Monday, August 9, 2010
Fast Food Inconveniences
Ok seriously, why can fast food joints get away with customer service the level of a nazi interrogation? They will ask you if you want all sorts of items you don’t, but it’s up to you to ask for little extras like ketchup for fries. They don’t offer any real explanation for why they are suddenly out of something. For instance, I know someone who went to a DQ last night and they ran out of fricking ice cream! This is Dairy Queen without the ice cream. Is this a logistical error, or what? That’s like Colter’s running out of BBQ sauce or KFC running out of chicken. Their entire hook is cool ice cream creations alongside some food like cheeseburgers. Were they apologetic? No. Did they reveal this fact with tact and class? Come on, get real. Did the person have to wait an extraordinary amount of time before this fact was revealed? You betcha! Where is the love from DQ? I have since found they have no true corporate structure but are a string of franchises, therefore “exempt” from the name of DQ in customer service situations. Sounds like a neat way to screw people over on the way to the bank with their money to me!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Why beating on electronics is bad
Ok, so we are attached to our accessories these days. It is a sad fact. I personally love my ebook, cell phone and laptop above the rest. I do not possess an iPhone yet, I usually am the dude who gets run over by the bandwagon on trends like that one. But when these things stop working, we do crazy things like shake them. Somebody did it somewhere and it worked or we wouldn’t do that. I wish I could take pictures of the faces people make when cursing and shaking their electronics while willing them to work. That stuff is classic! Then my favorite thing happens. The “mechanical agitation” part occurs. That is a pretty way of saying beat the @(*#^$ out of your stuff until it works! Somewhere, maybe in 1945 when things were made of steel, this did work. Not today, with our high standard of need but ultra-sensitive electronics. But you see the moths fly into the flame each time!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Why the 80’s had better television programming than today
That’s right, you heard me. The 80’s, known for neon green and relative cheesiness totally dominates over today’s crappy television “programming.”
• The studios are always re-launching, rebooting, re-heating, or reloading series from the 80’s. Some are crappy remakes, some not so bad. Some make it to the big screen. Transformers, while definitely not Masterpiece Theater, was greatly entertaining. Bad: See Knight Rider remake, just awful. Good: See most reiterations of 80’s cartoons.
• Reality TV. Okay, we get it. Regular people on tv doing embarrassing crap for ratings. Sometimes we feel for them because we relate. Sometimes we can’t because of the “situations” like Survivor. Sure, so different from youtube.
• All of these “talent” shows. Let me be blunt. America does have talent but none are seen on that show. American Idol is rigged. So You Think You Can Dance would be a comedy hit if it were secretly shot at block parties in suburban America, after the heavy drinking started. The list goes on and on. The “Celebrity” Apprentice. Please. If they were real celebrities, they wouldn’t be working for Trump.
• The Cosby Show, Family Matters, Roseanne, Diffr’nt Strokes; the list of good “family” sit-coms goes on and on. Now we have the 1 millionth episode of 2 and a half men which really should be 3 men now, but hey whatever.
• After School Specials. Okay, so I made fun of them too, but what do we have today, Weeds? The truth campaign?
• The studios are always re-launching, rebooting, re-heating, or reloading series from the 80’s. Some are crappy remakes, some not so bad. Some make it to the big screen. Transformers, while definitely not Masterpiece Theater, was greatly entertaining. Bad: See Knight Rider remake, just awful. Good: See most reiterations of 80’s cartoons.
• Reality TV. Okay, we get it. Regular people on tv doing embarrassing crap for ratings. Sometimes we feel for them because we relate. Sometimes we can’t because of the “situations” like Survivor. Sure, so different from youtube.
• All of these “talent” shows. Let me be blunt. America does have talent but none are seen on that show. American Idol is rigged. So You Think You Can Dance would be a comedy hit if it were secretly shot at block parties in suburban America, after the heavy drinking started. The list goes on and on. The “Celebrity” Apprentice. Please. If they were real celebrities, they wouldn’t be working for Trump.
• The Cosby Show, Family Matters, Roseanne, Diffr’nt Strokes; the list of good “family” sit-coms goes on and on. Now we have the 1 millionth episode of 2 and a half men which really should be 3 men now, but hey whatever.
• After School Specials. Okay, so I made fun of them too, but what do we have today, Weeds? The truth campaign?
WTH is in an energy drink anyway?
Okay, so I will tell you a little secret. I have some science background, especially in the field of Chemistry. When I saw the ingredient of taurine, it gave me great pause.
No Bull…
Let’s start with taurine. I did some checking with my Google-brain and found out the goods on this beauty. Studies (and we know those can be skewed one way or another, right =D) have shown taurine to have no true effect on energy levels even though it is represented in high concentrations in almost all energy drinks. The studies are not comprehensive to include the other ingredients of energy drinks like guarana, ginseng and vitamin b variants. Taurine has an amusing urban legend surrounding its origins. It is widely held that taurine is produced from the urine of bulls. Though naturally occurring taurine can be found in such conditions, the companies which create energy drinks synthesize it. It actually is an acid made from bile which has interesting properties in various doses on the brain.
The B Complex Family
Everything my Google-brain remembers about the b-complex family is the danger in taking it in large doses without consulting a doctor. In the case of a thyroid problem, it can increase weight gain. Smokers will have an issue with the carcinogens interacting with portions of the b-complex and causing a variety of side-effects, some very unpleasant. Diabetics can die from it as it spikes and plummets blood sugar levels. Basically, don’t just start quaffing energy drinks with this in high concentration or taking multivitamins with it until you have gradually introduced your system to the b-complex vitamin.
