well...
things almost went ok with the cable modem and broadband phone hookups. It seems that the age of the feeder cable (which is snaked through various walls, the attic and several secret chambers of Stately Sad Old Goth Manor, and not easily replaceable) will not pull enough of a signal to run the phone/modem at the same time as the assortment of tv's scattered about the place, so the guy has to come back Monday morning to hook up a signal amplifier. However, cable internet is most fun, I can actually listen to my favorite radio station on-line while I blog and surf the net. Having a new computer helps too.
Ok, lots of debris to clean up, hook the printer and scanner back up and go vacuum the pool, so I'll see you later, as long as no one wants to watch the idiot box.
have fun.
pearls before swine...