Eric Covener's Journal http://www.misers.org/blog A million dollar ideas Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:20:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 New Time Warner channels at the end of the month http://www.misers.org/blog/2009/10/new-time-warner-channels-at-the-end-of-the-month/ http://www.misers.org/blog/2009/10/new-time-warner-channels-at-the-end-of-the-month/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:20:36 +0000 Covener http://www.misers.org/blog/?p=1518 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/10/08/twc-to-roll-out-more-hd/

October 28 will be an good day for many Time Warner subscribers, as 14 new HD channels will be added to the Raleigh lineup. They are:

o HBO 2 East HD (Channel 414)
o BBC America HD (Channel 235)
o Headline News HD (Channel 232)
o Investigation Discovery HD (Channel 236)
o truTV HD (Channel 242)
o MSNBC HD (Channel 233)
o TCM HD (Channel 243)
o Classic On Demand (Channel 512)
o Thriller On Demand (Channel 513)
o Kids/Teens On Demand (Channel 514)
o Action On Demand (Channel 515)
o Comedy On Demand (Channel 516)
o Drama On Demand (Channel 517)
o Lo Mejor On Demand (Channel 547)

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Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson have been dropped from the show, while Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad are joining the cast, Entertainment Weekly reports.

Watkins — who joined “SNL” mid-season last year and was known for her hilarious impersonations of Barbara Walters and Kathie Lee Gifford’s suffering “Today” show co-host Hoda Kotb — said she was shocked by the firing.

(Casey is the brunette Cougar).

New additions that nobody has probably ever seen before: Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad.

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http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/06/16/five-awesome-intentionally-funny-music-videos-in-movies/

Including Empire Records, Naked Gun, Eurotrip

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If you like your pooch at your feet while dining outside Raleigh restaurants, your doggie dinner dates are numbered.

Wake County food safety officials, citing their interpretation of state rules, have started telling restaurants that canines are no longer allowed at outside tables.

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You’ve committed your life to Jesus. You know you’re saved. But when the Rapture comes what’s to become of your loving pets who are left behind? Eternal Earth-Bound Pets takes that burden off your mind.

Via Ryan.

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(05:08:34 PM) zr0e: sorry ted, i don’t remember.
(05:08:47 PM) CovInHer: issat a rounders line :(
(05:08:54 PM) zr0e: well he says sorry john
(05:08:59 PM) zr0e: have u ever seen rounders?
(05:09:24 PM) CovInHer: No, I’m exceptionally good at guessing movies I’ve never seen when people paraphrase them

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Here is our list of action-ons.

The obfuscation is now complete. Nobody knows whether this is a list of things they want to do, a list of things for which management has given their approval, a list of things for which work has begun, or a list of things which have been completed! The only thing that is clear from that sentence is that there’s a list of some sort.

I’m surrounded by people blathering on about terms made up in the last month that have no rigorous meaning, so I can sympathise.

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]]> http://www.misers.org/blog/2009/08/harolds-in-edison/feed/ 0 New Curb Your Enthusiasm in Septmber http://www.misers.org/blog/2009/08/new-curb-your-enthusiasm-in-septmber/ http://www.misers.org/blog/2009/08/new-curb-your-enthusiasm-in-septmber/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:04:47 +0000 Covener http://www.misers.org/blog/?p=1495 We get a new season of Curb in September. Ridicoulous end to season 6 below (with Vivica Fox dressing down Susie Essman)

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