Comcast Games Pt III; Song of Lunch

Still playing games with Comcast.

I had hoped paying the $50.45 would be the end of the matter. Then I made the mistake of checking the website a few days later, only to see my account, which remember hadn't updated for weeks despite all the changes I had made, showed the payment, as well as the outstanding balance between the $50 the phone said I owed and the $68 the website claimed.

Calling the phone line again gave me the message that I owed nothing. Games, I tell you. Games.

Not wanting to be disconnected over $18, I again logged online with a rep to ask about the discrepancy. Rather than go into the whole sordid affair, I kept it simple, asking whether I owed the $18 or not. He said I didn't. I have something I can print out as proof. Can't wait for next month.

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A far more pressing matter that I'm sure has you all filled with concern is whether or not I got to see the new Rickman thing, "The Song of Lunch." I have, no thanks to the BBC, who have the nerve to post videos on the World Wide Web, only to block anyone from outside the UK watching them. Fuck you, Beeb. YOU are contributing to internet piracy and file sharing (and of course a mere 48 hours later it was on YouTube, so fuck you twice).

I instantly emailed meamjeffyjeff, who disappointingly reported back that he got the message 36 minutes into the broadcast, and anyway would have to hook his VCR back to his TV and of course UK videotapes are useless to me without an expensive conversion process. I passed this on to kavieshana, who answered, "I'm just impressed he got that email back in 1992 where he's living with his VCR."

So yes indeed I saw it. ( ::And this is what I thought:: )

Not quite what I had expected, but a nice little taste to tide me over until Deathly Hallows comes out next month.