So, as a follow up to every one giving HD-DVD the boot, Best Buy apparently decides to drop their Xbox 360 HD-DVD peripheral from $200.00 to $50.00. CompUSA dropped theirs to $90, but includes but includes 7 HD movies.
Hm… is it worth it yet? No. Still a waste.
I was reading another blog post about how white Americans, when fed up, are found to most commonly say “that’s it, I’m moving to Canada”, like the grass is greener on the otherside. First off, I have to say it might be, but only for a couple miles before it turns into uninhabitable tundra.
What I found funniest about this blog is one of the responses/comments. I had to share:
Stuff that Canadians Like:
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I’m still not entirely convinced that Canada is not some mythical Shangri-La and that the North Pole is only an few hours hike past the Boundary Waters. Existence of actual Canadian people is debatable. I believe that the term “Canadian” is an honorary title bestowed upon only the finest of the endless stream of sketch comedians that come to NYC and Hollywood from the Chicago comedy scene.
I, for one, am a fan of Canada. It’s a fun place. Either way, that comment was funny stuff.
I find it interesting how companies are either A) incredibly egotistical or B) so impersonal that they have no consideration for people’s feelings.
Lucky for me, I don’t give a purple flying fuck which it is.
Prior to my wedding, I went in for an interview at T-Mobile. 30 minutes into the interview, I flat out told them I am not interested in the position and I walked out.
Today, however, I got an email saying:
Thank you for your interest in the Project Manager 4 (Req ID 172472) position at T-Mobile. Currently, we have identified other candidates for this position. However, you may be considered for other opportunities for which you have applied.
We encourage you to set up a Saved Search and sign up for Career Agent E-mail Alerts. This way, all opportunities that you are qualified for and may be interested in will be sent directly to you via email. Visit www.T-Mobile.com/jobs to sign up!
Again, thank you for your interest in employment at T-Mobile. We wish you the best as you pursue new career opportunities.
No shit you identified other candidates for the position. I TOLD YOU I WASN’T INTERESTED. Morons.
So, either you are just using a predefined template for responses (the impersonal part), or, you are so egotistical that you can’t let me (or anyone else who has interviewed) to have the last word.
My guess, is that since you are the 3rd largest wireless telecom company in the United States, is ego.
This is an obvious sign that T-Mobile is exactly the company I don’t want to be a part of: They don’t listen to a word you say, but when they realize you were right, they put their own spin on it to make it seem like it was their decision.
Ever seen the movie “V for Vendetta”? This is pretty much the same theme.
John McCain is the man. He is, by paper, a Republican, but he sits on the fence with a lot of issues, just like me. He doesn’t care about what the GOP reputation wants. He doesn’t care about what the Democrats want. He goes for what is right (meaning correct, not right wing). McCain is my kind of guy. The guy who can get in office, get our parties to work together, and do the job right.
Now, the New York Times, most likely on behalf of the dirty campaign managers, has attempted to defimate McCain by saying he’s committing a sex scandal with some lobbyist.
WTF people! C’mon! First off, a man of 71 years of age has about 95% chance of not even being functional. Second, even if this blatant lie was true, can’t you just be happy it’s with a woman?!
If this is a smear campaign brought on by Democrats, shame on you! If you bring on another sex scandal, you are just going to make Bill Clinton look bad again, and probably drop Hillary’s approval ratings lower because she is weak and unable to stand up to infidelity (after all, if you can’t stand up for yourself at home, how can you be expected to stand up for your nation.
If it’s from Obama’s campaign – I would be surprised for such a childish tactic that just proves you aren’t truly concerned about change. If it’s you, you are just pulling the same old song and dance of one party versus the other, contrary to your commitment to bring parties together and take care of true issues at hand.
If it’s Huckabee just trying to get his leg up in the GOP primaries: get the f*** over it you douchebag. You suck, you’re old school, and no one likes you anyway. Not even a Republican like me. Face it, you’re not the nominee.
If none of the above is true and this just comes from NYT, that’s just proof that the media is just one big piece of lying crap that doesn’t care about informing the public of truth, rather ratings and shock value.
Well guess what? You aren’t pulling my vote from McCain.
Last week I decided that after 8 months living at my new house that I would go to the DOL to get my address changed. Logically, I pick the one closest to my house and go there.
It’s in the middle of the ghetto, and when I showed up, I swear one of the driving instructors was going to car-jack me. Seriously – he had a crowbar attached to his clibboard and was staring me down.
Anyhow, as I duck and roll to get past the mean-mugging-crow-bar-wielding-driving-instructor and get inside the building, I feel like I am all of a sudden in gangsta-ridden Tijuana. I don’t think one person wore their pants with their waist line above their knees, no one over the age of 12 was not pregnant or already had a child, and the only person speaking English is that driving instructor sitting in the corner staring at me, dragging his index finger in a I’m-going-to-murder-you-motion across his throat while saying “You are going DOWN, BATO!”
Good thing I came prepared with my Mac-10.
