OK, but why did my DVR decide not to record Castle? I think I hate Comcast.

If it's a Scientific Atlanta unit, it's not Comcast, it's the hardware. I eventually traded mine for a Tivo I couldn't really afford, but decided it would be cheaper than spending time in jail after killing everyone who has ever worked for Scientific Atlanta.

It's not -- it's Motorola. And my Scientific Atlanta one in NYC worked fine. Bastards!

Pioneer Woman's recipe today is braised short ribs, which I've been dying to try for ages. She may have just pushed me over the edge.

Thanks for all the congrats. It's pretty damned awesome. My grandfather suffered with post-Shingles pain the last few years of his life; he's the reason I took this job.

As someone who has also suffered from shingles (apparently, people are getting them younger and younger), I say "YAY!" It fucking HURTS! Now I know what to ask for when and if I ever get them again.

Kitty bellies are awesome.

It's kinda bizarre how inured I am to police spotlight copters. Mild interest, oh gee, it's up the block by the Y, back inside....

quester sending out the ma

My Castle stopped taping like 2 min in, but that is reception wonkiness I have with the fake cable - all my reception except HD channels goes out every once in a while. Can't really call and complain as I don't pay for cable. Problem is that I don't seem to get a ABC HD channel, I get CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, TBS, and ION. weird, huh.

The only good thing about today was that a friend of mine is visiting from Finland and we had dinner. Everything else? Crap.

y'all made me paranoid - so I checked to make sure castle is all set to record.

What the fuck? I got a roll of quarters from the bank.

One of the quarters...is a franc.