01.30.06
Posted in Current Events, Politics at 5:59 pm by Administrator
Do you wonder why Congress just can’t stop spending your money? The following is from a story on CNN.com that gave me some insight into the way they do math on Capital Hill.
“In the race to replace scandal-scarred Rep. Tom DeLay as House majority leader, one contender claims 120 votes, another boasts 90 and the third says he has about 50.
“They can’t all be right, since the totals claimed by Republican Reps. Roy Blunt, John Boehner and John Shadegg far exceed the 232 lawmakers eligible to vote”
This system is remarkably similar to the way that they spend money in the House. Deficit voting anyone? Perhaps this is a brilliant new plan to move the Republican agenda (that implies that they actually have an agenda at this point – an assertion that is questionable at best) more quickly through congress… Yep, let 28 representatives vote twice.
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01.08.06
Posted in My Life at 5:58 pm by Administrator
Posted in My Life at 10:12 pm by Administrator
Everyone place there hand over their heart, after nearly five years I have retired the old Dan-mobile. I traded in my 1998 Taurus on a 2006 F-150. It’s a little strange how you can get attached to things; I felt bad getting rid of it… worse than I did with my last car. I know that no one who buys that car now will clean or maintain it like I did. It was time though; there were a couple of things I know were about to go wrong. I got out while the gettin’ was good.
A couple of pics of my new ride are posted below. One of my favorite features is the trip computer – this way I can know, among other things, exactly how bad my mileage is. Meanwhile, the day after I brought my truck home, the price of gas jumped 25 cents-a-gallon. I smell a conspiracy.
Front-left
Right-rear
Interior 1
Interior 2
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01.01.06
Posted in My Life at 5:55 pm by Administrator
I hate commercials, but there are certain advertisements that for one reason or another make me want to get up and hit the television (or radio). Here are a couple of recent ones that really stuck out in my mind.
Bad Ad (I love to rhyme) #1:
While watching TV (probably my favorite pastime) the other night a commercial interrupted to extol the virtues of AOL’s virus protection software. This commercial mentioned that spyware can slow your computer “up to 500%”. Perhaps I missed something in the mathematics on this one, but if you slowed something 100%, wouldn’t it completely stop? If you really want to slow down your computer, installing AOL and all of their automatic updates and scans will do it for sure. This is probably not the worst commercial out there, but I yell at the TV every time.
Bad Ad #2
In my recent travels for work I have had the distinct displeasure of driving around in a company van. Along with driving these fine vehicles, I also get a chance to listen to the local radio stations (in my own car I have satellite radio and no longer listen to terrestrial stations), and that’s when I heard offending commercial number two. The ad simulates a breaking news story, and as the news report is just about to reveal the piece of information critical to the story, a voice, similar to that one would hear on a pay phone, interrupts and instructs you to insert money. The end of the commercial informs you that the group sponsoring the ad believes that radio should be free. Ironically, they have paid for me to listen to the commercial, not to mention the three or so songs that have preceded or will follow it. This one makes me yell too; other people on the road probably think I’m having a fit.
My answer to this foolishness… If you use AOL, get rid of it and use something cheaper and faster; with the money you save, pay $10 a month for Sirius radio. I’d stay away from the channels with Howard Stern though; without any restriction on its content, his show will, no doubt, be vulgar and disgusting beyond the tolerance of most adults
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