We've been debating whether we should try Netflix or Blockbuster's online DVD rental by mail service, and we've had a hard time coming to a decision. We know people who speak highly of Netflix, and other people who recommend Blockbuster online, so it was difficult to choose; therefore we decided to try both, at the same time.

We have just started a two week free trial of both services; in both cases we've chosen a $9.99/month with unlimited rentals but one disc at a time. Our entertainment budget is meager right now, but at ten bucks a month it would be approx equal to what we spend each month on local rentals and/or late fines on library dvds.

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Just FYI, website stats are temporarily offline for all domains on the server. Stats are still being recorded of course, but I am working on a better way to access them. The old method caused visits to the stats page to misleadingly increase the page hits for the domain, which I've decided is pretty silly.

I am also combatting a nasty rash of referrer spam on some domains so I need to make sure that morons can't abuse the stats pages in that way before I make them accessible again.
I'll let everyone know when stats are back up.

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Hibsolutely alarious stuff. I can't wait to get my hands on this Shel Silverstein book. I heard about it on NPR the other day and I just can't get enough of it.

Runny Babbit lent to wunch
And heard the saitress way,
"We have some lovely stabbit rew --
Our Special for today."

The NPR website has more info and three more poems-- 'Do Whid It?', 'Runny's Jig Bump' and 'Runny and Dankee'.

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