Guarana, Ginseng, and the rest.
There are oodles of studies on the effects of these various roots, plants and mixtures on the energy levels of a variety of people. They all work in one form or another without much consequence.
Stay away from…
Red Line…OMG that stuff made me twitch for two-days and I could not sit still at work or anywhere else for a week. It is concentrated energy drink mix with enough kick to work on code blue patients.
No Bull…
Let’s start with taurine. I did some checking with my Google-brain and found out the goods on this beauty. Studies (and we know those can be skewed one way or another, right =D) have shown taurine to have no true effect on energy levels even though it is represented in high concentrations in almost all energy drinks. The studies are not comprehensive to include the other ingredients of energy drinks like guarana, ginseng and vitamin b variants. Taurine has an amusing urban legend surrounding its origins. It is widely held that taurine is produced from the urine of bulls. Though naturally occurring taurine can be found in such conditions, the companies which create energy drinks synthesize it. It actually is an acid made from bile which has interesting properties in various doses on the brain.
The B Complex Family
Everything my Google-brain remembers about the b-complex family is the danger in taking it in large doses without consulting a doctor. In the case of a thyroid problem, it can increase weight gain. Smokers will have an issue with the carcinogens interacting with portions of the b-complex and causing a variety of side-effects, some very unpleasant. Diabetics can die from it as it spikes and plummets blood sugar levels. Basically, don’t just start quaffing energy drinks with this in high concentration or taking multivitamins with it until you have gradually introduced your system to the b-complex vitamin.
Guarana, Ginseng, and the rest.
There are oodles of studies on the effects of these various roots, plants and mixtures on the energy levels of a variety of people. They all work in one form or another without much consequence.
Stay away from…
Red Line…OMG that stuff made me twitch for two-days and I could not sit still at work or anywhere else for a week. It is concentrated energy drink mix with enough kick to work on code blue patients.
Ok so what is the google-brain?
I bet you’re googling it right now. I found the term acceptable for the time when I stopped attempting to remember everything I read and began to rely on Google for my information storage of facts. Oh, stop it. Like none of you do the exact same things! People just don’t read books and try to remember things anymore. Everything has centered around our ability to search it on Google. My Google-brain acceptance began in about 2006. I have learned to live with my connection to Google and you can too! It is no different than any other parasite, it just wants you to feed it your brain cells and it will help you continue on with life!
5 Reasons I am certain I am not a fan-boy
#1. Batman is cool to everybody. He is vengeful, dark and mean. I am glad that everyone is finally getting in touch with their inner-psychos after The Dark Knight and actually admitting a fondness for the ridiculous insanity of the Joker.
#2. While I would day-dream of being a super-hero like any other kid who reads comics, I stuck to the closest to reality heroes like Batman or Ironman. While I realize most of Ironman’s stuff is fantasy, it is possible to build a really cool metal suit and kick some butt.
#3. When the latest bunch of Hollywood butcherings (ahem) adaptations of comic books to film came since 2000, I did not get into debates with people over the specifics of Hollywood’s liberties with the original content. So there.
#4. I looked at the pixelated hotness drawn by sad nerdy artists just like all other comic readers. I looked into the abyss and shut it out. I always knew women like that only existed as plastic surgery models or in gentlemen’s clubs!
#5. I kept my fandom real. I knew when to be excited, when to do other things, and when to let go. I can think of, and sadly am related to, others who don’t know how to say no to comics.
#2. While I would day-dream of being a super-hero like any other kid who reads comics, I stuck to the closest to reality heroes like Batman or Ironman. While I realize most of Ironman’s stuff is fantasy, it is possible to build a really cool metal suit and kick some butt.
#3. When the latest bunch of Hollywood butcherings (ahem) adaptations of comic books to film came since 2000, I did not get into debates with people over the specifics of Hollywood’s liberties with the original content. So there.
#4. I looked at the pixelated hotness drawn by sad nerdy artists just like all other comic readers. I looked into the abyss and shut it out. I always knew women like that only existed as plastic surgery models or in gentlemen’s clubs!
#5. I kept my fandom real. I knew when to be excited, when to do other things, and when to let go. I can think of, and sadly am related to, others who don’t know how to say no to comics.
The name is misleading – I truly hate coffee…
So how do I get my regular caffeine fix, you ask? A combination of things and some of them are terrible for my system. I hate coffee unless it is the totally high-calorie concoction frozen mocha monstrosity mass-produced by Starbucks. Due to the fact I have to take a second mortgage out just to buy those regularly, I stick with other alternatives. Number one reason I hate coffee is the smell. The smell is great when it is brewed. Then it lingers. Then the odor permeates the bathroom when you urinate so anyone else using the bathroom within a 2 hour window knows someone had coffee. The caffeine is fine. The hot drink is okay. No sugar or with sugar does not matter to me. The smell and the simple effects of coffee just bother me. Add to the fact I have had coffee strong enough to stand up and introduce itself to you with the consistency of road mud. I take the less healthier alternative of sodas, energy drinks, and various energy powder concoctions. Energy drinks can be dangerous and make people think you have a drug problem because of your resulting twitchiness. Sodas are terrible for you and just add water weight to your body, but that coke is soooo good!!! The powders have had little noticeable effects on myself and due to the ridiculous GNC-level pricing, not a good alternative.
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