Gimme 3 Bills, Gimme 3 Bills Mister... And You'll Never Hear From Me No More

Got the estimate on the TV repair-- $300.

And yep, I'm doing it. Simple math.

I've already determined that when I get a real TV, it's gonna cost me around $2,500 by the time I get the HDTV, cables, etc. Quite simply, I don't have $2,500 and I told LP that I'd like to buy the TV when I have about 75% of that amount in cash in my pocket.

Now, I know that's not the American way. I'm gonna kill our economy with this sort of spending habit. If I was a true blood I would have spent the $2,500 on a new TV so I could save from spending $300 on an old TV and that would make the world at peace. However, as my friend KY says, the only way the preceding formula works is to use "some of that fuzzy Warshington math."

In addition, I'm not sure I want HD yet (although I hear it's unreal) when there are only like 8 stations that even broadcast HDTV in my area. And even if they were all HDTV I'm not convinced I want to see Howie Mandel's bald headin HDTV when LP and I watch "Deal or No Deal."