When 549 Billion Colors Simply Aren't Enough

If I've learned one thing in this world, I've learned this: nothing is perfect. Case in point: when you have 549 billion colors on your TV, there are bound to be a few that just annoy you. Mostly because they don't exist in this world, but that they are exceptionally bright. Like someone's got a laser pointer pointed directly into your eye. Add that to a 150% contrast ratio, and you've got pictures that don't look quite real. Great when you're watching sports. Not so great when you're trying to watch a really old episode of "Murder She Wrote". Not that I watch "Murder She Wrote". Seriously. I don't. I may be old, but I'm not that old.

Don't get me wrong. I love the TV. But something funky was going on. So after years of research, and tons of time and favors cashed in, I'm returning the TV. But truthfully, the sadness will be replaced with joy on Saturday, because I returned the TV for this one instead. In the end, this is the one I wanted anyways. Really. Take that Samsung.

Strange how life works sometimes. Okay. Now gitty up.

Losing...in High Def

So I finally got the TV mounted above my fireplace, and I have to say...now that it’s up, it’s...well...big. Really big. But complaining that an HD television is too big is like complaining that your diamond shoes are too tight. Needless to say, I spent Friday night watching nature programs and the Discovery Channel. No kidding. Ask anyone who has an HD set. I guarantee that they did the same thing when they first got their TV.

And, of course, there was the Redskins game on Saturday. It was in every paper, every local newscast – you couldn’t get away from it. That’s D.C. for you. Needless to say, I invited a bunch of friends over to watch the game. Teresa was making ridiculous amounts of food, and it was fifteen minutes to kickoff. HDTV. Chips. Drinks. Couldn’t be happier. And that’s when it happened -- the power went out. I actually think I heard the collective groaning from every football fan in our neighborhood. What happened next was a ridiculous trip that took us out in the blizzard-like sleet and snow to the closest bar (which sadly, was Chili's) and then to another friend’s house before going back to watch the second half. Not the best way to spend a Saturday, but it was fun. Until the Redskins lost.

In other news, the wedding pictures finally came, and I am working on putting them up on the website. We received close to 500+ pics, so naturally, not all are making the cut. Plus, there’s only so many pictures you can take of me posing for the camera (“Okay, now put your hand on your knee. Okay, now move your head to the side. Okay, now with the hand off the knee and on your face. Greaaaaaaat.”) I felt like I was a child in my family photo shoot – put a bowl cut on me, and it would have been 1975. It’s taking a while, since the photos have to be individually scanned in, and I’m working on figuring out a more efficient way to navigate through the photos (which is annoying to code to say the least). They should be up by week-end.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: As some of you might recall from earlier posts, my blog has been getting spammed by such cool places as “pokeronline” and “king4u”. While it started off as a mere annoyance, it turns out that those spammers finally met sometime last week and had lots of baby spammers who are now pelting me also. So it was either receive 100 comments a day from “domx35” and “mikeyonline” or rewrite some code to block them. Soooooooooo, what does that mean? That means that for those of you who want to leave a comment, you now need to register with Typekey to do it (i.e., I can't write code to save my life). Refresh the site once you log in, and voila -- you're on your way to snarky commenting. Besides, if you’re technically saavy enough to leave a comment on a blog, then you can fill out the form. Really.