We've been expecting this for a while now and we've been trying to save money but I went and canceled our cable TV and phone service this morning right after I found out.
I felt kinda empowered as I unplugged our faithful cable set top box that had so duitfully recorded hours of House and Battlestar Galactica without complaint. The amber display acted as the only clock in our living room and it blinked off for the last time as I unceremoniously unplugged the cord and shoved the entire mess into a a grocery bag for delivery at our local cable office.
But as I sit here in our darkened living room I find I'm missing that amber clock and the faint hum of the hard disk drive as it would record our shows. I know that it's probably already on a truck or already installed in someone else's living room... telling the time for that someone else, recording that someone else's favorite shows. I hope they're happy together.
I'll miss you set top box.
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