Ice, snow, rain, ice, snow. Will we get any of these things? The media is hyping it up. I feel sorry for anyone that is out trying to buy milk or bread (of course I’ve given up dairy and wheat…).
“Virginia is in the path on this one,” said Bill Sammler, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Wakefield office. “What actually happens, there’s still a fair amount of uncertainty.”
For those that lived in a fantasy world and believed that local stations might start broadcasting in HD, think again. From the HD Forums:
I’ve received confirmation that there will no HD over the air from the Gray stations likely this year. They hope to by early 2008. To all those anxiously waiting to hopefully see the SuperBowl in HD via antenna, it’s a big let down. Comcast is your only solution for the near future.
An even bigger question is will Comcast ever get around to providing HD on the cable. They still haven’t, and none of the five flyers they mail to me every week mention HD. Perhaps they should spend more money working on their system and not sending me so much physical spam.
Local television technology is to 1984 as breeders are to C-Ville.
I’ll be enjoying HD from the NYC station. I sure hope local advertisers don’t expect me to see their commercials. Why don’t all the advertisers simply pull all money from the local TV stations until they modernize? What a waste of money.
Virginia will never ever ban smoking (we love a good puff here in the sticks) in restaurants, but politicians still want to fight for reelection…so this is what they have come up with.
Rather than ban smoking (the simple solution) a bill has made it through committee that will require restaurants to put a sign on their door proclaiming that the establishment allows smoking. Ooohh…now that is a crackdown on the spreading of proven carcinogens. My guess is they haven’t yet laid out rules for the size of the sign, and the lobbyists of death will get it so the sign can be as small as a sixteenth of an inch on both sides, and be placed as low as 1 inch from the bottom of the door. Can you say 1 point font?
On the HDTV front, Feb 1 is the date that the local cable said they will add one HD channel (CBS) to their system. No one has yet to report that this has occured. I guess we’ll find out tomorrow. My favorite posting on a local HD forum said, “I had HD all the way back in 2004 through Adelphia in Waynesboro, with around 15 channels, including all the networks. I can’t believe Charlottesville is this far behind.”
That sums it up.
The most interesting event to ever occur here in the village took place about a year ago. The Absolut Artini Bash.
It was such a success that it will happen again this year. If you have a few artistic skills they are currently running a contest. The winner will have their art displayed at the event. There was an ad in The Hook last week…if I have the energy I’ll dig up the info and post it…if not, just grab a copy of The Hook.
If the village hasn’t sucked all the life out of me, I’ll be there for the second straight year. It will really be hard to top last years event. Is the glass already empty?
I’m back in the village. Every time I leave it seems a bit worse coming back. There are many things I want to say, but this village really sucks the life right out of me.
The only good thing about being out of town was that I have an alibi for all the fun shootings and stabbings that have been going on in town.
What percentage of fires in trailers are due to smoking? When I was on a local jury they kept showing pictures of the inside of the trailer where locals live. There was at least one ash tray in every room. My favorite was the his and hers ash trays on the bed posts in the bedroom. What was the cause of this fire? Will they ever say?
So much for getting a real theater here in the village…UVA decided not to use a twenty two million dollar donation. They didn’t make a big deal about this side of the story, but sure publicized it when they first got the 22M. I remember the artists rendition of the new theater like it was yesterday.
Virginia politicians continue to mention regulations that will ban indoor smoking. It is a pity that it won’t happen in this commonwealth until federal laws are passed. I’m sure I’ll drop dead of lung cancer long before laws pass in this state. I know the politicians in the area that mention this are just trying to get noticed, since they also know that the regulations will never pass.
It is funny that they mention Starr Hill banning smoking on the 2nd floor. As anyone with a brain knows, heat will rise along with the cig smoke. The last person I knew that went to Starr Hill said it was so smokey they had to leave. The same can be said about the vast majority of the village. Even when places don’t allow smoking, dozens of smokers will stand 3 inches from the front door and puff away. Starr Hill…you should ban smoking in the entire building. Don’t go half way.
A few weeks ago I wondered why the village hadn’t bothered to care about pedestrians that wanted to go to the new ACAC. The intersection there was not easy to cross, since no one ever stopped. I said they should make the intersection a four way stop sign. Guess what. They did that this past week. I guess the city elders read this blog. Hey! Ban smoking…are you reading?
This will be a weekend of humor. Seinfeld on Friday night in Michigan, and then Mochrie and Sherwood on Saturday night back in the village (of the HD damned).
I hope this doesn’t happen to me while out driving around. I wonder if the accident was due to a metric conversion. 10 feet. 10 meters. Is there a difference?
Image from the article at TheHook.net
Breaking news…a blizzard hits the village…airport shuts down…travelers left stranded…rampant school closings…1/4 inch of snow…
More news to follow at a later time. Oy vey. The village.
I ran a 5k down here in Florida (Run with the Nuns) and enjoyed the nice flat trail. My new personal best of 19:15!
As the old Yiddish proverb says, “When the light is crooked, the shadow is crooked.” So how did this light on the pedestrian mall become crooked? Did someone shaped like a car run in to it? Or was it caused by one of those people that often start driving along the mall and then ask for directions on how to get to the hotel? Perhaps it was just the dirt sucking zamboni that runs around on the mall every morning. Should this be classified as a hit and run, or do the authorities know who was responsible? So many questions, so few answers. Only the (crooked) shadow knows.
The Daily Show showed footage from a Congressman making a speech where Klingons and Vulcans were used to exemplify a key point. It was rather humorous. Jon Stewart got Spock and Sulu on the phone (fans of the show of course know who played those characters). The conversations were hilarious.
If you missed the episode you can always buy it on iTunes (that also helps my Apple stock keep heading in the right direction!).
Time to beam outta here and get some sleep.
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