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It’s Droid X Day!! I was so excited that I drove down to my local Verizon Wireless store this morning to join the crowds and get my early upgrade. When I arrived, a customer service agent let me know that since my free upgrade wasn’t until Jan 2011, I wasn’t going to be eligible for an upgrade! Oh no!

Dejected, I headed outside and called 611 on my cell. I was connected to a Verizon agent, working on his day off, who let me know that I DID qualify for a rebate-based early-upgrade discount! That’s all I really wanted, anyway, so I was elated! He said I could order it from him, so I asked if the same deal would be available in-store (since I am impatient and didn’t want to wait for shipping). He said yes, but that he would just waive the shipping and deliver overnight if I bought from him right then. To which I replied, “yes, please!”

At this point, I was already a happy customer. Then, he waived my early upgrade fee, too! Now I was really happy, but a little worried because I didn’t really want to pay the whole cost today. Tomorrow, yes. When it came time for the payment, he said I could pay now, or defer it to my monthly bill! Meaning I didn’t have to drop a dime today to get my new Droid X shipped overnight!

When I am asked why I don’t have an iPhone, my answer is Verizon. Not only do they provide me with coverage in my apartment (something AT&T cannot do), they just seem to give a crap about whether I am a happy customer. That’s something I NEVER experienced with Cingular/AT&T. So, while I enjoy using my iPod Touch and can see why people like iPhones so much, I can’t get behind Apple with their decision to limit themselves to AT&T.

DROID!

In case you’ve been under a rock, Futurama has been back in action for over a year — in the form of 4 direct-to-DVD movies!!



The only way Comedy Central will give them the chance to make regular seasons for TV again is if the DVD sales for the movies do well. So, it’s time to help bring back a show that should never have been canceled! Buy the DVDs!

George Carlin is the first comedian I remember watching and hearing as a kid. And he was the only comedian who was able to make me fall from my chair, roll on the ground and hold my sides from laughing so hard.

A true wordsmith and a man who always said exactly what he meant. He will be sorely missed. The world just got a lot less funny.

In case you weren’t aware, the mountains above Sierra Madre are on fire. The picture above is taken from right outside my apartment. TV news coverage is weak, but a guy who lives down the street from me runs the sierramadrenews.net blog which has the best updates I can find.

So far the fire hasn’t damaged any homes, but it’s getting dangerously close. Click on the picture above to see all the shots I have taken since the fire started. I will continue posting pictures as I take them.

From now on, I am on the Graveyard schedule at DreamHost! This means that I will rarely ever be online during the day. So, if you follow me on twitter, you may want to turn off my SMS notifications.

Had a fantastic lunch with the crew here at the West office and plan to rock my socks off at the Sundowners, tonight at the Buccaneer!

Happy Journey Friday, bitches!

I finally caved in and switched back to thePlayland as my home on the internet(s). I was using mostlypatrick.com for a while there and found that I just wasn’t posting. Now, I’m home again and it feels so good.

My older brother and his wife just produced life! I am officially an uncle to Robin Michael Alexander Lastname. He’s pretty cute and has the family chin. You can read all about the whole experience and how he’s doing now on his Mom’s blog.

Not sure when I’ll be heading up there to meet the new addition, but I will surely post pictures when I do. For now, check out Soula’s blog for current pics.