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So Apple did it. They cut out the middle man of cable/satellite and provided an option for us to watch TV without paying growing fees for local programming. I think this is going to be very big for Apple.

Most of the people I know don’t watch live TV.
Either they record it and watch it later or they buy/rent DVD versions after the fact. Consumers are just too picky. Who wants to be held captive by the writers and producers for months while they come out with the resolution to the last part of the series (Er… Ahem… Lost)? Who wants to sit through commercials? Seriously, I could have watched House last night, but I didn’t want to  have to wait for commercials.

Cable costs too much.
Basically, for the price of 5 months service (or less) you can have a set top box that let’s you own a copy of your content. And for $1.99, you will still probably come out better unless you watch a lot of TV.

So will I get it?
I haven’t decided yet. I still have some research to do. Plus I am wondering how soon Apple DRM will be cracked so that you can watch torrent movies with ATV. But chances are I will get it before long.

Our agent called me today with very discouraging news. Our buyer for our house just backed out. That means that the truck I just reserved, the change of address forms, and transfer of all those wonderful services was a bit premature. Maybe.

So we are actually still moving even though our house has not sold. We really have no other choice but to go ahead and rent a house in Birmingham. We have to start generating some income and it looks like we will need even more since we will possibly be paying rent and a mortgage.

So how is my faith? Well, it is certainly being stretched. I can’t imagine what God is doing and I have no clue as to what is next. But I believe something good is coming. I guess I just have to. After all, things could be much worse. Who knows, we should get the escrow from the buyer ($3000) and our house could still sell quickly. So this might actually be to our benefit.

One little plug to our agent. Cheri Hulke is the best agent I have worked with bar none. She has worked with us and helped us more than anyone could imagine through this. She has even babysat for us. She’s more than just an agent for us, she is also a great person.

Thanks Cheri and Coldwell-Banker Real Estate.