irritations

Stop Whining About Panda

It’s been a long time since I’ve written here. I haven’t really felt the urge to update this blog until now because, well, I allowed content mills to suck my writing soul away. “Write this. Write this way. Keywords! SEO! Pageviews! But, nope, can’t get you much money for that.” Ah, the joys of picking [...]

I don’t Like [Fill in the Blank]

You know what I hate? I hate people– mostly those new to blogging or those trying to emulate Darren Rowse– deciding what and what shouldn’t be on a blog. They decide what people should be writing about, what pictures they should be posting and everything else in between. They say: “You shouldn’t have personal information [...]

Local Joint Sucks

We went to eat at a local restaurant the other day (I’m still debating whether or not to name this restaurant). We’ve been to this place prior to their move to a new location- but only for breakfast. This time we were going for lunch (though Grump hoped to still be able to get a [...]

Wal Mart Profits Up

Wal Mart must have utilized a new corporate performance management agenda within the last quarter. Their earnings rose a healthy 17%. Consumers facing higher gasoline and food prices consolidated their shopping trips, heading to Wal-Mart where they could spend their tax-rebate checks on discounted groceries and drugs. [...]“When energy and oil prices go up, on [...]

TMZ Must Take Down Troyer Tape

When will these quasi-famous people learn that it’s never safe to do the nasty while the video is shooting? Did no one learn from the Paris Hilton fiasco? Well, if you haven’t seen Verne Troyer’s (“Mini-Me”: Austin Powers) lady friend strutting around in her lovely Shirley of Hollywood costumes, you’ve probably missed your chance. Oh, [...]

Miscellaneous musings

While I was away not washing toilets and letting the sinks remain unused, someone not so nice was playing at this poor little blog. It seems someone isn’t very happy with me and has chosen to attempt to hurt me through my blog. This to me is proof that pettiness and insecurity (those who dislike [...]

Big Error

This makes me really angry. I am planning to vote for Barack Obama in November and I deeply offended that anyone in his campaign felt the need to do this to American citizens who happen to also be Muslim. One of two Muslim women who were denied visible seats behind Barack Obama’s stage at Joe [...]