Comcast

I hate Comcast! Our local cable company is pathetic. I have spent hours trying to get my service fixed and still nothing. Today I came home from work early only to find that they are running extremely late. It's after 7 (They were supposed to be here between 4 and 7) and I called to find out what the status is. The repair guy is still two visits away from getting here! The other night I spent an hour on the phone with them without getting my problem solved. In fact, while I was on the phone with them the first time they broke what little was working so I had to call back! Service calls where you are on hold for over 20 minutes are not fun.

On a more positive note, I did get to Tuesday night's Twins game and we had great seats. Only 4 rows up by the bullpen and they were free! My neighbor got them at a charity event. It wasn't the most exciting game of the week since last night was a heartstopper but it was definitely fun and set the whole week in motion. Now one more sweep and they should be good for the playoffs. They are definitely doing better than they were at the beginning of the week but it's not close to being a sealed deal yet.

I just thought of an even worse thing about Comcast. After waiting and doing nothing, the cable guy will probably be here screwing things up during the debate. Argh!!! Will the nightmare ever cease?

Linkorama

Wow, I didn't realize it had been so long. Not a lot new to report other than I hate Comcast and the Twins are disappointing me.

I'm planning a trip to New Orleans for Thanksgiving to work with the St. Bernard project. There was an article about them in today's Washington Post which is worth checking out. A great organization in an area that desperately needs them.

This weekend I went to River Rocks music festival which was very cool. The main acts that I wanted to see were Jakob Dylan. I've put his song "War is Kind" here which is great. I know this is a poorly done political video but it was the only version of the song I could find. It does have some poignant images amongst the political ones though.



Another band that I was excited to see was Semisonic. I love their frontman Dan Wilson with his solo material (also known for writing a lot of material for the Dixie Chicks album). Here's their song "Chemistry". An oldie but a goodie from hometown boys made good.

And finally, after missing out on seeing them either 13 or 14 years ago, I saw Live. They were the spring concert at American either my sophomore or junior year but procrastinating me had a ton of papers to write before the next Monday so my friends thought it would be in my best interest if they stole my ticket. Here's one of their greatest songs "Heaven"

So there's some material to entertain although not a lot of news from Minneapolis. Have a great day and let's hope that the Twins can get their act together as time is almost out!

Ordinary People Change The World

I'm very excited to read my friend Brad's new book "The Book of Lies." Part of the plot is related to the creation of Superman and in researching that book Brad found that the place where Superman was created is not preserved and has fallen into total disrepair. He has helped facilitate the collaboration of many artists and fans to help a group correct this. The video is good so check it out and pass it on.