New TV
My new 37 inch LCD flat panel HDTV is awesome. I set it up on Friday after work. Immediately watched U2 live in Chicago, Shop Girl, and Syriana. The colors are vivid and rich. Haven't noticed any ghosting. You can see a little pixlation around subtitles. Switched from RCA to SVideo from my DVD player to the TV. The higher-res screen exposes the weakness in my recorded shows on TiVo. I'll fix that later this month with an HD DirecTV upgrade. I'd definitely recommend the TV — it's cheap, and is as good as any of the LCDs I saw in the store.
Last week was a nice short work week. 4th of July was a blast. We lit off fireworks with neighbors, and watched the local insanity of Costa Mesa. Sounded like a war zone.