2006 Fall TV Season

The first big TV night of the year is tomorrow according to tv.com's fall preview, so I'd thought I'd put up a list of shows that I'll be series-recording on my PVR along with my summer carry-overs, the Daily Show, the Colbert Report, and G4's AotS.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 5
Standoff (Fox)

SUNDAY, SEPT. 10
The Simpsons (Fox)
Family Guy (Fox)

THURSDAY, SEPT. 14
Survivor: Cook Islands (CBS)

SUNDAY, SEPT. 17
Studio 60 (NBC)

MONDAY, SEPT. 18
The Class (CBS)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)

TUESDAY, SEPT. 19
Smith (CBS)

THURSDAY, SEPT. 21
My Name Is Earl (NBC)
The Office (NBC)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)

MONDAY, SEPT. 25
Heroes (NBC)

SATURDAY, SEPT. 30
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

SUNDAY, OCT. 1
Everybody Hate's Chris (CW)

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4
Lost (ABC)

MONDAY, OCT. 9
What About Brian (ABC)

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11
30 Rock (NBC)

FRIDAY, OCT. 20
Las Vegas (NBC)

PS. I'm back in town after my trek to Tanzania. Looking forward to catching up on everything now. Later, O.

Travel Tunes

Going through my collection to make a playlist for my trip. Which ones should make the cut?

• Travellin' - Matt Mays & El Torpedo (Matt Mays & El Torpedo [2005])
• Again - Lenny Kravitz (Greatest Hits [2000])
• London Still - The Waifs (Up All Night [])
• Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's (Hey There Delilah EP [2006])
• Boston - Augustana (All The Stars And Boulevards [2005])
• All The Miles - Amy Millan (Honey From The Tombs [2006])
• Tourist - Athlete (Live Session iTunes Exclusive EP [2006])
• Maps (Live) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Turn Into EP [2006])
• Run - Snow Patrol
• The Adventure - Angels & Airwaves
• Hello I'm In Delaware - City and Colour (Sometimes [2005])
• Every F**king City - Paul Kelly (...Nothing but a Dream)
• Wish You Were Here - Macy Gray And Wyclef Jean-
• Takin' A Ride - The Replacements (Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?: The Best Of [2006])
• No Goodbyes - The Subways (Young For Eternity) 2005
• Leaving So Soon - Keane (Under The Iron Sea) 20006
• The Best Deceptions - Dashboard Confessional
• Back To Me - Kathleen Edwards
  
• See You Later - Soul Asylum
• Santa Monica - Theory Of A Deadman
• Leaving On A Jet Plane - Chantal Kreviazuk (Colour Moving and Still[1999] )
• Flying Home (Brenda's Song) - Chantal Kreviazuk (What If It All Means Something[2002])
• Train Under Water - Bright Eyes (I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning)
• Another Travelin' Song - Bright Eyes (I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning)
• Move Along - The All-American Rejects
• Top of the World - The All-American Rejects
• Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
• London Halflife - Metric (Static Anonymity EP)
• transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
• Far Away - Martha Wainwright
• Love Will Keep Us Alive - The Eagles
  
• Home - Sarah Mclachlan
• It Can't Be Nashville Every Night - The Tragically Hip
• If New Orleans Is Beat - The Tragically Hip
• One Night In Copenhagen - The Tragically Hip
• Chagrin Falls - The Tragically Hip
• Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man - The Tragically Hip
• Springtime in Vienna - The Tragically Hip
• Sherpa - The Tragically Hip
• London Calling - Clash
• Hotel California - The Eagles
• I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
• All I Want Is You - U2
  
• Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
• Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
• Highway To Hell - AC/DC
• By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Glen Campbell
• Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
• On The Road Again - Willie Nelson
• Desperado - The Eagles
• Here without You - 3 Doors Down

Bus Pass & Taxes

From http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/whatsnew/items/transit-e.html:
The tax credit for public transit passes is a non-refundable tax credit for the cost of buying a monthly (or longer duration) pass for commuting on buses, streetcars, subways, commuter trains and local ferries.

From http://www.calgarytransit.com/taxcredit_monthly_passes.html:
Only monthly and yearly passes are eligible for the Federal tax credits. So tickets, day passes, premium fees and cash fares are not eligible for the credits.

Car Issues : -(

Well, I think my '97 is nearing EOL. Here's my log of the past few weeks:

6/15
9am - car dashboard lights up
12pm - AMA boost, go inside office to finish things up
1pm - go back to car, it has stopped running (with my keys locked inside)
3pm - AMA tow to dealership

6/16
9am - Alternator replaced
4:00 pm - pick up car & $700 bill (a few other minor things done too)
4:35 pm - stalls and loses power 5 minutes after I drive it off on the way home at a major intersection
5:30 pm - Called dealership back and they tell me to "keep driving it"!?! Also to keep the car running for 15 minutes and leaving it off for a few minutes. Lather... rinse... repeat...

6/17
10am - Followed up with dealership in the morning. Told to "keep driving it"!?! They say that maybe the "Error Idle Control" was not set properly... If this causes the car to stall in 5 minutes after taking it on the road, you'd think that this would be something that should be easily done.

6/23
Noticed that it now takes 2-3 times before it starts up... possibly the fuel filter going?

7/03
6pm - doesn't start at all now
10pm - boosted by AMA

7/04
10am - booked another appointment with dealership
7pm - car doesn't start, used final free AMA service call to boost, tech notices loose battery connection. Drove directly to dealership, "do no pass go" as AMA manager recommends.

7/05
1:30pm - car still getting looked at...
5pm - new car battery put in. Guess it was fine but died two weeks after the alternator was replaced. Another ~200 bucks put into the clunker.

7/15
9am - car keeps trying to turn over but doesn't start...
10am - car finally starts, so I just dropped it off at the dealership again for them to re-inspect

7/18
Dealership takes a look at it for two days but can't find anything wrong with it. They did lend me a rental, a 2-door pontiac pursuit, this time around tho.

7/19
9am - I go swap the rental back for my wheels.

7/31
The car has been fine since then, even took it up to Edmonton last weekend. Have used up all my AMA service calls and tow for the rest of the year though. Actually I do realize the car has been pretty good for me as it is a '97 but I haven't even put 120,000 km into it. I was planning on looking at a new set of wheels late in the Fall after my trip, but I was hoping to have this done on my terms.

cute dog screen savers

The one with the Pug is the best IMO... Very creepy on dual monitors... Great movie tie-in... Check out http://www2.warnerbros.com/mustlovedogs/downloads.html