a blog by stephen

Four stations yank “Book of Daniel”:

Four television stations are refusing to air an NBC drama series that debuts Friday night because of objections from conservative Christians.

How did I know this would happen?

I’m not usually too interested in watching football, but Penn State is in a bowl game tonight so I’ve been keeping tabs on the game at ESPN.com. They have this great feature called Gamecast which I’ve now determined is just the best way to watch football!
Here’s a screenshot!

Anyway, time for bed. I will have to see who won in the morning.

I love this site. I added it as a link to the right.

Death Threats Don’t Encourage Continence

Woman: It’s going to be a 20 minute wait.

Man: Why don’t you go use the restrooms now?

Woman: It’s okay, I can wait 20 minutes.

Man: If you shit your pants in public again, I’m going to fucking kill you.

–Veselka, 2nd Avenue

Scott had a cute cartoon on his blog.  I kinda liked it too so here it is…

(click picture for full version) 

Today I cancelled Blockbuster Online in favor of Netflix. My reason is simple. I don’t like the fact that my movie name is often displayed on my return envelope due to label design and mis-placement.

Here is an example I found with a quick web search:

I sent an email along with my cancellation…

Dear Blockbuster Online,As indicated during cancellation, I prefer another online movie service.

Netflix does not display the movie name on the return envelope. This is a
gross invasion of my privacy. This does not occur on all envelopes, but in
some cases the movie name can be seen on the return label due to label
placement. My movie watching habits are quite frankly none of my company
mail room’s business.

E-mails to Blockbuster Online customer service on this topic failed to
properly address my issue. It seems evident to me that Blockbuster does not
care about members’ privacy.

We’ll see if they answer.