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Remember the kids’ “Peanuts” video from last year? Well, I uploaded it to Google Video last week and it’s now live! It got formatted funny though ’cause it’s got black space to the right and bottom of the video. I think it has to do with the fact that I submitted it as a .mov file instead of the preferred mpeg or mp4 format. I’ll fix it later.

Speaking of Peanuts, I was able to effortlessly record the Charlie Brown Christmas Special (1965) on ABC last Friday, thanks to our new Comcast DVR box. Yup, we got that instead of the Tivo box/service combo since we were alrady Comcast subscribers. We had TFC and GMA thru Comcast for a little while but my wife and I found that we were hardly watching them. So we thought of putting the $19.99 that we were paying to a more worthwhile service. We cancelled the Filipino channels and got the Comcast DVR service instead. Not only did we get the neat recording features (I now know what you Tivo users are raving about) for the same price but we also acquired a couple of dozen more channels.

So anyway, I had the kids watch the Charlie Brown Christmas Special a couple of days later. They liked it and identified with it because they also had to practice and perform Christmas songs (just like the Peanuts characters) for church last Sunday. I liked how Linus quoted Luke 2:8-14 to state the true meaning of Christmas.

A TiVo giveaway from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. today tomorrow is in my neck of the woods. Like this guy said though, the real giveaway will last from 11:00 to 11:02 a.m. I’ve only got 5 minutes to get there and I’m still home. Bah. Fuggetit.

Update: The giveaway is tomorrow. I should read my linked articles more carefully next time, shouldn’t I? Tivo, here I come!

Update 2: I ended up not going. But a co-worker did. She said thousands of people showed up. My co-worker got her TiVo but she got a $33 ticket for parking illegally. She also had to fork $5 for a doll she bought from a lady behind her because she forgot to bring a donation. She brings back some good news though: I can still buy a TiVo for $49.99 (after $100 rebate)! Deadline is midnight tonight. Now if I could only convince the wife.

Update 3: We didn’t go for the TiVo rebate offer. We’ll put our money to some other use like, hmmm, buying Christmas presents for others, maybe? We’ll settle for our trusty old VCR for now.