NO NO - NOT THE LAMP!!

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Just like "Oh, the humanity!" and "Houston we have a problem" the words "Lamp no longer illuminates and has reached the end of the lamp life" is enough to make your blood curdle.

Luckily we had a clue that "the end of the lamp life" was nye and ordered a new lamp Saturday (for $179). The odd thing is that the lamp on our Mitsubishi WD-52631 is so easy to replace it's ALMOST like they designed it that way and when you call Customer Support the very first thing the recording says is "If you need a new lamp . . . . ." wow - I guess they know of this problem. I believe they are not in the TV business but the lamp selling business as $179 + shipping every YEAR is a sweet deal for them.

This lamp lasted LESS THEN ONE YEAR. I still have the receipt for the 1st lamp 12/30/2008 is the date. So our TV is costing us $200 a year.
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In other news:

Caydence is doing well. They were able to use her own tissue for her heart and it started right up on it's own. Doctors are happy and everything is running smoothly last I heard. The OP was suppose to start at 7:30 but it was more like 10:00 and lasted until . . .3:45ish??

I tell ya - next time I get sick I want to go to the the UW Childrens Hospital. Here are some snapshots of their lobby.





And while we were up in one of the waiting rooms I took a few shots from the 3rd floor.

And a worthless piece of art but once I got started I had to finish!



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Public Enemies - Have not seen the DVD yet (see above lamp problems) but I thought I'd let you in on the final numbers (as I remember them from 3 hours ago). Final domestic box office was $97 million with $207 million world wide. Exit polls gave 51% "A" 32% B and the movie ended as a solid "B". It's the 6th highest rated "R" movie of 2009 and 448 ALL TIME domestic box office. It's ranked 3rd all time for True Crime movies (behind "Catch Me if you Can" and "American Gangster".

Speaking of movies, "Gone With The Wind" opened today in 1939 and was an instant hit. Although the origional title of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was going to be "Pansy" named after Scarlett O'Hara who was going to be named Pansy O"Hara (seriously, you can't make this stuff up). They changed the name of the book to "Tote the Weary Load" which is also not a winner in my book and then they did not like THAT title so it became "Tomorrow is Another Day," but James Bond had that one already, or is that Die Another Day? whatever. And finally "Gone with the Wind".

Oddly Margaret Mitchell was a one hit wonder when it came to books and her and Steven King are not alike at all (King has 48 books).

So that is my story!

Be looking for the postcard of the month coming soon to a drugstore near you (if you live in Columbus and don't go to Walgreens). New limited edition postcards on a monthly basis. Collect them all and people 30 years from now will admire you for it.

Rod