs and devices.
Oh great, I already feel like I’m in airline pilot training
school as it is!
I don't want to have to keep re-learning how to turn on the TV.....I just want to watch Casablanca!
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
I’m Confused
I bought myself a new leather purse at the flea market the
other day. It’s the first time in over fourteen years I’ve actually bought
a purse. Mostly I just make them when I need it, so maybe things have changed
and I missed the memo.
When I went to remove the tag it said, and I quote:
VEGAN-LEAD FREE.
I’m confused on several levels….
VEGAN? Does that mean the ANIMAL was a vegan? Or that the
purse is made out of vegetables?
And LEAD FREE? I don’t even know where to begin with that!
On the other hand I guess it’s good to know I’m being environmentally
friendly with my purchases, right?
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