Copper

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I traded in my Standard-def TiVo for some POS Verizon HD-DVR. It's about as dumb as a rock, but the HD it shits out is purty.

All my TiVo favorites are gone and tryin' to A., remember them all (and their hierarchies), and, B., program that into Dumbo HD-DVR would be a waste of time. Better to forget most of those programs anyway.

So I flipped through the almost-unintelligible "guide" the other day and decided on a show called "Storage Wars." I chose this ONLY because one of the "featured participants" of this reality show recently sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" during the 7th Inning Stretch at Wrigley Field in Chicago. I hadn't seen this mope or his show before and he sucked at singing, was a boring, short interview and exited the booth before the end of the half-inning. This indicating that the TV announcers were as unimpressed by him as I was. The Cubs have had celebrities singing the stretch since our beloved announcer Harry Carey passed away in 1998. The celebs are A- and B-list entertainers, business types and athletes. This guy from "Storage Wars" was a distant ... I dunno ... F-list.

And his show sucks. And he seems to be the weasel among the "featured participants." Which then made me think of our poor, hapless Little Bears: The Cubbies are so fucking bad this year that they're having to dig deeeeeeep into the celeb pool to find someone, however disinterested, unknown and uninteresting to sing at home games.

Boo. Go Cubs.

Tonight - Argus.


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