Been thinking about super-powers lately. I think a pretty cool super power would be the ability to give anyone the hiccups just by touching them. Another good one would be the ability to stop time. Oh, sure. I know what some of you are thinking: If you could stop time you’d probably freeze the world… Read more »
Posts Tagged: rants
The English Language
I really get aggravated when people try to argue their way out of what are really meaningless mistakes by saying that the English language is flexible and there aren’t any hard and fast rules and who cares if they’ve spelled something incorrectly because it doesn’t matter as long as you get it and blah, blah,… Read more »
Struck
I took a class in early 20th century American literature while I was a student at the University of Florida. Every essay, book, or article we read struck someone somehow. I got so disgusted by students saying, “What struck me about …” or, “I was struck by …” that I wrote a response paper asking… Read more »
Hate Me for This
A quick lesson on it’s versus its: it’s is a contraction of the two words “it” and “is”; if what you are trying to do is say, “it is,” and you want to do it without using that pesky middle i, use it’s its is possessive; try to think about how neurotic you would be… Read more »
Sports Illustrated magazine subscription form
It should not be anywhere near as ridiculously difficult to find the Change of Address form for Sports Illustrated as it was. It’s buried forever deep in the mass of poor web design that is the monster at CNNSI.com. I had to do a freaking text search for “change of address” before I could find… Read more »
Christmas in July
There is something mildly disturbing about the fact that this is still happening. It’s not as disturbing as the very obviously female 300 lb person with a goatee and ponytail I saw smoking a cigarette and eating a twinkee in a wheelchair on the median while driving home from work, but that only happened once…. Read more »
Christmas in July
There are something like 3000 employees at the Home Shopping Network HQ. This is where I am working now. Apparently there is a strange thing that only I have noticed happening here. I am finding it increasingly difficult as the day progresses to not grab someone by the lapels (or blouse) and scream, “Why the… Read more »
I Read the Whole Thing
I can’t believe I read the whole thing. Well … the whole first page at least. So I’m sitting here at 3 am (and for some reason I don’t even acknowledge anymore that this is not normal) and I get an eMail from someone that wants to be added to the MetaCamPage. Of course this… Read more »
GTE DSL Service
Astonishingly, “Do you guys have your heads up your asses?!” is not one of the questions on the GTE DSL Services FAQ page. Here is a sample Q&A from the page: Will it affect my service if my area code changes? – No, when your area code changes, the physical copper line that runs from… Read more »
A Literal DSL Connection
To find out how you can litererally connect with GTE DSL Service, click on the following information for a complete overview of DSL components, pricing and the steps to getting GTE DSL. I will not pay attention to the spelling error. I won’t. I’m not looking at it. What the hell do they mean by… Read more »