Consider this the last post for awhile. I will be able to explain in a week or so once things are settled, but lets just say I am very excited for what is happening and really do not want to deal with anything on this blog until after November 4th.

I cannot get ahold of 1800RINGRCN and sometimes the # of my sales rep at RCN (who is the nicest guy) from my cell phone, but a call from say Skype will go through fine. And it is inconsistent, as in I can sometime my calls go through and others do not.

I am having speed issues here in Chicago on their network. I am paying for 10mbit but right now I can only get 4mbit. Upstream is fine. It is hit-or-miss most days, which is getting really annoying.

I picked up a People Magazine for the first time in my life today to read the cover story about Tim Russert.

I didn’t tell many people it, but Tim Russert had to be one of my heros. I mean, there are great political activists and people in history to idolize, but Tim Russert was willing to go each week toe-to-toe with anybody and actually increase the ‘public diaglog’ without sounding like an ass.

He never sounded like an ass. He NEVER sounded like a pundit. His friends at NBC never knew who he voted for and he never seemed to inject opinion into his newscast.

Well, he did, rarely. But that was only if someone was evading a question or pulling a fast one on him. He was a true moderator, a true political wiz kid, and a man who was taken from us way to early.

I picked up this People Magazine article this evening and started reading. It is a great article about his life and how he succeeded to celebrate it like a ‘normal’ American (he would go with his son and have a few beers in the backyard then go to some A-list ceremony right after)

That’s cool. Very cool. Sad.

I am watching CSI S08E06 on the new TV and about 14 minutes in they go to the Planet Hollywood poker room.

When I was in Vegas that has to be one of my favorite places to play.

In the scene the suspect starts running, but since it just wouldn’t look as cool to run out the front doors 20 yards away we see a shot of the suspect running through the casino floor.

I get to go back to Vegas for a weekend bachelor party this fall. It is going to be awesome.

I am sitting in front of my new 1080p 50″ Plasma Television. When I first got this thing I was like “This is too big for my studio apartment,” but then I moved my chair back and put on my 720p copy of 2008 A&E miniseries The Andromeda Strain.

Oh. my. god.

This just proves that you can NOT judge a HDTV based on how good it displays TV signals. Especially SDTV signals.

Hell, the TiVo HD sucks in general. Very sluggish UI. I agree it is one of the best DVRs on the market, but it could be SO MUCH BETTER.

I should seriously consider getting rid of this TiVo, it is still within the 30 day ‘If you don’t like TiVo’ deal