I’m so distraught, I put it into song:

The Night the TiVo Died (sung to the tune of Paper Lace’s “The Night Chicago Died”)

In the chill of a winter’s night In the land of the yoga hippies When Rob & Brenda’s TiVo died And they talk about it still

When Rob arrived home from work Brenda displayed a nervous quirk She said “I have some bad news” And then she gestured towards the tube

We heard Robbie cry We heard him pray the night the TiVo died Brother what a night it really was Brother what a plight it really was Live TV

We heard Robbie cry We heard him pray the night the TiVo died Brother what a night the people saw Live TV and no pause Yes indeed

And the box it would not light What’s happened to the shows And Rob considered his plight And said “this really, really blows”

We heard Robbie cry We heard him pray the night the TiVo died Gonna miss stuff when I pee Maybe it’s time we got HDTV Glory Be…

Seriously; after almost four years, the damned thing just took a shit on us, and I’m now looking for the next thing to replace it.