It was something like $90 just for internet and another $5-10 for basic cable.  So I kept basic cable.  Although the last time I was personally responsible for sorting it out was a few years ago, since then I've lived with someone who had full cable and it just got lumped in as "their bill" to take care of.

Legendary material here folks.  This will cement some aspect of whatever the Legend of Donald turns out to be.  A seminal moment, like My Pet Goat.

Late-night host material for a week.

I have no love of the transparent semi-pro aspects of that level of college football.  My daughter attended University of Oregon.

But I know that those players have been fed for as long as they have been at Clemson by nutritionists, dietitians and chefs in their separate dining facility.  They haven't had to eat fast food since high school.

The photograph of Trump, standing triumphantly behind a table loaded with $50 worth of food is a classic for all time.

Cotton and Bozeman

It might be weather related

here comes the polar vortex

I heard some speculation that a huge winter storm might be used as a vehicle for a sort of sick out by TSA people.  Shutting down some major airports.

The blast of Arctic weather headed for the United States this weekend could be a first sign of still worse things to come this winter, with signs that a circular low-pressure system of swirling winds that normally keeps frigid air locked up at the North Pole has been disrupted and split into smaller parts.

Some current and former lawmakers have speculated that the aviation system could reach a breaking point -- perhaps a strike that halts air traffic -- that would pressure Congress and the White House to settle their differences. "If TSA agents don't go to work, the shutdown is over tomorrow," Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester told reporters this week. "I'm not advocating they do that, but you stop air traffic and this thing's over with."

But a strike is not about to happen, say the unions representing TSA screeners, air traffic controllers and other critical aviation workers, which note that it would be illegal for them to walk off the job.

On the other hand, nothing prevents unpaid employees from quitting outright. Already, many are simply calling in absent because they cannot afford to work without pay.

As lousy officiating goes, the officials' failure in the waning moments of the 4th quarter to call a painfully obvious pass interference penalty on Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman, who clearly hit Saints wide receiver Tommylee Lewis early on a 3rd down pass attempt while the ball was still in the air, was as bad as it gets. Not only that, Robey-Coleman's helmet-to-helmet hit on Lewis was also a personal foul, which was similarly not flagged.

That non-call, which the NFL front office has subsequently admitted was officiating malpractice, abruptly changed the game's trajectory -- and ultimately, its outcome -- by giving the Rams an undue possession in the final 1:49 of regulation that they clearly didn't deserve, which they used to tie the game and send it to OT. Because if the refs make that call properly, the Saints keep the ball, run the clock down, kick a walk-off chip-shot FG to win the game, and go to the Super Bowl.

The officials' snafu in New Orleans will rank right up there with the infamous "tuck rule" call in the 2001 Patriots-Raiders game. Questionable officiating should never be the deciding factor in a playoff game, as it was today. And as a result, as much as it pains me to say it, it looks as though the wrong team is going to the Super Bowl.

Now, that said, the blown call is on the officiating crew and not on the Rams, who took advantage of the unexpected opportunity and eked out a victory. I'm happy they won, but please forgive me if I also express sympathy for Saints fans because their team got royally screwed by the refs, who ruined what had heretofore been a hard-fought and well-played conference championship game.

More than anything, what's going on so far looks like nothing but a lot of spin and counter-spin.

I realize that with an ignorant, boorish slob as commander-in-chief civility and decorum have gone out the window, but at the very least it's disrespectful and rude to stand that close to a tribal elder with a frozen smirk on your face while he's performing a sacred chant.

White House official said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump may deliver his annual State of the Union Address at a political rally instead of the U.S. Capitol.

CNN's Jim Acosta said that an administration official confirmed to him that the speech could take place outside of Washington, D.C. at one of Trump's signature political rallies