So, I get back to business and go to get my number from the all-powerful machine. I pull 315. I look up at each of the reader boards and notice that the range of numbers are from 510-518. OH C’MON!!!!
I end up waiting for about an hour and 15 minutes. All to change my freaking address.
Now, let’s fast forward to yesterday. Now I had to get a replacement social security card. I don’t know if it was lost or stolen, but either way – it was no where to be found. So I mozy on down to the Social Security Administration office.
Thinking about the week before at the DOL, I decide not to go to the one in Everett. It’s just flat out safer.
When I get to the SSA office, I walk in the front door only to find a fully armed security card sitting in the middle of the door way.
Well crap… I didn’t think I was going to need my Mac-10 this time. I was unprepared.
So when I walk inside, I notice there is absolutely no one in there besides me, Gary Coleman, and two front-desk SSA employees.
“Pull a number”, says Gary Coleman. Again, I look around and see that I am the only non-SSA employee in this place. OK… so I pull my number. B117.
B117?! Who the hell had A1-B116?!
Regardless of B117 being the only person in there, I still had to wait for 15-20 minutes while the ladies at the front desk were doing absolutely NOTHING.
When they finally called me, the replacement process took literally 45 seconds.
So when that was all said and done, I start to walk out and decide that while I’m there, I might as well get Gary Coleman’s autograph.
Man, I really hope I don’t need to go any more freaking government offices any time soon.
This video is pretty cool… check it out
Alright, let’s get into comic book mode. Most of you are familiar with X-Men. I have a bone to pick here. Professor X.
Professor X is supposed to be the greatest mind in the world. A super smart telepath that has total control over his mind. Tell me… how does one of this caliber miss the simple fact of mind over matter? Why can’t he just tap into his own brain and heal himself from paraplegia? I mean c’mon…
Is he just in it for the parking pass? What the hell?
Well, my contracting days are over. I just signed an offer with a new company. Quite happy I don’t have to go searching for a new job every 3-6 months because I just don’t know what the future holds. Good stuff.
The offer was pretty good. Lower base salary than I was making, but I get full benefits, paid time off, matching 401(K), and a 10% annual bonus. With that in mind, I’m probably making the same or more. Sweet.
Source: Toshiba to exit HD DVD
This is exactly why I told the salesman “I am not going to buy the HD DVD Player for the Xbox 360″. I had a feeling Blu-Ray would ultimately win. Maybe I should have bought a PS3… I would have been ahead of the game.
I wonder if Microsoft will be forced into getting a Blue-Ray external for the 360, or if they are going to move to the “download” option? Probably the latter since production costs are virtually zero and they are already set up for it on Xbox Live.
The English language is a funny thing. Things can often be misunderstood.
Two guys were discussing popular family trends on sex, marriage, and values.
Stu said, “I didn’t sleep with my wife before we got married. Did you?”
Leroy replied, “I’m not sure, what was her maiden name?”
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A little boy went up to his father and asked: “Dad, where did my intelligence come from?”
The father replied, “Well son, you must have got it from your mother, ’cause I still have mine.”
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“Mr.Clark, I have reviewed this case very carefully,” the Divorce Court judge said, “And I’ve decided to give your wife $775 a week.”
“That’s very fair, your honor,” the husband said. “And every now and then I’ll try to send her a few bucks myself.”
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A doctor examining a woman who had been rushed to the Emergency Room, took the husband aside, and said, “I don’t like the looks of your wife at all.”
“Me neither doc,” said the husband. “But she’s a great cook and really good with the kids”.
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An old man goes to the Wizard to ask him if he can remove a curse he has been living with for the last 40 years.
The Wizard says, “Maybe, but you will have to tell m e the exact words that were used to put the curse on you”.
The old man says without hesitation, “I now pronounce you man and wife.”
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Two Reasons Why It’s So Hard To Solve A Redneck Murder:
1. The DNA all matches.
2. There are no dental records.
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A blonde calls Delta Airlines and asks, “Can you tell me how long it’ll take to fly from San Francisco to New York City?
The agent replies, “Just a minute..”
“Thank you,” the blonde says, and hangs up.
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Two Mexican detectives were investigating the murder of Juan Gonzalez.
“How was he killed?” asked one detective.
“With a golf gun,” the other detective replied.
“A golf gun?! What is a golf gun?”
“I don’t know. But it sure made a hole in Juan.”
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Moe: ”My wife got me to believe in religion.”
Joe: “Really?”
Moe: “Yeah. Until I married her I didn’t believe in hell.”
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A man is recovering from surgery when the Surgical Nurse appears and asks him how he is feeling.
“I’m O. K. but I didn’t like the four-letter-word the doctor used in surgery,” he answered.
“What did he say,” asked the nurse. The man replied “OOPS
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While shopping for vacation clothes, my husband and I passed a display of bathing suits. It had been at least ten years and twenty pounds since I had even considered buying a bathing suit, so I sought my husband’s advice.
“What do you think?” I asked. “Should I get a bikini or an all-in-one?”
“Better get a bikini,” he replied. “You’d never get it all in one.”
He’s still in intensive care.
