Yesterday I spent over three hours trying to stop my tv from freezing up while the Nebraska football game was on.

Banjo Man fled to the basement, where he watched the game in comfort and without frustration from the 50″ screen down there.

I tried everything, from simple (turning the tv on and off, deleting and reinstalling the Youtube TV app) to complicated (changing the DNS numbers, updating the software).

When all else fails I have learned to plug in a Fire TV stick.

About ten days ago the basement tv wouldn’t recognize our Youtube TV account and wouldn’t update the access code, blah, blah, blah, so I bypassed the whole mess by plugging in a Fire stick.

Which is what I did in the 4th quarter to the living room tv.  Banjo Man was able to watch that exciting and triumphant volleyball game without interruptions.  Go Big Red!  Those women are incredible!

So far so good.

I think I have learned that my 2016 Samsung television’s software is not working with our internet now.  The software is supposedly updated, but televisions only offer updates for 3-5 years.  I guess they don’t think they’re going to last longer than that?  Huh?

We have no plans to buy a new tv.  

You are wondering how I happen to have Fire Sticks lying around, ready to be put into action and solve problems.  Well, when it comes to techie things like cords and plugs and all that important stuff, I always have a back up.  Always.

Amazon will deliver a new one tomorrow, one that will go into my “cord box” and be ready in case I need it.

I call it self-dense in this wild, weird techie world.