Monday, October 20, 2014

I’m actually too tired to eat a Russell Stover sugar-free marshmallow pumpkin.

I’ve had two stinking hours of sleep and I’m so tired I can’t even keep my eyes open long enough to eat a Russell Stover sugar-free marshmallow pumpkin. As a matter of fact, my present level of sleep deprivation is so profound I actually feel INEBRIATED. Sam just left for the gym and his weekly Costco excursion — TEENY TACOS! BREAKFAST BURRITOS! SALSA! MUFFINS! VERY VERY GOOD FROZEN HAMBURGERS! — and I’m seriously considering an immediate nap in the family room since my afternoon will be interrupted by technical people from Display Systems, Inc., who are coming over to replace the lamp in our projection TV so I won’t miss any William Powell movies. (The lamp hasn’t burned out yet but those threatening little on-screen warning messages irritate the hell out of me.) For your possible interest I’m expecting the aforementioned technical people between 2 and 4.



I’ve got a huge announcement, people.

NEVER AGAIN. NEXT TIME WE NEED A NEW LAMP IN OUR PROJECTION TV IT WILL BE A DO-IT-YOURSELF PROJECT ALL THE WAY.

Display Systems, Inc. charged us the “holy shit” price of $279.88 for today’s service call, which breaks down as follows: $50 to ring the doorbell, $119.99 for parts, $99.99 for about seven minutes of labor and $9.90 tax. Unfortunately, after a very brief online investigation tonight I discovered that you can buy the Sony part on Amazon for $83 with free shipping — or a generic for considerably less! — and there’s a handy-dandy YouTube video that shows you how to replace the lamp ALL BY YOURSELF with no tools whatsoever in about a minute and a half. Check it out.


Thank y’all for reading this.

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