Fuck You, Rogers Cable!

I am back. I am sorry that I have left you high and dry for the past few days but there has been nothing new to report. Even when I had something new, I did not write it down when it occurred so those thoughts have vanished into the ethers. What can you do?

As for Friday night dinner, nothing out of the ordinary happened. It was the same comments about the television picture, of course, but other than that I did not really "hang" with the Outlaws. Wasn't that an interesting tale?

Now you see why I have not posted for a few days. The muse has obviously not been speaking to me. In fact, I cannot find her anywhere. I will post a reward for the whereabouts of my muse. I need her to write or at least be funny. Now, I am just a humorless curmudgeon. Otherwise, I am a curmudgeon full of humor. What a sight that is!

Oh yeah, I feel a rant coming on. My cable provider, Rogers fucking Cable, has made "improvements" for my benefit. They have added AMC, TNT Classics, BBC World. They have also upped my bill. Now, in adding those channels they have removed CNBC, CNN Headline and Speed. Now, I do not care about CNN Headline, though I will not be seeing anymore of that, er cunt, Nancy Grace and I do not care about Speed. CNBC I do not want to give up. I like that channel.

I called to ask about that. I got the canned response about more movie channels and other bullshit. When I asked what criteria they used to decide what to move, I was told it was a matter of viewership. I was not given the data. I also find it funny that BET and Outdoor Life were not touched. Now, Rogers owns Outdoor Life so heaven forbid that would not be touched. But BET???!!!! What the fuck!

Then I am told that for 8 bucks a month I could have Rogers VIP and get CNBC. So as I see it, I am told that the "improvements" were made for my benefit. And that benefit is worth an additional $8/month and rental of a digital box according to the Customer Service Rep at Rogers. How can it be an improvement on my behalf when I was not consulted in any way shape or form? The fucking oligarchical, or is that really monopolistic, cable company. They can all go rot in fucking hell!

It makes me glad that I switched my phone and ISP provider from Rogers. When they finally get me to ask why I changed, I can tell them that this is my bundle. You take what I want in an arbitrary fashion, charge outrageous fees for cable and internet and wireless, show me nothing as a long time customer and you want to know why. It is almost enough to make me want to steal cable.

Fuck Rogers! If I could change my cable/satellite for my television to something other than another cable company (Star Choice) or Bell (Expressvue), I would do it in a second. See what I mean about an oligarchy in this country. It is good to know that the CRTC and Competition Committees in this country look out for consumers. Fuck it all!

That is all. Nothing funny about that. Where is Maria Bartiromo and Cramer now that I need them? Ciao!