TWC is offering free calls to Haiti from your TWC digital phone and are backing the offer to the day of the earthquake. I was kinda surprised to find this somewhat “hidden” in the news.  I mean for all the crap TWC gets for raising rates and nearly mugging their customers this is pretty cool of them.

Time Warner announced yesterday that digital phone customers will be able to make calls for free to the island of Haiti through February. The program will be retroactive to Jan. 12. Calls to both landline and cellular telephones are included in this program.

According to Time Warner: Customers who are making calls to Haiti during the eligible period do not need to make any changes in order to take advantage of this program. The program will cover any Time Warner Cable Digital Phone subscriber. For customers who have received bills before the implementation of the program, Time Warner Cable will issue credits to their accounts, with no need to call a customer service representative. Time Warner Cable estimates that the program will provide $200,000 worth of relief to affected customers. This program is for direct dial calls. Calls to operators or directory assistance will continue to be charged at the usual rate.

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I hate to say it but I wonder how long it will be before we get another rate increase to cover this.

Tonight’s episode of The Office was the worst kind of rerun – a clip show. You know where they take a bunch of clips from shows and add about five minutes of new content. Overall the show is kinda useless but not terrible.

It would have been better if they had just played the clip to the right.  I know this is the copy of some other YouTube video but the office is a copy of some other sitcom so it works on a lot of levels.

Enjoy.

We tried to sell the float concept on eBay and had no takers so we decided to ask the maker of our favorite St. Patrick’s Day drink to be our sponsor or at least finance the creative process.

From: BobG
To: guinness@consumer-care.net
Subject: Our St. Patrick’s Parade float
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:54:17 -0500

Dear Guinness,

We love Guinness. You make Guinness. Therefore, we are a match made in Heaven.

Raleigh, North Carolina, will hold its annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 13th this year (yes, we know, it’s not the REAL day, but hey – it’s the weekend…)

Our group, a loose collection of kickball players and website designers, has a float in the parade each year, and we try to be completely original and creative with our float ideas. One year we built a boat and paraded as Gilligan’s Island. Another year we were Cheers, the TV show (we built a bar! How cool is THAT?).

Here are some pictures:
Cheers! 2009
Gilligan’s Island 2008

This year, the parade organizers will charge $35 per float for the honor of parading the streets and throwing candy to the children of The Oak City. While not a huge fee, this has us thinking of other creative ways to have a float this year.

Our theme this year… “Space Ireland”… a tribute to NASA, Ireland, and the fact that Ireland has no astronauts. This is where we feel Ireland is completely misunderstood and under-represented.

Of course, the float theme is still in negotiations, and if Guinness were to, say… decide to sponsor us somehow, we would be MORE than willing to have a completely kick-ass Guinness-themed float to show to the world. Or just Raleigh.

If you don’t want to donate big money, we understand. But a few cases to inspire creativity would be appreciated. Please let us know what you think.

BobG
Space Ireland, Raleigh, NC

Guinness answered – their response after the jump.

NC State and Wake did something Wednesday the ACC hadn’t seen since 2003: beat both Duke and UNC on the same night.

I thought I had seen everything the good ol’ Intarwebs had to offer. I was wrong. It is just me or is it slightly disturbing to see “America’s Favorite Homemaker” on a stripper pole?

I guess after prison some people will resort to anything to make a living.  Poor thing.

Bless her heart.