Jason Crowther’s Blog

Eh? So, I’ve got the new TV and the old tube is long gone, right? Yep, that hasn’t changed. Thankfully, the new TV has been working like a champ.

But, the other day, this showed up in my mail slot:

Hmm, I did get the extended warranty on the new TV, but they shouldn’t have any reason to be bugging me now.

So, I tear into the envelope… wait for it…

Yep, you guessed it. Its a renewal form for the extended warranty plan on the old TV. Just to catch you up (if you’re joining the saga just now…) this TV was returned to Best Buy (who mostly likely wheeled it straight off to a landfill) after a few months wrangling with the extended warranty folks.

A couple of interesting things to note. Why is the brand Sony Computer A? Kinda strange for a TV. The extended warranty provider is no longer NEW, but AIGWG (still can’t find a website specifically for them) who provides the services I hope I’ll never need on the new TV.

After a few giggles and running the correspondence through the scanner for the caps above, I laughed manically as I shoved all the papers into my cross cut shredder.

Larry was kinda enough to share this great list from the Runners World forums.

1. Don’t be a whiner. Nobody likes a whiner, not even other whiners.
2. Don’t make running your life, make it part of your life.
3. When doing group runs, start on time no matter who is missing.
4. Don’t compare yourself to other runners.
5. When standing in starting lines, remind yourself how fortunate you are to be there.
6. The faster you are the less you should talk about your times.
7. Don’t always run alone.
8. Don’t always run with people.
9. The best runs sometimes come on the days you didn’t feel like running.
10. Be modest after a race, especially if you have reason to brag.
11. All runners are equal; some are just faster than others.
12. There are no short cuts to run excellence.
13. There is nothing boring about running, there are, however, boring people who run.
14. Look at hills as opportunities to pass people.
15. Don’t try to out run dogs.
16. With out goals, training has no purpose.
17. Go for broke, but prepare to be broken.
18. Unless you make your living as a runner, don’t take running too seriously.
19. Runners who never fail are runners who never tried anything great.
20. Running is simple. Don’t make it complicated.

Good stuff! #11 is my current favorite.

AK sent me a great link: The top 10 unintentionally worst company URLs. powergenitalia.com? speedofart.com? yep, they’re real domains. Read on for a good laugh…

Caught an amusing story on NPR about pet python eating a queen size electric blanket! with controller, none-the-less Catch it here: Python’s Electric Meal: No More Cold Blood? The snake is fine after a little emergency surgery. Guess he couldn’t tell where is rabbit dinner stopped and the blanket started.

When you’re not using your MacBook Pro for productivity, it makes a fine cat amusement. Aw, how cute. Cute, until that screen gets all clawed up, anyway…