Archive for July 23rd, 2008

Movie

Smiling’s My Favorite

 My face hurts

Summer officially started a month ago, according to most calendars. While the temperatures in my fair city climbed ever so high and let me know that it was in fact summer time, I’m not sure the cable channel USA has kept up with such current events. For you see the network decided to air a Christmas themed movie. Normally I’d be opposed to this for many reasons, but I ignored those reasons and indulged in the viewing of this movie. The Christmas film of which I speak, and the one the programming department at USA decided to play on this rather warm July evening, was “Elf” starring Will Farrell. Continue Reading »

Open Letter

An Open Letter to Television and Appliance Repair Stores

Television Repair and Screw 

Dear Television and Appliance Repair Stores,

I begin this letter stating that I had no idea appliance repair stores still existed. I figured this disposable, when something breaks just get a new one, wasteful society had rendered these establishments modern day buggy whip industries. As someone who wastes almost nothing - I have a blue dress shirt from Gap that I received in high school still in heavy rotation - I was pleased to find a multitude of such establishments still alive and kicking due to the recent status of my bedroom television. Continue Reading »