Here's something fun - as soon as I put my rented videotape into the VCR, the cable started working again. At last! But...it turns out, the VCR doesn't work. I don't know if this is a permanent or temporary condition, as the apartment's entities are not all allowed to function at once. It's some law of the universe apparently.

Oh, well. At least I can suffer through another awkward and stale Saturday Night Live.