Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Saturday, June 06, 2009
evening
Our birds live in an analog world
Our birds watch PBS daily, but they watch it off an antenna. On June 12, our tvs are going digital and our birds are getting the family dvd player, I guess. I just applied for converter coupons today, as we’ve really had other things on our minds - our coupons won’t be mailed until June 12, so it looks like we’ll be experimenting with the dvd player in the bird room. Gee, I hope the birds like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Sports Night”, and various Xmas cartoons until we get them a converter. If you’ve procrastinated and haven’t ordered a $40 digital converter coupon or two, go to https://www.dtv2009.gov/ and order them now. The converter boxes are supposed to be $40 - $70.
Update 6/13/08: We got our converter box coupons in the mail already, and we’ve found a place that sells them for a penny less than the amount that the coupon covers, so the birds will be watching their PBS shows again very soon. The birds are very happy - I was happy to get a brief respite from “Dragon Tales, Dragon Tales, stupid effin’ dragon tales, let’s eat them all up, yum!” Some of those lyrics may not be absolutely accurate, but perhaps they were just burned into my skull incorrectly. The birds and I will both be happy for them to get their Sesame Street shows back.
