Fairly Busy weekend.

This weekend ended up being more active than I anticipated. At first I was just planning to get a haircut. Of course, when I went downtown Center City was jammed with traffic, good thing I was on foot. I got my haircut, went to Barnes & Nobel and bought some books. I expected so little more of this weekend that I rented videos on the way home. But then I remember that I was supposed to help my parents buy new TV and remove the X-mas tree on Sunday. Still no big deal. But then I got invited out and had a good time, but got home late.

Buying the TV wasn't too bad, but installing it was a bit of a pain, mostly because my parents have to be dragged to 1970's technology kicking and screaming. The main problem was the plug on the TV: It was three prong and the old one was two prong. There were some anxious moments while Dad scrounged up an extension cord. But the thing was finally in place. At last my parents have a TV with a picture which isn't so stretched that everyone looks like Frankenstein's monster.

The tree was easier this year, mostly because my suggestion (dutifully rejected last year) to cut off the branches to make the thing easier to move was accepted. I took off all the lower branches and could actually carry the thing out myself. Keep in mind this tree was about 10' tall.

Not much else to say right now.