http://aimlesswandering.net Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:36:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So you think you're safe.  You've got your name on the FTC's Do Not Call List and you've told the few rogue fundraisers to put your number on the Do Not Call List.  So you should be safe from most of the crap the telemarks try to push.  Except there's now ... http://aimlesswandering.net/2008/09/15/psa-sleezy-telemarketers/ Apparently I missed the notice that today was the day that all of the local annoying people were supposed to come to Costco.  Either that or most of the people who live around here are annoying - which of course is a distinct possibility as well.  It is due to ... http://aimlesswandering.net/2008/09/06/public-service-announcement/ So I'm watching the Hurricane Gustav coverage on MSNBC and Kerry Sanders has located some folks wandering around Houma LA. So he asks them "This area is under mandatory evacuation, what part of mandatory didn't you guys understand?" The unnamed interviewee's response: "We were stupid." 3 words that are so smart and so ... http://aimlesswandering.net/2008/09/01/best-storm-quote-ever/ I'm amazed at how shallow and unthinking people can be, and yesterday's VP announcement by John McCain demonstated it pretty well to me. I was at work and had the news on when the announcement came accross and within an hour or two at least three people walked in to our ... http://aimlesswandering.net/2008/08/30/thoughts-on-fridays-politics/ I know the Olympics have been over for almost a week and I'm just now commenting on it - I wanted to make sure I had plenty of time to digest my thoughts. First off - why was NBC unable to remove the LIVE bug at the top of the screen ... http://aimlesswandering.net/2008/08/29/olympic-hangover/ This is just a test of the Wordpress app for the iPhone. It's nice to have the extra functionality but I doubt I'll use it regularly. Db feel free to post a bitch about another post about the iPhone on the interwebs http://aimlesswandering.net/2008/08/16/just-testing/ I've said it before, but I think I need to preface this post with it anyway - I think the whole "Free Tibet" cuase is a valid and just cause. However, I think the biggest mouthpieces (or at least the ones who are getting the publicity) of that protest are also ... http://aimlesswandering.net/2008/08/14/are-you-protesting-or-whining/ Person 1: Do you want me to drive you home? Person 2: All the way to Alameda? Person 1: No just as far as the bridge, I figured you'd be ok to walk the last 10 miles. Can you just feel the love? http://aimlesswandering.net/2008/07/31/overheard-at-the-office/ There's been a lot of press over the last few years regarding how environmentally unfriendly the electronics in our lives are.  The amount of heavy metals and carcinogenic materials that make up the devices that have become a needed part of our lives is truly staggering.  For years we've been ... http://aimlesswandering.net/2008/07/30/e-wasteful/ So we've been DirecTV subscribers for 6 years now if not longer.  Back in VA we had mixed experiences with our cable providers - one was really bad, the second was better but expensive, and the third was just ok.  So when we got our house (and a good deal ... http://aimlesswandering.net/2008/07/22/so-long-directv-hello-cable/