My mission today: pick up some lemonade–not just any lemonade, I was armed with a pair of specific brands from which to choose. My arrival at the hub of all things that are wrong in the commercial world was uneventful: I scored a decent parking space, no one tried to run me over as I [...]
Archives for Random Rants
Just general belly-aching.
Cancer Sucks
No shit, right? Who doesn’t know someone it’s taken? It took a friend today, and the hurt’s still raw, and there’s nothing really to do about it but get over it. Eventually. Jerry was a great guy. The harder you broke his balls the better he liked you for it, and he had a million [...]
Beware of Theft via “ATM Traps”
I just heard about this today (and checked it out at Snopes), and it’s pretty bizarre. There’s a way to set an “ATM Trap” such that it captures your card, and then the thief does a bit of social engineering to get your PIN, only to recover the card a short time later and withdraw [...]
The more complicated things get…
First off, don’t get me wrong: I love my new Alienware laptop. It rocks in so many ways I haven’t found them all yet. Still, some things are just too damned fancy in my godlike opinion. For instance? Instead of clicky-button controls for things like volume control, CD ejection, media control (what? your laptop doesn’t [...]
Rippin’ on FOX
Like many people in this country whose mindset isn’t somewhere to the right of Adolph Hitler (Godwin alert!), when FAUX Noise comes to my attention I greet it with a mixture of exasperation and sadness (for the dupes who believe their shtick). Words usually don’t fail me, but I’ve never really had the inspiration to [...]
Curious about Tiger? Go ask him!
This for all the media dingbats who, given all the really important shit going on in the world right now, seem to have nothing better to spend their time on than idle gossip and private domestic issues. Step right up!
Cyber Monday
No, not a way to chase away the gloom of the weekend ending by engaging in some hot net sex. Far more interesting: on-line vendors try to have their own version of Black Friday by offering special deals. So, is it any good? Mostly, I’d say no. Yeah, I saw some sweet prices on a [...]
Why I hate PETA
I like eating meat. It doesn’t matter how horrific were the conditions under which my tasty, blood-dripping char-grilled chunk of steak was raised and slaughtered, I’m not giving it up. Reach for it and you’ll pull back a bloody stump. Ditto for chicken, lamb chops, pork products–and I feel no guilt when I order veal [...]
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