I made the mistake of leaving my car windows open last night. I'd been planning on moving stuff out of my apartment, but then I remembered I'm lazy. Now, my house has the advantage of having lots of trees. Nice shade. It's very cooling. But. With trees come birds. And with birds come bird poop. Did I mention I left my car windows open? Let's just leave it at that then.
In other news, I am sticking it to the local cable monopoly. They wanted me to order digital cable (+$7 over standard) in order to get HBO. Of course, I also have to pay $7/mo. for that digital cable convertor box. So all of a sudden, HBO would cost me $25/mo. Gee, no thanks. Turns out that DirecTV has the same lineup as Time Warner for a few bucks less than their standard. HBO costs the same. On top of it, Tivo service through DirecTV costs $5/mo., versus the $13/mo. it would cost on its own. Plus, I can still get Road Runner without getting Time Warner cable television (precious, precious Internet). All in all, it will cost about $30 less per month than it would have through Time Warner. Not to mention that I'll likely get my first two months of DirecTV for free, and the first 6 months of Road Runner for $15 off. Those first two months will pay off the cost of a new DirecTV Tivo in savings, and then some. Saving money makes me feel good. More money for precious, precious house.