Lesson
So SBC still still STILL doesn't have my DSL connection up and running. It has been weeks since I ordered it, and 10 days since it was supposed to be online. Anyway, they've lost my business. I've ordered a Comcast cable modem. I should have listened to you all. I've learned my lesson.
Update: The technicians at SBC have "discovered" that I'm too far from the central station to get DSL. It would have been nice if they had told me this before I waited a month for service. SBC is dead to me now.
Holidays
I ate too much. Definitely too much.
On the Phone
Why, oh why does it take SBC two hours on the phone just to input the order to transfer your phone service from one house to another? And why, oh why does it take them a whole 10 business days to get around to setting up DSL access at the new place?
Having to use the modem all day for work is a bit like getting on the freeway and realizing that the speed limit has been lowered to 20 mph.
Letting the Days Go By
I try not to quote lyrics here or anywhere else for that matter, partly because it seems a bit grade-schoolish, and partly because I like to think I can be a bit more original than that. However, as anyone who has spent the better portion of his years listening to pop radio will tell you, it's simply impossible not to want to pair up certain songs with specific events in your life. And for that reason, I found it hard not to think of the Talking Heads this afternoon as I stepped out of the real estate agent's office holding the key to our new house.
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house,
with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself -- Well... how did I get here?
Of course, David Byrne was singing about losing it all when the money's gone, but even that's a bit too perfect. After all, when I pulled up to the curb outside the biggest purchase of my life, all I could think was, "Dear god, they let me have this?"
And you may tell yourself
MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE?
Maybe I'll have to ask Santa to bring me the new Talking Heads box set for Christmas this year. That is, if he can fit down our new chimney.
