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Smoke Signals

  I just saw a dam good movie.

 

“Smoke Signals (1998) is an independent film directed and co-produced by Chris Eyre and with a screenplay by Sherman Alexie, based on the short story "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona" from his book Lone Ranger and Tonto: Fistfight in Heaven. It won several awards and accolades, and was well-received at numerous film festivals. It is rated PG-13 for "Some intense images" by the MPAA.

The story centers on Victor Joseph (Adam Beach) and Thomas Builds-the-Fire (Evan Adams) on the Coeur D'Alene Indian Reservation in Plummer, Idaho. Thomas is an eccentric tribe storyteller and Victor is an angry, brooding local basketball star…”

 

  “…The Coeur d'Alene Reservation, located in northwestern Idaho, USA, is home to the Coeur d'Alene peoples. It is located in parts of Benewah County and Kootenai County. The land area is 523.76 sq mi (1,356.531 km²) and it had a population of 6,551 residents at the 2000 census. The largest city entirely within the reservation is Plummer, with a population of 990 persons. However, part of the larger city of St. Maries extends onto the reservation's eastern end, although this portion had only 734 of the city's 2,652 residents.”

2 Broke Girl$

  I am enjoying "2 Broke Girls" on TV.  

"2 Broke Girls (stylized as 2 BROKE GIRL$) is an American television sitcom that debuted on CBS during the 2011–12 television season. The series follows the misadventures of roommates Max and Caroline, both financially poor, and their efforts to start a cupcake business in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, New York. The first episode aired at 9:30 pm (E/P) after Two and a Half Men on September 19, 2011. Later episodes followed How I Met Your Mother on Monday nights at 8:30 pm (E/P).^[1] The series was created by Michael Patrick King and Whitney Cummings for Warner Bros. Television. On October 5, 2011 CBS gave a full-season order to the freshman comedy.^[2]"

On March 14, 2012, CBS announced that 2 Broke Girls would return for a second season during the 2012–2013 television season.^[3]

 

Charter to add 28 HD Channels soon

  I turned on my cable TV and could not get any channels.  There was just a message saying Your Digital Service has been disconnected and to call 1-888-438-2427.
  I checked and my Internet service and phone service was still working.
  I knew I had paid my Charter Cable bill but I logged into Charter just to make sure.  I am all paid up.

  So I called the number and got a live person and they sent a signal to my box and fixed the problem.  Odd problem.  I have never seen that problem in the past.

  I checked everything and everything seems to be working.
I did notice that now EPIX 490 has the normal sort of screen that you see when you don’t get a pay channel.  The one that tells you that you can upgrade and how much it cost a month ($10).
 
  You will remember that I blogged about their free three day demo and that it lasted longer that three days but the entire time the channel would be buffering all the time and you could not watch anything on it. 
  Not sure what is going on with EXIP. 

  I see that in some areas of the United States that Charter is moving their channels around.  I suspect that Charter is getting ready to add new channels or do something and that they are making changes. 
 

  OK I just did a search again and it looks like Charter is adding 28 new HD channels and when they do that they appear to be moving channels around.
  They are doing that in MO and other areas so it will come to Dallas/Fort Worth soon I am sure.
 

What color is the sky in Joe Scarborough’s world?

  I do not know why I watch “Morning Joe.”  The show would be excellent  if Joe Scarborough was not on it.  But he is on it and we have to listen to his point of view because he was a Republican Congressman from 1995 to 2001.  He never fails to remind us every day over and over again that he was in Congress.

 
  Well this morning Joe Scarborough was trying to make some point and all over the place.  He was upset that President Obama was taking credit for killing Osama bin Laden one year ago today.
  He was upset with a video that the Obama people put out about Mitt Romney. 
  Then he did not approve of a comment that Mitt Romney made about President Carter.
  It seems that Joe does not think you can say anything bad about an ex-president after 30 years.  I am not sure if that is only if they are still alive or not.
  He also made a defense of President Hoover saying how he did not cause the great depression.  (No one has ever said President Hoover (R) every caused the depression.)  Hoover was a very smart man and a very kind and decent man but he was a Republican and when the depression hit one year into his term he did NOTHING (zero) to fix the problem.  Because as a Republican he felt there was nothing that could be done.  It was up to business to decide to start building and hiring again.  So for three years he waited and for that the American people hated his guts and never forgave him or the Republican Party.
 
