I don't have time to fill this in yet. But just wanted to mark it as something that I really need to rant about.
I also hate the $3/month rental on the stupid remote.
OK, so I figured I'd better fill this one in.
My beef here is that I found out that more than half my cable bill goes to paying for the Sports channels.
Now, there has to be at least 20 of them. And I only watch one, occasionally, the Yankee network (YES). And I only watch it because they no longer show games on broadcast TV, and my wife gets into the games once in a while (so I watch along).
Since Sports networks are so much, why aren't they in a separate package, like the movie channels. That way, I can get cable without having to fund all the sports nuts.
I am sure all the sports nuts are saying, "well then, why do we have to pay for all the non-sports channels, like History and SciFi.", and they would be right.
What we have in the cable TV world is socialism!
Instead of just paying for the channels I want, I have to pay for all the channels. So I have to help fund the sports channels, which cost too much for just the sports nuts to support. So the cable company spreads the costs across everyone who wants cable.
I am looking forward to the day when the kids know how to find everything they want to watch on the internet. Then I can just drop the cable TV. I find that there is rarely anything I really want to watch on anyway, despite the 200 channels. Especially since I can watch Stewart and Cobert (the only things worth watching) online.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
What's up with saying mass in Latin?
I happen to be an R.C. and, being a non-conformist, there is a lot about religion that rubs me the wrong way (and some day, I might get to commenting on that).
However, I am married to someone who believes we should go to mass every Sunday, so spending an hour a week at mass keeps the peace. Also, I do believe Christianity provides good moral lessons for the kids.
Well, back to the issue at hand...
At my parish, we have an old-styled pastor, who thinks the Vatican II Council was a travesty. He thinks the mass should be said in Latin (with the priest facing the alter, and all that old school stuff). And my question is, 'Why Latin?'.
The original reason why mass was said in Latin was because that is the language everyone (in the region where the church was being formalized by Emperor Constantine I) spoke. So to say mass in Latin now does not follow the original reason.
And it is not that Jesus spoke Latin at the Last Supper. Jesus spoke Aramaic, and most likely Hebrew (he was Jewish, and it was the Passover meal).
So the only reason to say a mass in Latin, would be to go back to the dark ages, where the priests tried to hold a some kind level of mysticism over the parishioners. Speaking in tongues that only the anointed priests understood.
There may be some who are interested in going back to that by-gone age when religion had an air of mystery and awe. But I think the smell of Bengay off the attendees at a Latin mass would be too much for me to handle.
However, I am married to someone who believes we should go to mass every Sunday, so spending an hour a week at mass keeps the peace. Also, I do believe Christianity provides good moral lessons for the kids.
Well, back to the issue at hand...
At my parish, we have an old-styled pastor, who thinks the Vatican II Council was a travesty. He thinks the mass should be said in Latin (with the priest facing the alter, and all that old school stuff). And my question is, 'Why Latin?'.
The original reason why mass was said in Latin was because that is the language everyone (in the region where the church was being formalized by Emperor Constantine I) spoke. So to say mass in Latin now does not follow the original reason.
And it is not that Jesus spoke Latin at the Last Supper. Jesus spoke Aramaic, and most likely Hebrew (he was Jewish, and it was the Passover meal).
So the only reason to say a mass in Latin, would be to go back to the dark ages, where the priests tried to hold a some kind level of mysticism over the parishioners. Speaking in tongues that only the anointed priests understood.
There may be some who are interested in going back to that by-gone age when religion had an air of mystery and awe. But I think the smell of Bengay off the attendees at a Latin mass would be too much for me to handle.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Here we go!
Despite the fact that my job is technology, I have yet to get into the public blog thing.
Probably because it was so 'hyped' initially, that it would have been to 'conforming' of me to start one.
But, since my artistic sister started her own (kind of) comments on life blog, I could not be out-done.
And since so many things in today's society tick me off, I need an outlet to spew my thoughts (before I get an ulcer).
So today's issue is personal electronics: "Why do we have to be SO connected."
Yes, I have a cell phone (got one once they started having family plans that were reasonably affordable). Yes, I have a texting plan, which I had to get, between my daughter's texting (she is averaging 500/day) and people texting my wife and I (probably assuming we have a texting plan), it was more economical.
Now, I sit all day at my computer, so I do have access to email and IM most of the time. So when I go away from my computer, I want to be away from my work. I do not want my 'phone' reminding me of work by providing me email and IM as well. But most of my colleagues apparently don't have anything better to do with their life, so they are always 'on'.
Now, there has been the occassion where it might have come in handy. But if someone REALLY needs me, they have my cell #, so why not call?
It used to be, when people left work, the LEFT work. It is great that technology now allows me to work from home. But now home is work, w/o co-workers to hang at the coffee pot with.
Ah well, I guess that is enough rambling thoughts for now.
Probably because it was so 'hyped' initially, that it would have been to 'conforming' of me to start one.
But, since my artistic sister started her own (kind of) comments on life blog, I could not be out-done.
And since so many things in today's society tick me off, I need an outlet to spew my thoughts (before I get an ulcer).
So today's issue is personal electronics: "Why do we have to be SO connected."
Yes, I have a cell phone (got one once they started having family plans that were reasonably affordable). Yes, I have a texting plan, which I had to get, between my daughter's texting (she is averaging 500/day) and people texting my wife and I (probably assuming we have a texting plan), it was more economical.
Now, I sit all day at my computer, so I do have access to email and IM most of the time. So when I go away from my computer, I want to be away from my work. I do not want my 'phone' reminding me of work by providing me email and IM as well. But most of my colleagues apparently don't have anything better to do with their life, so they are always 'on'.
Now, there has been the occassion where it might have come in handy. But if someone REALLY needs me, they have my cell #, so why not call?
It used to be, when people left work, the LEFT work. It is great that technology now allows me to work from home. But now home is work, w/o co-workers to hang at the coffee pot with.
Ah well, I guess that is enough rambling thoughts for now.
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