Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Wow, that's screwed up.
This Daily Show piece lays out just how likely it is that a Republican will win the Senate seat that has been occupied by a Kennedy since...well for fucking ever.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
The funniest guy in the room
First of all I really like and respect Jay Leno. He's a serious car nut and I seriously respect that.
That said, Jay Leno's version of The Tonight Show is at least two generations behind the times. It's not that Leno is that bad, he's just not as good as Conan O'Brien. I just can't understand why NBC wants to give Leno another chance after his absolutely disastrous turn in prime time has probably cost NBC something on the order of $250 million in lost ad revenue.
Conan is the best man for the job and he's getting seriously fucked by NBC. Here's my favorite Conan bit regarding the current situation. Conan decides to sell The Tonight Show on Craigslist...priceless.
That said, Jay Leno's version of The Tonight Show is at least two generations behind the times. It's not that Leno is that bad, he's just not as good as Conan O'Brien. I just can't understand why NBC wants to give Leno another chance after his absolutely disastrous turn in prime time has probably cost NBC something on the order of $250 million in lost ad revenue.
Conan is the best man for the job and he's getting seriously fucked by NBC. Here's my favorite Conan bit regarding the current situation. Conan decides to sell The Tonight Show on Craigslist...priceless.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Monkey House
I've blogged before about the job I once had as a telephone tech support operator for the shady software company. Here's another little story about that trilling experience.
The company was based out of an old grocery story and was basically a two story building that looked like a barn. All of the telephone support people were located in a cube farm on the second floor and the first floor housed various offices, break rooms, shipping and the assembly room. The assembly room was where they built all of the computer systems and installed all of the software prior to shipping. There was a big picture window that allowed the douchebag salesmen to show touring clients what they were getting for the outrageous amount of money the company was charging. The window was a source of great amusement to those of us in the call center that actually knew something about the construction of computers.
You see, the people they paid to assemble the computers were mostly untrained, minimum wage mouth breathers that knew absolutely nothing about what they were actually doing. The room was also extremely loud because of all of the hard workbench surfaces, the blaring classic rock/country music and the constant arguing of the hillbillies as they toiled. One day while watching from the window with some of my co-workers I suddenly realized that they were like barely trained monkeys, howling and throwing shit at each other. So we started calling the assembly room The Monkey House...when the guy who ran the build crew found out he was pissed...it was one of my few fond memories af that hell hole.
I realize now that it was cruel and unfair to refer to those under paid people as monekys.....yeah, unfair to fucking monkeys!! Watch this little guy, he's way faster than the people I worked with.
The company was based out of an old grocery story and was basically a two story building that looked like a barn. All of the telephone support people were located in a cube farm on the second floor and the first floor housed various offices, break rooms, shipping and the assembly room. The assembly room was where they built all of the computer systems and installed all of the software prior to shipping. There was a big picture window that allowed the douchebag salesmen to show touring clients what they were getting for the outrageous amount of money the company was charging. The window was a source of great amusement to those of us in the call center that actually knew something about the construction of computers.
You see, the people they paid to assemble the computers were mostly untrained, minimum wage mouth breathers that knew absolutely nothing about what they were actually doing. The room was also extremely loud because of all of the hard workbench surfaces, the blaring classic rock/country music and the constant arguing of the hillbillies as they toiled. One day while watching from the window with some of my co-workers I suddenly realized that they were like barely trained monkeys, howling and throwing shit at each other. So we started calling the assembly room The Monkey House...when the guy who ran the build crew found out he was pissed...it was one of my few fond memories af that hell hole.
I realize now that it was cruel and unfair to refer to those under paid people as monekys.....yeah, unfair to fucking monkeys!! Watch this little guy, he's way faster than the people I worked with.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Now that is classy.
Pat Robertson really cares about the people of Haiti....even if they did make a pact with the devil.
What's worse, the fact that he said it or the fact that the loonies watching his show actually BELIEVE it?
What's worse, the fact that he said it or the fact that the loonies watching his show actually BELIEVE it?
That Shredds!!!
Why not another Animal/Death Metal juxtaposition? Camels make the best throat singers ever!
Rock out with your cock out.
Check out this awesome YouTube Doubler jam session. Death Metal....Poultry Style.
Do as I say, not as I do
Google has always said that their underlying philosophy is "Don't Be Evil". Plenty of people accuse Google of having questionable ethics and even more suspect ambitions but I've always believed that they stick to that ethos pretty closely. If Google looses that credibility then what would they have left?
The one thing that Google has done that I always found deplorable was their stance on censorship in China. Up to this point Google has bent to the will of the PRC government by providing completely filtered search results within China. It looks like Google may be finally fed up with the tarnish to their name that this has brought.
You can't possibly imagine how much money this could cost Google, after all China is the largest and fastest growing market for Internet related business. If the Chinese Government doesn't blink (and they probably won't) then Google stands to loose BILLIONS.
The one thing that Google has done that I always found deplorable was their stance on censorship in China. Up to this point Google has bent to the will of the PRC government by providing completely filtered search results within China. It looks like Google may be finally fed up with the tarnish to their name that this has brought.
You can't possibly imagine how much money this could cost Google, after all China is the largest and fastest growing market for Internet related business. If the Chinese Government doesn't blink (and they probably won't) then Google stands to loose BILLIONS.
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