  I am not sure what point that Joe Scarborough was trying to make this morning.  Except to re-write his on history. 
  I am not sure why I watch the show.
  I guess I watch so I can look at Mika Brzezinski and listen to Willie Geist.

  I used to watch Don Imus when “Imus in the Morning” was in that time slot.  I watched Don Imus to just get his spin on the current news. 
  I don’t like the spin from Joe Scarborough. 

EPIX fail

  EPIX over the weekend had free access on Charter.  The idea being to get people to take the channel.  I just checked and they are still offering the free service today (Tuesday)! 

  Well they have major buffering problems on the channel.  I attempted to watch some movies and had to give up because of the buffering. 

  The re-buffers again made watching the movies something you could not do.   They sure are not going to get new customers and if they have any customers they are going to lose those.

  I wonder if the Epix free weekend was never turned on?  I never tune to channel 490 so I do not know what they send when the service is not turned on.  I would think it is the standard display and logo telling you to contact Charter and how much it cost per month.

 

“Epix (pronounced "epics") is an American premium television channel that is operated by Studio 3 Partners—a joint venture among Viacom (specifically its subdivision Paramount Pictures), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Lionsgate. Viacom handles operational support, including marketing and affiliate services for the service through its MTV Networks division.

Epix offers a companion video on demand service. In order to access online on-demand program content, subscribers must have a digital box…^”

TV: 2 Broke Girls

  I like “2 Broke Girls” on CBS. 

“2 Broke Girls (stylized as 2 BROKE GIRL$) is an American television sitcom that debuted on CBS during the 2011–12 television season. The series follows the misadventures of roommates Max and Caroline, both financially poor, and their efforts to start a cupcake business in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, New York. The first episode aired at 9:30 pm (E/P) after Two and a Half Men on September 19, 2011. Later episodes followed How I Met Your Mother on Monday nights at 8:30 pm (E/P). The series was created by Michael Patrick King and Whitney Cummings for Warner Bros. Television. On October 5, 2011 CBS gave a full-season order to the freshman comedy.

On March 14, 2012, CBS announced that 2 Broke Girls would return for a second season during the 2012–2013 television season….”

Revisiting Hulu

  I  have not been to the Hulu site for months and months.  I guess since I got all the cable channels and DVR service from my cable company (Charter).
 
  I joined Hulu in March of 2008. I see I have a profile page there but no activity on it.

  I was a plus user in the past but I am not going to sign up again.  I need to cut cost not be adding new monthly bills.
  I would sign up for plus membership if they offered “The West Wing” as one of the TV shows they had on their service.  I loved that show.

Bourbon Whiskey

  I saw a show yesterday on Bourbon whiskey.  I do not drink.  I have never drank. 
But I watched all of the show.  It was very interesting.
  Makes me want to try Bourbon whiskey. 
  But with my family history I should not be drinking.

“Bourbon is a type of American whiskey – a barrel-aged distilled spirit made primarily from corn. The name of the spirit derives from its historical association with an area known as Old Bourbon, around what is now Bourbon County, Kentucky (which, in turn, was named after the French House of Bourbon royal family). It has been produced since the 18th century. While it may be made anywhere in the United States, it is strongly associated with the American South in general, and Kentucky in particular…”

Veep

“Veep is a 2012 HBO television comedy series set in the office of a fictional U.S. vice president. The program is created by Armando Iannucci and uses the same cinéma-vérité production style as his BBC television political satire The Thick of It. After a 2011 pilot written by Iannucci and Simon Blackwell, the series was commissioned for a full season. The series premiered on HBO on April 22, 2012, and will be shown in the UK on Sky Atlantic in June…”

 

  I watched the show last night.  I wanted to like it but it was not good.  I will try next week and see how I like it.
  The first show they may have wanted to show everyone and set the stage or something…But so far I am not impressed.

Game of Thrones

“Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is titled A Game of Thrones. The series is filmed at Paint Hall Studios in Belfast, and on location elsewhere in Northern Ireland, Malta, Croatia and Iceland. Its cast is mainly British and Irish…”

 

  I am watching “Game of Thrones” right now.  I had the DVR get it for me tonight.  I am a fan of the show now.  It took me a long time to learn who everyone was in the show and get the hang on it…But I am a fan now.