I just finished emailing the following letter to versus@directv.com:
To whom it may concern,
I joined DirecTV last year, just in time for the start of the NHL season. The availability of NHL Center Ice games in HD was the primary reason I made the switch from Comcast. It was great — I thoroughly enjoyed my hockey experience last year.
Naturally, I signed up for the same programming and eagerly awaited tonight—the start of the NHL season. Plus, my team, the superstar Washington Capitals had a premier matchup against the infamous Boston Bruins—how awesome! (I think you know where this is going.) It’s only on Versus, which isn’t a problem since I get 500+ channels thanks to DirecTV, except, it is a problem. Ten minutes before the puck drops I find out that Versus is no longer available on DirecTV. Ummm, what?! Not cool!
You say in your guide that Comcast (owner of the Versus network) is being a dick and making demands you don’t want to comply with. Comcast is acting like a dick? I can believe that—big conglomerates often tend to think they’re too cool for school and, as a result, do stupid things without regard for others.
Sound familiar? You’re a big conglomerate. You think you’re too cool for school. And you’re being a dick to all us NHL fans that already pay way too much money for your product.
Stop being a dick like Comcast and let me watch Versus.
Thanks,
DJ Lein
Posted in Life | Tagged DirecTV, NHL, Versus |
Simple beauty, originally uploaded by DJ Lein.
I was forced to get my camera by the simple beauty of this flower.
Washington Monument at night, originally uploaded by DJ Lein.
Just before the fireworks start. July 4, 2009.
This past Saturday was spent in our nation’s capital with friends. We had a hell of a time.
Highlights included:
- 3 sobering hours touring the Holocaust museum
- Lots of cab rides
- Had 2 sake bombs at a random Japanese place while walking to dinner
- Ate at an Ethiopian restaurant, Lalibela, for my first time and they had 3 different futbol matches on
- Saw a dead? guy laying in the street and the responding firetruck drove right past him (they later turned around)
- Bar #1, Madam’s Organ Blues Bar, featured amazing blues and a lead guitarist who resembled both Little Richard and Prince
- I was taught the technical differences between jazz, blues, and other types of music
- A Jewish guy overheard my discussion with Kevin on the Israel/Palestine issue and initially thought we were anti-Semites. Once he got involved in the convo, he agreed with us on several key issues
- Bar #1 tab was close to $200, 45% of which was for Jack & Cokes
- Bar #2 was a reggae bar called the Ghana Cafe and 85% of the live music was Bob Marley—amazing!
- We almost couldn’t find a cab back to the hotel, but we rescued by an off-duty limo driver
- Lowlight: Sunday morning
Posted in Life | Tagged DC, Saturday |
I’m watching Current (an awesome TV channel that’s directly tied to the internet) right now and naturally decided to checkout their website. It was there I saw this awesome video of Barack Obama dropping the F-bomb.
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Posted in Web | Tagged Barack Obama, video |
