Today, I made level 100 in Shot-Online. Wootimus Maximus!
Mar 302009
Mar 282009
I turned on registration so readers can sign up and post and track articles and comments easier. Oh, and you have to register to comment.
Mar 282009
I made jokes about this thing after seeing the ads on TV. But, yesterday, I was offered one by my nephew, so I tried it.
You can see what it looks like at Checkers website on their homepage (at least as of this writing). It is a beef patty with thinly sliced prime rib, sauteed red onions, bacon and a seasoned mayonaisse all on texas toast style bread (albeit not as thick as normal texas toast).
I am ashamed to say that it was rather delicious. My only complaint would be that the beef patty was a bit small considering the hype.
Mar 262009
Elegance of grace and beauty
Beheld in the light of the moon.
Simple treasures held in high regard,
Behold the joy within.
Tempting fate gently on the edge.
Waking an ever dying dream;
Touching a fleeting tendril of desire,
Awaken to a pulse, slow; rhythmic.
Cadence; endless thump after thump;
A remembrance within the mind.
Serenity washes the entire soul,
As love blooms eternal.
Sweet. Two advertising rants in a row.
This one is about the recent Dominos “Bailout” spots. Of course they are trying to intimate that they are giving you a GREAT DEAL when infact, they’ve been selling those pizzas and sandwiches for $5 each for months.
The sandwiches aren’t worth $5 and are about 1cm thick with meat. The rest is all bun. They’re not worth anything near $5 each. The pizzas aren’t much better. They put so little toppings on them that they may as well just call it “cheesy bread” in round form.
I can think of much better food to spend $15 on that is way more filling than their offerings. Plus, to use the government financial bailout as a marketing gimmick sickens me when our economy is in it’s current state. Dominos earns my list of companies to boycott.
Why has advertising decided to go to negative cutting of people’s sensibilities? Comcast is now running ads that basically say “You’re friggen stupid!” if you don’t subscribe to their Triple Play.
I would like to point out that it’s common sense NOT to subscribe to their Triple Play. Allow me to expound upon that:
Television Service
In my service market, we had Comcast for television until November of last year. It was costing us $125 a month to have three dvr’s, and we could only get analog channels 2-65 on the other 3 TV’s in the house. We changed to DirecTV and now have two HD Dual-Tuner DVR’s (With about 60 channels in HD vs. 15 from Comcast.), a non-HD dual-tuner DVR, and three regular set-top boxes for other TV’s in the home and pay $89 a month. Plus, every single channel we get is DIGITAL (even the non-hd channels) and the picture looks outstandingly better than anything Comcast offered. I think we’re the ones with “Common Sense” on this particular matter.
Phone Service
Anything more than $19.95 a year is a rip-off. Bluntly put, if you need “home phone” service, and really, who does with the invention of the cell phone; common sense would tell you to get Magic Jack. Twenty bucks and everything included to yuck it up unlimited-like to the US and Canada all you want for a year. There’s also cheap options like Skype and a bit more pricey like Vonage, but still far superior than Comcast Voice. I have a cell phone, so I don’t even need a home phone.
Internet Service
For the Triple Play, you get an unadvertised “Economy” tier which is 2 meg down/256k up. That’s only good if you just occasionally browse the web for text. If you want to use any type of video service like Hulu, Comedy Central, Netflix streaming, etc, FORGET IT. Now, mind you, we DO have Comcast internet, but it’s the 16 meg tier because our service area was grandfathered in when they took over Insight.
So, I’m sorry Comcast, but it just isn’t “Common Sense” to subscribe to your Triple Play.
Mar 222009
Cold hard stone falls
Upon my tender soul.
Tearing the flesh
Away from the bone.
The bone cracks,
Weak and brittle,
Jagged cuts,
Tear to my very soul.
Lost souls away
Wandering aimless,
Touching nothing
But lonely sky.
Black sky looms
Deep within my soul,
Empathically feeling
Nothing.
Mar 212009
I hate people who make promises and then do not follow through on them. Especially when they make them more than once and fail to follow through on them. Really. How hard is it not to make them?
Mar 182009
I find it absolutely ludicrous that grown people can be jealous of who you play with in a golf game. Yet, I am a living example of it.
You see, most of the time I am playing Shot-Online, I am playing with the guild master. This has led to private rantings that he isn’t “sharing” with everyone — yet the idea behind a guild is just to play with other guildies; not necessarily the guild master himself. We get along socially, our style of play complements each other, we are FRIENDS, and we have fun generally playing in open matches trying to show others that the guild is a fun place to be… even though there are private little whiners that make things less than ideal because of the petty jealousy.
This has led these same people to refuse to acknowledge I exist and refuse to play games with me when the guild master isn’t around. I find that childish in an extreme fashion considering that we’re supposed to be adults here. And even when we do 1-3 password games with guildies, there are some that still throw snide comments when we end up as partners.
I am getting sick of this pettiness. You people that fall under this category are pretentious little crybabies and need to go suck your thumb and play XBOX instead, or at the very least find another guild where you can be coddled, because I guarantee you that I won’t be giving you a game once I get to 100. I take notes.
110 Percent
This phrase is fully overused in the English language.
For one thing, it’s impossible to do/give/bring 110 percent. I get tired of hearing people use the phrase to describe their desire for something or their dedication to something as it’s just so freaking trite and meaningless.
It seems to be a common phrase used on reality shows to convince the judges or other teammates not to kick their asses to the curb, even though we, as viewers can clearly see that they’re not even giving 80 percent, let alone a drop more.
Please people, stop using this phrase!