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...other product category is so sweetly seductive and yet so baffling as home theater. Not too long ago, all you had to do was buy the largest TV you could afford, connect stereo speakers, plug in a VCR and voila--you had bragging rights to state-of-the-art home entertainment. Now there's DVD, Dolby Digital, high-definition TV, personal TV, rewritable CD--all dazzling technologies, to be sure, but disorienting too. HDTV, a digital format so luscious it can make an enthusiast weep, was the year's biggest tease, delayed by technical complications and industry infighting. Yet some...
...lights are still on when it hits the bottom, you can breathe a little easier. Just don't exhale completely. Give it a couple more days; then, if all goes well, you can curl up on the sofa and laugh yourself silly at a tape of Y2K--assuming your VCR still works, of course...
...sitter, from access to a car to the use of a weekend retreat. Your swap family may also be willing to feed your cat and walk your dog. It's helpful to have a friend or neighbor meet your guests and show them the basics: how to use the vcr, where the vacuum cleaner is. You'll want them to do the same on their end. If you want to dive wholesale into the local culture, you can also ask to meet their English-speaking friends or find out where they like to eat and shop...
...Harvard police responded to a report of a stolen VCR and television from the common room at the Divinity School's Rockefeller Hall...
...Well, Mark's a real thug. You know that, right? He had these people coming over, with names like Donkey, asking if they could take the VCR from his trailer and sell it. Mark's a funny guy. And a really serious actor. I mean, he's as serious as, maybe, De Niro. And Cube has so much charisma and confidence. Here's a story about Cube. I was sitting with him and he was eating, like, one of those Taco Bell soft tacos. And compulsively pushing out the filling, you know, the meat and guacamole and stuff, and only...