Here’s proof… a new commercial. Sorry for running NESN commercials on my site, but this is pretty funny.

It seems so far away, but it’s really right around the corner.

Robolar

If you’re a fan of old Rush you might want to take a look at this.

It’s an interview with Ian Grady who was with the band from the high school gym days in 1969 through the Signals tour in 1983.

The dental hoopla continues… indefinitely.

I booked the appointment for the root canal ect surgery based on the assumption that I would be able to make monthly payments to pay off the huge bill. Nope, they shot me down. Pay it all or don’t do it.

So I won’t do it.

I don’t know what I am going to do, but I can’t afford a lump sum of four grand to be paid in one installment one week from now. I think maybe I might take a shot at rescheduling for some time in December and have some of the work done, and then in January when my insurance resets for the year I will have a little more done.

In my earlier years I had three teeth pulled. The primary reason was because I had no insurance and couldn’t afford to do anything more than that. Now that I have insurance I find I am in exactly the same boat. What good is dental insurance?

Still, onward I shall persevere.

Chin up little trooper, you’ll figure it out eventually.

I might buy a lottery ticket on the way home today.

I was just asked to tell everyone that, “Rob means short and furry.”

Thanks you

Here is a link to the Variety story.

Here is the actual text that I am copying in full because it is so awesome (except for the whole it’s-on-MTV thing. I would rather any other network [except showtime… I’m still pissed about Dead Like Me getting sacked] run this new show.)

MTV goes ‘Ape’ for puppets
Network greenlights ‘Grey the Bunny’ spinoff
By JON WEISMAN

MTV has greenlit puppet-populated project “Warren the Ape,” a spinoff of erstwhile Fox and IFC series “Greg the Bunny,” for a 2010 launch.

“Bunny” creators Spencer Chinoy, Sean Baker and Dan Milano will exec produce “Warren,” with Milano performing as the lead puppet character, a brash, out-of-work actor who is trying to revive his Hollywood career after “Bunny” was canceled. Given a 12-episode order, series will be a mock celeb-reality show.

“We’re kind of making fun of ourselves a little bit at MTV,” said East Coast senior veep of series development Brent Haynes. The idea is that Warren “has fallen so far from grace, all he can get is an MTV reality show.”

Production has begun on the spinoff, which was ordered based not on a formal pilot but footage that was shot for series consideration and won’t air.

“I immediately loved the idea,” Haynes said. “We just gave them a bit of money and sent them out in the field, (to) give us an idea of what the concept would be. They came back and delivered a short piece that blew us away.”

IFC aired a series of “Bunny” shorts before Fox ordered 13 episodes as a sitcom to air in 2002. Canceled after one season, “Bunny” returned to IFC in various formats. The show’s creators broached the spinoff idea this year.

Other exec producers for the series are George Plamondon and Betsy Schechter for Picture Shack Entertainment and Kevin Chinoy and Francesca Silvestri for Freestyle. Seth Green, featured in “Bunny,” might make cameo appearances in “Warren” but is not directly involved in the production, Haynes said.

On a mission to boost its live-action scripted slate, MTV has most recently moved forward on “Hard Times,” about a 15-year-old late-blooming high school student, along with selected film projects that could serve as backdoor pilots.

YES YES YES YES YES!

I was really excited when I heard about this. It’s a web application called Myna that I heard was going to essentially be an online multitrack audio recording application.

Now that I’ve seen this demo I doubt it’s going to cut it. What’s with the importing audio you’ve recorded thing? That doesn’t help much at all.

Still, here’s the walk through:

I got to the hospital at noon yesterday. At just about that time Jen was returning to her room after finishing her tests. The doctor who did the tests said she had no problems and would be going home soon. 90 minutes later we were told one of the doctors wanted to talk to her. An hour after that we finally got out. Red-Tape-O-Rama.

Still, there is no sign of anything serious. The doctor made some preventive recommendations, but otherwise she is sound as a pound. We’re both back to work today although we are both very tired. Neither of us got more than a couple hours sleep on Tuesday night. Last night we went to bed at 8:00 and more or less slept through the night. I can’t imagine staying up much later than that tonight too. very sleepy

To sum up though, my love is doing fine and I am thrilled to pieces that we didn’t have to be separated for a second night. I officially made a new house rule: No overnight hospital stays for either of us for at least 50 years. It’s a law now. You can’t go breaking house laws.

They told her at 2:00 yesterday that she was going to have a stress test. It’s 9:30 now and they still can’t even tell her when it’s scheduled. She also has a bitch of a nurse right now who sounds condescending and just plain mean. I miss her so much and I can’t go and be with her until noon. Worst of all there is nothing at all I can do to help her through this right now. I love her so much I would do anything to be there in her place.