Sweep.
Nothing more to say.
Category Archives: Rant
Renée You… You… Tart.
MSN.com: Looks like Renee Zellweger isn’t sitting at home in the dark listening to Kenny Chesney tunes and wondering how it all went so horribly, horribly wrong. The Oscar winner, who filed for an annulment last month after five months of not-quite-wedded bliss (and who was rumored to be contemplating a trip to Ireland to visit singer-songwriter Damien Rice), turned up at Fenway Park on Saturday with a “handsome mystery man” to watch the Red Sox take on the Yankees, reports the Boston Herald wearing a red Boston hat.
She can now officially piss off.
A More Sirius Problem
The report that I had some how set my Sirius account into a “you’ve logged in too many times” state has worsened to some degree.
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A Sirius Problem
Over the past weekend I picked up a Sirius Sportster Replay. Finally decided to jump on the satellite digital music bandwagon… not so much for on the road, since I have a five to ten minute commute to work, and not even so much for Stern’s show, since it’s not on the air yet. It’s mostly because I’m getting bored with the music I have at work – even 180 discs can get boring after a year – and they offer streaming music over the ‘net.
Sorta – and there in lies the Rant.
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Oops, Did You Trip On The Rug And Shove Coke Up Your Nose?
Reuters: Actress Sharon Stone defended Kate Moss on Tuesday and implicitly criticized companies who were parting with the British supermodel after a newspaper alleged Moss had snorted cocaine. […] “I’d like to say as for Kate Moss, I understand that she has apologized and is changing her life. And I think that that is the most important thing that’s happened,” Stone said.
She wasn’t caught on film getting a parking ticket, Sharon… she was busted snorting cocaine and, if I’m not mistaken, she in rehab for it right now. Do you want a drug addict promoting you to the international public? No smart business person would. And while it’s great that she’s taking steps to clean up her act now, she should be satisfied with that – once she’s clean, then she can start worrying about her career and promotions portfolio.
It’s cocaine, Sharon: in 2005 everyone knows it’s addictive and dangerous and destructive – let her take her medicine and get clean before you start swinging that self righteous sword around.
Dur Dur Dur!
FoxSports: Eric Bosart, of Boston, poses behind a burning New York Yankees cap outside Fenway Park in Boston, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005. Inside the park, the Boston Red Sox were playing the Yankees. The Red Sox clinched the AL Wild Card by virtue of a loss by the Cleveland Indians.
Someone is pretty freakin’ excited about winning the wild card… especially since they were once in first place by 5.5 games… and they only got the wild card berth because another team fell apart… erm. I dunno that I’d be that proud. Ya know, that my team sucked out a playoff position on the last day of the season through no action of their own.
Look at the Padres: their fans are pretty embarrassed that they took their division with a barely .500 average, but, well, I guess there’s no humility in Bean Town.
Say It Ain’t So Ho!
Card Squad: Westward Ho Closing Doors […] The Westward Ho, opened in 1963, is situated between the Stardust and Circus-Circus on famous Las Vegas Boulevard, otherwise known as ‘The Strip.’ The 700-room motel sits on a 12.3 acre property and is best known for providing low-cost accommodations and 99-cent hot dogs and margaritas. The ‘Ho’ will be closing their doors permanently on November 17 of this year.
Oh my. I stayed at the Westward Ho for my first Comdex back in 1996 – my company [at the time] was tied to the launch of Windows CE 1.0. Since we had no plans of going to Comdex that year – we had six in the company – we had to scramble to get a room on the strip…
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Super-Trends!
For the most part a trend has to land on my head like a brick before I notice something, so I’m wondering if I’ve just encountered a bunch of weird coincidences or if I’ve noticed two new trends:
– Is it suddenly hip to put super as a prefix to everything? I’ve seen this happen all over manga, anime and some other Japanese stories in the early 2000’s, but I’ve been seeing it all over tech blogs lately. Makes my feet itch… I’m hoping it’s just a fluke.
– Is it suddenly trend to flip up the collar on a polo shirt? I know most styles get repeated every 20 years or so, but I thought this would be a 80’s only phenomenon… Much like Members Only jackets. I saw this repeated by different guys across a handful of weeks, but given that the bar is not known for it’s style, I can’t tell. They were younger “kids” so it’s not like the 60 year old dude – still wearing a Members Only jacket! – was flipping up the collar… Again, this too makes my feet itch.
Super-exicited that it’s that super-scary!
Nope – it still sucks.
Blind Faith
People have tried to tell me that some of the most stressful purchases in my life would be the “obvious” big ticket items. Car, house, wife, boat, etc. Not that you’d purchase your wife, of course – that would make life far too easy – but buying an engagement ring would be stressful… I thought the buying was easy – I’m fairly knowledgable about diamonds, oddly enough – but I certainly would have spent less money and time on it, if I knew I’d lose 20% of the original price when I had to return the fiancee ring.
While buying the home is stressful, it’s a long process, so the stress ebbs and flows… buying home improvements to said home is a freakin’ nightmare, given my recent attempt to buy a set of custom blinds.
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Primo!
Sweet Jesus, the Yankees are in first place.
The Red Sox are a full game back in the Wild Card race.
I think I’ll take a moment to bask. Just a moment… because with the end game of this season, it’s obvious that almost anything is possible… better keep an eye on those Rays after all.
Fall baseball just kicks ass.
Say What You Want About Gambling
Oddjack: Celebrity Betting: Who Is the Next to Get into Zelly’s Pants? Recently seperated actress Renee Zellweger is once again on the open Hollywood market and SportsInteraction is offering prop bets on the next super stud who will bag the Bridget Jones star.
No matter what your thoughts are about betting, how can you not appreciate a site that’s written like OddJack is?
Gadgetry
WinCustomize: So to sum up: Mac zealots, knock it off. I’m sick to death of you claiming everything good comes from the Mac. I have a Mac. I paid for it, I use it, but after reading what I read yesterday, I doubt I will ever buy another. And I beg you Steve Jobs, stop leading your fanatics by example.
Looks like I’m not alone in my point of view on Gadgets.
And the true moral of the story is that with all the press Apple and Konfabulator got for doing things that already existed in DesktopX… well, um, maybe someone at Stardock should look into getting a better marketing department or something.
Via the ‘goat [in IM]
*sob*
AP News: Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools was declared unconstitutional Wednesday by a federal judge ruling in the second attempt by an atheist to have the pledge removed from classrooms. The man lost his previous battle before the U.S. Supreme Court — [Yes this is the same court case that was referenced here, in 2002.]
I thought I was in the bizzaro universe over the last couple of weeks – this simply confirms it. Either I’m in an alternate reality or I’m this week’s guest star on Sliders… either way, this isn’t really happening. La la la la! You can’t make me listen to the madness! As it is… I’m just in… awe. Yes, awe is the right word I think. Awed that this could ever happen. Awed that this took over three years to get settled. Awed that we haven’t revolved against the idiots and let natural selection take its course…
If anyone is looking for me, I’ll be alone in the closet with a security blanket, sobbing.
Oof.
Been a busy, busy weekend.
Found myself in Connecticut on this past Thursday morning, and I swear that I couldn’t remember how I got there. Now I find myself in Washington and it feels like I haven’t left at all. Almost like a short TNG Mirror Mirror episode, or something.
Surreal…
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Honestly…
Honestly, what does it say about the state of today’s CD prices, if I can buy Weezer’s green album and their blue album – at full price, no less – and fit them both on my own CD-R? [Ya know, like for when I don’t have my iPod with me otherwise it’s really a moot question]
Can anyone tell me? Anyone?
I thought not.