it's getting to that time of year when the annual deadwood marathon begins anew. i think this will be the 8th time i'll have watched the series and every time i marvel at the wisdom of al swearengen and hang on his every word. does anyone remember me crying the blues over the faulty discs i bought on ebay that damaged my blu ray player? and last year i bought new blu ray discs from amazon that presented another problem, the LG blu ray player had a memory like a sieve and could never remember where i left off the previous evening. when you only watch about 20 minutes each night and are often medicated, this can be a real problem. of course one man's problem is another man's opportunity.
yesterday while the world was enthralled with baseball playoffs and the marketing genius of the nfl, i was adding another dvd player to the mix. i dug up an old harmon kardon dvd player that sonny had bought years ago and never used. it didn't have a remote but that was no problem since i have an ample supply of harmony programmable remotes. i also have a huge box of wires, cables, cords etc so all systems were a go. after a few trials and tribulations everything came together and i now have 3 dvd players connected to the tv.
it's a HARMON KARDON 31. when we last moved and i was clearing out junk i posted it on craigslist for $20 and didn't get one response and now i'm very happy to have hung onto it. the picture quality is about average but the sound is excellent and best of all it's really well built. the discs fit snugly in the tray and the mechanism for sliding in and out is top notch, much better than my sony or lg. and best of all, i've programmed the remote so all my favorite buttons are right where i want them. i can lay in the dark and let my fingers do the walking.
once again, the al swearengen take on life that is my guiding light:
AL SWEARENGEN'S TAKE ON MISFORTUNE. (some son of a bitch disabled embedding, hence the link)
i love you sons of bitches.
33 comments:
Hey, Al looks like an English actor called Ian McShane! Can you tell his American accent is fake? I'm not sure I can. I remember him playing Judas Iscariot when he was much younger. Perfect face for a bad guy!
Haven't watch baseball for ages.
Coffee is on
gb - after seeing deadwood the first time i rushed up to the library and checked out lovejoy. i was quite disappointed in lovejoy but maybe my expectations were too high.
dora - you're probably not missing very much.
" does anyone remember me crying the blues over the faulty discs i bought on ebay that "
Sure, I remember that. I don't know shit about blue ray players but when I watch movies in my DVD player if I want to stop and pick it up where I was I just push the On/Off button on the player. When I'm ready to watch again I push the play button on the remote and it picks up where I left off.
you probably have to hit the "stop" button before the on/off button and will it remember the spot if you remove the disc and play several other discs before going back to it?
No, I don't hit the stop button first, just the power button. Hell, if you switch disks I don't think any unit will track the place you was when you go back to it. Oh well, a cheap bastard that buys pirated disks gets what he deserves.
that's rich, the biggest moocher on the planet calling me a cheap bastard.
my sony remembers where to start off from years ago.
Hey, I only called you a cheap bastard cuz you are always reminding us that you are. :-)
i accept your apology.
I'm not really much of a moocher, things just tend to flow to me. Folks keep trying to give me things cuz I'm such a swell fucker.
OH WELL, NO ONE REALLY GIVES A SHIT.
if israel tells us to reduce emissions, we'll reduce emissions.
but we're having an election this coming spring so it might be an issue.
A MOOCHER....
I liked this scene.
i like it too, the genius of al swearengen knows no bounds. i always like it when al calls his crew together, reminds me of tony soprano and his crew.
I sure was hoping the guy who got slapped was going to say "Okay!" and whoop out a pistol and blow that guys head off.
Eventually, Tex, thems what's been oppressed declare a perfect day, and there are a lot of script and scenery changes...
When the good ole Soviets were around, the banksters and oligarchs had proper respect for the human animal, knowing full well that a Communist revolution would have them splayed out on their zero gravity chair with a variety of proletarian probes exploring the interior of their posterior... just before they are consumed by the flames.
Sorry where was I? Oh yes... the elite used to worry about us mere humans and now they think they have us mastered. What a bunch of retards.
Clearly most of them must have inherited their wealth, because they exhibit a spectacularly narrow view of how things really work.
thims - thems that are oppressed? it's the golden age of television and even the poorest of the poor have smart phones these days.
have you read flash boys yet?
I don't have a smart phone, don't even want one, will have to go to Texas with my dumb phone.
Hey, ever heard of a Roku? Free TV is a good deal, think I'll get one when I get back.
we don't have roku and our canadian netflix sucks.
i was just give a package of chocolate pretzel stick coffee.
Hey, asshole, you have not commented on my latest post.
I agree that you can learn a lot from that character's wisdom. Love his scenes with the Chinese guy the best where he figures out what he is saying like on sharades. He would be the best contestant on Password or 25,000 pyramid, or a show where you gotta kill people.
My blue ray left when the hubby took a lady friend! Of all things to do - why? (No not the lady thing, but he could have left the equipment.) Geez, like I know what to replace it with? (Not the hubby - but the equipment!)
Too bad the left behind cable isn't pure copper but copper clad.. else I could sell that crap and buy something that has a memory and a remote, etc. (No not a new hubby, but new equipment.)
Enjoyed the video clip. Maybe I need to dish a bit out myself. Until then it's me and the lap top playing dvds. Thanks Billy.
Hey BBC, if you're going to Texas, why not stop by New Orleans while you're in the neighborhood? We've got cheap food, all-night bars, and some butt ugly hookers waiting for you. We can take a tour around all the new gazillion dollar flood protection measures your tax money would have helped pay for ( if you had any money and actually paid taxes), and then I can show you where Walmart is so you can set up camp in their parking lot and pretend you're a tough guy in the woods.. Btw, it happens to be in the Lower Ninth Ward, so I don't recommend you call people "stupid monkeys" or tell them you want to fuck their mother, as folks don't take kindly to that kind of talk down here.
I'd also like to point out that after years of calling me rotten for my criticisms of Spirit, Pilgrim has lately touched on all of them...dementia, mooching, ignorance, narcissism...
Hmmm.
Fuck you Leslie...
Billy P, Doc Teri visited your blog today, like I said, she is having a bad year, bad headaches all the time and falls a lot. Mold exposure at work.
She noted that Leslie is still a cunt, yup, wouldn't make a toad on Helen's ashes.
I'm starting Deadwood again too...3rd year for me since you got me started, Pilgrim. Thanks! Pretty sick but hoping things get better...not dead yet, at least.
And I did not call Leslie a cunt, Billy. Don't get me into trouble...don't need any more drama. Hugs...
kenneth - the charades were good, especially when johnny burns got involved.
dixie - i've come to the conclusion that blu ray was just another gimmick to separate us rubes from our money.
leslie - say hi to harry for me, i miss the big guy.
king - i know a teacher who claims to have been poisoned by the mold in her classroom. hope doc's ok.
Teri is right, she didn't exactly say that.
hi doc, they say the 3rd time's the charm so you got that going for you too. i don't think you have to worry about leslie believing anything the king says.
Good to know...
Geometry for the Selfish Herd.
Innit, BBC?
Post a Comment