Month: June 2018

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Father’s Day

This is the first one without my Dad.

A few years ago on Mother’s Day, I began a tradition of going to see a movie by myself, usually the latest Marvel movie or other blockbuster that was out at the time.

This year Dad passed away right before Mother’s Day, so we were all a little preoccupied.  I didn’t get to see a movie that day.

This year I’m going to see a double feature to make up for that, and continue to see a movie on both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, going forward.

Happy Father’s Day, Dad.  I miss you.

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Raiders

Today is the 37th anniversary of the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Usually I’d watch it on this day, but I just watched it a couple of weeks ago.

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Why Now?

The cord has been cut.

Saturday I went ahead and cancelled my Xfinity/Comcast account.

For years they were reaming me with a monthly charge well over what a sane person would pay for JUST CABLE TV.

My last bill was over $200.  For just cable TV.

I’ve had a separate service for phone and internet (currently Sonic) forever, and was not interested in their combined packages, with data caps.

The only reason I held on to cable TV for so long?

Dad kept his TV in his bedroom on some religious cable channel all day, even when he wasn’t home.  He may have turned it off when he went to sleep.  Sometimes I heard it through his door when I got up in the morning to get ready for work.

I didn’t want to take that away from him.  I’m not sure if that same channel was available on the cable packages through AT&T or Sonic, or even over the air.

So yeah.

It’s weird seeing the empty spaces near the TVs, where a DVR box used to sit.

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Prepare to Jettison…

I’ve added HBO to my Hulu account.

I’ve subscribed to YouTube TV.

If this works out over the next week, I’m cancelling Xfinity/Comcast.