I can’t stand this technologically primitive village. I truly hate the fact that nothing has advanced in six years. The same miserable cable company that can’t broadcast FOX. The same local stations that have problems broadcasting with modern equipment. The same power company that can’t go more than six days without a blackout.
I will never again live in such a primitive village. The people on Survivor have better technology than this village.
Oooohhhh my. The Fins look SOOOOO bad. Assuming they lose this game (of course there is always hope) they will drop to 2-2. Both wins will be at home, losses on the road. A definite sign of a team that does not yet feel confident in itself due to new coaches, new plays, new schemes, and new teammates.
The best thing is that both road losses are in the AFC East, so at least Miami gets a chance to win at home later in the season. Will a 9-7 record win the AFC East this year?
The Stones concert bomb threat continues to get press, and now has more than 300 links to stories on Google News.
C-Ville getting worldwide press. Can’t beat that! UVA getting mentioned on BBC is really impressive.
For those that watch football, it is quite obvious that number 69 for UVA football should be arrested after the game and placed in prison. With an injured player on the field, after a play had ended, the UVA player tried purposefully to destroy the future of a Boston College player by throwing his entire weight at the BC players knee. Abominable. When this happened in skating people went to prison. Will it happen here? No.
While in concert the Stones have to leave the stage for an hour because of a bomb threat at UVA. Will they ever catch the culprit. No.
At the gym this morning a typical Charlottesville resident walks right up to one of the TV sets and just begins to flip through channels without asking any of the other people if they were watching that set. After a twenty minute workout he leaves the machine and doesn’t bother to sterilize it after use. Does he care that his germs could spread to others? No.
The friendliness of the village.
Since it started raining at the Stones concert it has not stopped. Not just a light rain, but a heavy torrential rain. Our yearly precipitation is 39 inches. So far this year we’ve had 25 (until Thursday), so this is really needed. We were four inches under out total last year.
It might stop tonight, but the 50% chance of rain forecast (and clouds) runs through Tuesday. This will be a lazy, lazy weekend.
The concert was awesome. For old men, the Stones sure can perform.
NEWSBREAK: BOMB THREAT SHUTS DOWN STONES CONCERT
(ok…did that catch your eye?)
Since Charlottesville is such a fun loving city, a bomb threat was called in which stopped the concert for almost an hour. I’d never heard of a major concert tour stopping for an hour to let dogs sniff around. The first 40 rows or so were cleared while about 400 officers came zooming in from the area. I’d never seen so many cops at any event before.
Now, I won’t try to lay the blame on anyone, but for some reason UVA always seems to have at least one bomb scare during final exams. Perhaps the students are good at things such as that. I hope they find out who did it and take care of that business (if you know what I mean!).
For an hour us crazy fans sat around discussing the possible bomb locations, watched the single sniffing dog doing its duty, and enjoyed the light drizzle cooling off the hot humid evening.
What a great show.
I had a great run tonite. Probably the best in at least four months. My knees continue to recover from my tendon-yanking day. I limit myself to just 25 miles/week of running, and gym the other days. I usually take one or two days off every week. I probably get a wimpy two miles of biking in every day as I zip around.
My car may roll over 12,300 miles next week. Since I bought the car five years ago I’ve run about 6,500 miles. I wonder how much longer I can sustain the 2:1 ratio.
There is a 5k race this weekend (believe it or not it is for hurricane relief). This will be the first one since the first week of June (within 30 miles of here). Then there are two more this year. I remember back in the good old days of living in Michigan when I would average 50 5k runs each year. I sure have a lot of t-shirts from those days. Now I get my six shirts every year. For a healthy community I would have thought there would actually be a more running events. I actually finished 2nd overall in a race last year. Something tells me that would NEVER happen in a city.
I’m looking forward to this 5k. Since I haven’t run one since early June (20:34) I’m hoping I can get below 21:30, but am not sure. I’ll let you know how it goes.
[Update] I just realized the race is during the Fins game on a Sunday afternoon. What kind of ludicrous scheduling is that? I guess I’ll have to wait for the one at the end of October, and then the end of November for my two races this fall. This village has NEVER had a 5k in the evening. Guess the soccer families are busy driving kids around in SUVs during that time. Or maybe it is because it is so hot and humid here most of the year. Or runners only run at 5am around here, since the kids are still asleep at that hour.
Virginia is not a state. It is a commonwealth. It is also a very primitive place. Other than Northern Virginia (locals call it NOVA), the rest of VA is a technological wasteland. When I moved here six years ago it was a bit ahead of much of the country in terms of DSL lines. Other than that, it was typical.
Six years later the DSL connection remains unchanged. Most of the modern world has high-def cable. We don’t. It is not on the radar this year. We have one high-def station in town. All the other stations live in the analog world from 1999, using about six watts for broadcasting. The one station seems to have a very difficult time flipping the HD ON switch, since it will randomly flip on and off during shows.
Regulations by the cable companies continue to restrict the viewing possibilities on satellite TV. Almost every day “local” stations (with six watts of power) force people to watch those, since cable companies get those regulations. Rather than watching a NYC station that comprehends HD, I get to watch Billy Bob try to sell me a mule in case the electricity goes out, or if you just want a good time. In low def.
Rather than worry about pointless things such as war, politics, and natural disasters (just a few of the things we can’t do anything about), I urge you all to write your representatives and demand that satellite TV viewers be allowed to watch any stations available for appropriate fees. Cable companies should not be allowed to monopolize consumers.
However, it is unlikely any people can make any changes in our society that is controlled by international corporations. Welcome to the new society, where you can’t even watch reasonable television.
Where did the summer go? I just realized I have two tickets to see the Stones on Thursday. Anyone want my spare ticket?
It has only rained twice in the past 45 days here in town. The Stones concert is outdoors. Guess what the forecast is for that night. You got it…chance of rain.
Despite not even playing football today, the Dolphins now lead the AFC East. Sweet.
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