IMAO Super Bowl Live Commentary

It’s so square. And, instead of the sound being all around me, it’s just in front of me. I guess I could have gone seen it with friends, but I’m more in the mood to wallow in my own sorrow right now.
Oh yeah, and I ripped my hakama in aikido and needed to fix that.
Wallowing in my sorrow and sewing; that’s what I’m doing.
Hey, one of the teams finally scored. Good for that team.
Hey, I could hook my DVD player to the T.V. in my bedroom and finish that movie, but then it wouldn’t be progressive scan and half the screen would be black bars. That sounds wrong.

AHHHH!

I was tyring to watch a movie I got from Netflix lastnight and then power goes out for hours. I end up reading Return of the King by candlelight and then going to bed (BTW, whoever did the book adapatation of that movie sure took some liberties).
So I get up this morning, power is back, so I go to finish my movie. I turn on the widescreen, rear-projeciton T.V., it clicks on as usual, and… nothing! No picture. No informing whether it’s on component 1 or component 2. No anything. Only nothing. Nothing! NOTHING!
AHHHH! My precious!
What do I do! I tried hitting it – no good. Anyone have any ideases? Or know how much the repairses are going to cost me…
(grumble grumble… not more nasty billses)
My mind will not be at ease until my T.V. is working again.
UPDATE: Here’s a less technical problem maybe someone could help me with. When the power went out, I went to my car to fetch the MagLite I keep in there only to find the D batteries had melted inside it (guess I should have checked on it more often). I’ve tried using a flathead screwdriver to pry those batteries out and asess the damage, but to no avail. Anyone know a good way to get out melted batteries?
At least the dead batteries still give it a balanced weight for a whomp’n.