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Comcast Did Something Right
Posted by clifgriffin in Personal on September 25th, 2009
This qualifies as news in my book. My previous experiences with Comcast have fallen somewhere between “hell on earth” and “actual hell”.
Comcast has a monopoly on Internet services in my complex. We are unable get DSL through Verizon or anyone else, as far as I know. That leaves me paying 60 dollars a month to Comcast for a service that doesn’t seem worth quite that much. And like all cable companies, the next lower tier is a 30% saving for 30% of the bandwidth. Not very useful.
On a whim I decided to call them and ask to be placed on a promotion to cut my monthly bill down. The customer service representative went beyond my request and cut nearly 20 dollars of my bill each month with no strings attached. No promotion. No expiration. Just the same service I had for less.
I know. It’s shocking.
So, I submit this as a success tale. If you feel like you’re not getting a good value from Comcast, it may be worth calling them and asking them for a way to lower your bill. You just might find somebody willing to work with you.
Cup of Trembling
Posted by clifgriffin in Personal, Silly on April 1st, 2009
The cup now emptied, the black potion took its course. New life and vigor coursed through my veins. With renewed strength I watched my post. Yet this condition did not last–nay it could not. For dwelling in this same potion lived a spirit. And now he torments me on my left and on my right. My heart beats fast, but my vitality surely fades. I hear a sound, but it is naught. I see a vision, but it is surely a mirage. And so I sit, captive to the demon I released when once I drank the cup of trembling.
- Me, circa finishing a cup of coffee
Breaking up is hard to do…
Posted by clifgriffin in Personal, Silly on January 27th, 2009
A few days ago I decided to cease and desist pursuing an MBA at this time. Today I wrote DLP Advising to make this official. I simply sent them an e-mail with the subject “Withdrawl” and this ditty by Ada Cambridge:
Good-bye!–’t'is like a churchyard bell–Good-bye!
Poor weeping eyes! Poor head, bowed down with woe!
Kiss me again, dear love, before you go.
Ah me, how fast the precious moments fly!
Good-bye! Good-bye!We are like mourners when they stand and cry
At open grave in wintry wind and rain.
Yes, it is death. But you shall rise again,
Your sun return to this benighted sky.
Good-bye! Good-bye!The great physician, Time, shall pacify
This parting anguish with another friend,
Your heart is broken now, but it will mend.
Though it is death, yet still you will not die.
Good-bye! Good-bye!Dear heart! Dear eyes! Dear tongue, that cannot lie!
Your love is true, your grief is deep and sore.
But love with pass–then you will grieve no more.
New love will come. Your tears will soon be dry.
Good-bye! Good-bye!
I hope they understand what I’m trying to say.
Online Tonight with David Lawrence (and myself)
Posted by clifgriffin in Personal, Technology on December 12th, 2008
As promised, here is the audio from my moment of fame on the radio back in 2004.
Online Tonight w/ David Lawrence (and myself) from clifgriffin on Vimeo.
I have also updated my original post about the “virus” with the original article I wrote on it back when it happened.
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