Wa-hoo! We accomplished quite a bit today. My wife and I hung pictures and cleared out 12 boxes of DVDs, CDs, and equipment from an area upstairs we--I--had let go too long. We are close to finishing up our move-in--only 6 months after the fact.

Thank you, Mark Cuban. I watched the Mariners beat Houston today on HDNet. What a picture! If you are thinking of getting HDTV, HBO HD and HDNet are awesome on DirecTV.

Unfortunately, our home is blocked from direct line of sight of Seattle's TV antennas by several land formations. I had an expert out to test for HDTV signal strength to determine whether an antenna would work; unfortunately, the answer was no.

Therefore, I hope that the merger between Dish Network and DirecTV goes through. I hope that the FCC will mandate that they carry all available HDTV channels as part of their effort to move HDTV forward. I do not believe that consumers will suffer; cable has the lion's share of the TV transmission market.

If you do not have HDTV, get it. And write your representative to tell them to support the merger and support the roll-out of HDTV nationwide.