I bought my HDTV (32" HP) from Best Buy without much problem from Best Buy, but I count myself lucky. Honestly, though, that HP has been pretty damn solid.

Enjoy the open thread and try not to trash the place.

Anyone have a gun?

I just got vetoed for The Family Stone, and my wife actually likes watching sports. Looks like it's Resistance 2 time for me.

There's that word again, "heavy". Why are things so heavy in Bristol? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

Nevermind, 3rd overall worldwide. There's only the one Indian stadium.

Neither are the biggest stadium in the world.

I believe Cornell is actually the only university in the country that's a land-, sea-, space-, and sun-grant school.

What about Pogs? Is there time for Pogs?

Minelli says he "has been, is now and continues to be called a douchebag by friends, acquaintances, coworkers, employers and strangers alike."

Wait, how come BYU vs Utah can call it the Holy War, but BC vs Notre Dame had to cease the use of that term?

Meanwhile, my close friend's out of the hospital, finally. You'd think girls' flag football would be reasonably safe.

They directly import into Windows Media Player, too, but I ignore that part; I rename all the files manually anyway (there's a system), so I just dump everything to an "incoming music" folder and sort it out later. Most of my finds come from XMU on the satellite (which, amazingly, they seem to have not entirely…

same boat here - I pay for everything that isn't sent to me as a promo

That's okay. The roommate is watching CNN now. As he's been doing all day. And all yesterday. And all Monday. And all every day of the week except Sunday (which is the one time I can get some peace and quiet to watch football).

Does Kate ever let Jon talk, or have an original thought, or make a point without criticizing it?

This week just isn't going to end, is it?

leave it out in the rain, and someone will jump through it.

Whither DUAN?

I'm always partial to their analysis of The Most Ridiculous Article Ever In The History of Everythi.... Heady days, indeed.