January 26, 2011

Politics, Football, and Video Games (AKA Wife Repellent)

My official stance is that I'd like to see all new management and coaches for the Bears. I don't care if the players love Lovie. I presume they also love their checks. I bet they'd love winning a Super Bowl, too. Honestly, I'm getting tired of hearing about the '85 Bears.

Maybe this is too cynical, but I feel like anyone can pull off anything in politics, regardless of the rule of law, if they have the right connections. Hell, even if they don't - all it takes is to just do the thing that seems so far out of bounds it couldn't possibly work, and then everything just continues on as if it never happened. That doesn't work for me, but then again, I'm not running for office.

I set up the new, improved home theater over the weekend. We now have the Dish box, the PS3, and the stereo receiver in the cabinet with the television on top. The PS3 replaced the Wii, a big computer, and an upconverting DVD player.

I also got an IR to bluetooth converter (very small) which allows the universal remote to control the PS3 as well. So, to watch TV is one button, to watch a movie, play a game, or surf the Internet is one other button. That's it.

Last, I re-connected the speakers with better, newer wire, and now the whole thing looks and sounds fantastic. The next upgrade won't happen for a while, but it'll be a fancy receiver that can aggregate HDMI cables and separate out the subwoofer signal.

In the meantime, I still have to figure out what to do about the garage door opener. It's never just one thing.

Addendum:

Dear "The Shack",

We're totally over. Lose my number. I needed guidance and you sold me down the river on a lie. I still don't need a $70 HDMI cable and those banana clips were the wrong size. Jerks.

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