Rants and musings, without care for substance.
Posted in film, idiots, oddities, television on Jul 19th, 2007
Jackass: The Movie purportedly contained all of the skits, tricks, and stupidity that were too crude or obscene for television. So MTV decides to air the movie during prime time; a seven year old episode of Jackass and a “Where They Are Now” special were shown prior. Consider all that would have to be cut [...]
Posted in cars, film, idiots, life in general, office, plans, web sites on Jul 16th, 2007
The zinnias that I planted a few weeks ago are coming up. No flowers yet, but they’re definitely growing fast. I’m amazed that the ground is supporting it; there must be some good soil beneath all of those decorative stones. We’ve had some nice and warm weather with a decent amount of rain. Probably doesn’t [...]
Posted in complaints, idiots, office, software on Jul 12th, 2007
By the time you write enough Java code to be considered for the self-imposed “developer” title, you shouldn’t try to write shell scripts anymore. Do you system administrator and network engineers a huge favor and :q! now.
There are times when I get the impression that people don’t know what the hell they’re doing. I may [...]
Posted in advertising, culture, idiots on Jun 22nd, 2007
I was flipping radio stations on the way home today and heard of HOT 99.5’s Kane Pays Your Bills promotion. The premise is simple enough; tell them why they should pay your bills and they might choose to call you and pay them.
I don’t have a problem with the promotion itself.
I have a problem with [...]
Posted in advertising, housing, idiots, money, privacy on May 30th, 2007
“Life’s too short to clean your own house,” proclaims an ad for a cleaning company that was mailed to me. I’d argue that I don’t care enough pay someone else to clean my own house. Part of owning a home is taking care of it (or opting not to take care of it). I have [...]
Posted in complaints, housing, idiots, legal rights, privacy on Apr 9th, 2007
As much as I like my place, I hate the HOA and its inspection process. The inspections are performed by representatives with no construction or repair experience. They cite problems then follow up with an inspection so cursory they won’t be able to tell whether repairs were made or not. When questioned in person they [...]
Posted in idiots, life in general, oddities on Mar 26th, 2007
I’ve been making a conscious effort to cut back on the profanity at work, on my blog, at crew. Impressionable minds don’t need to listen to my foul mouth and it doesn’t add a whole lot to the conversation. I also think it’s about time I came up with some new adjectives and adverbs to [...]
Posted in advertising, cars, idiots on Mar 24th, 2007
The slogan of Maryland’s Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program (VEIP) is “Let’s Clear the Air!” I’m a tad confused about that. I’m clearly not an environmentally minded person, despite having a minored in environmental sciences. According to my studies, the machine age began back in the 1400’s, beginning a downward spiral of pollution and self-destruction that [...]
I was at Lexus getting my car worked on last week and was reading the March 2007 issue of Spirtuality & Health magazine that a hip and happening new age owner had left behind. The magazine — printed entirely on recycled paper — is quite a load of crap, offering little in the way of [...]
When I came back from running some errands today, I realized that I had driven home with the parking brake set. I must have spaced out or something. At least it’s an automatic. I don’t really need that parking brake, so long as I don’t park on any hills without curbs.
Damn.
Then I was driving westbound [...]
Occassionally you see a bumper sticker that offends your sensibilities. “Fighting Terrorism Since 1861″ was emblazoned on the back of a white Chevy panel van, next to a confederate flag. The sticker wasn’t alone; a confederate flag was positioned between the two parts of the van’s license plate number, another in the back window. You [...]
Posted in conspiracies, gaming, idiots, money on Feb 12th, 2007
I heard a radio commercial for Maryland’s $25 Million Frenzy today and it made me a bit mad. Not only does Maryland plug the things non-stop on every type of media available, they go and offer an even more expensive ticket. Did I miss something… is $20 the new $1? $20 for a scratch-off?!?
So I [...]
Posted in complaints, food, idiots, oddities, the system on Feb 7th, 2007
I noticed one of most absurd things today while enjoying a HERSHEY’s Milk Chocolate bar with my lunch. There is text printed on the plastic wrapper instructing the user (or eater, I guess) how to open it! This is yet another sign that the system as we know it is going to hell. It’s right [...]
Posted in complaints, idiots, office, the system on Feb 1st, 2007
One of the wonders of working a nine to five sort of job is getting reimbursed for things. I don’t have a lot of luck when it comes to the reimbursement paperwork. There’s never a simple one for me; I almost always get the paperwork returned to me.
About two weeks ago I buy two packages [...]
I had my first positive experience at Wal-Mart this morning. I called a friend last night to inquire about the night’s social calendar, forgetting that she and her hubby were out of town. Then she asked me a favor. Knowing that I despise Wal-Mart, she wanted to know if I could go pickup a Nintendo [...]
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