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Archive for August, 2003
Labor Day questionIn honor of Labor Day, I’d like to ask: Mayo or Miracle Whip?
Raindrops from heavenIt’s been raining non-stop (ok, on and off) for days. I have yet to hear one single person complain. It’s nice to be in the 70s with the so much needed rain. Joe SchmoI guess that reality shows were eventually going to get to this. It’s called Joe Schmo and it’s actually a fake reality show. They got a guy (a pizza delivery guy) and got him to live in a fancy mansion and play against other contestants. Except that the other contestants were actors. And of course Joe Schmo makes it through elimination round after elimination round. I don’t know, I guess that when it comes down to it, it’ll play and feel like any other reality show, except that this one has a different gimmick which may make it interesting to watch. Except that the games seem interesting, at least the one listed as an example in the article: “Hands on a High-Priced Hooker.”
ScrubsEver watched Scrubs on NBC? I hadn’t. But it was on one of the TVs tonight at the gym and I started watching it. You know what, it’s actually funny. I may have to start watching it. There was a small scene that had me giggling for a while.
SuccessMy friend had made it to the 2nd hospital I had listed. He is getting his stitches and everything is going to be fine. Thank God for the Internet, databases and driving directions. Now I’m going to try to get some sleep before I have to be up for work. Goodnight everybody. drama continuesAfter not hearing from his friend, I called back and he answered the phone and said “I walked to the first hospital you gave me and he is not there, I called the 2nd one and they said that he didn’t answer a page.” Well, if he is being helped, or drunk, maybe he is not hearing the page, or doesn’t want to answer it. So I asked his friend to walk since it’s less than half a mile away from where he is at right now. I hope I’m not being unreasonable. So now I’m waiting to hear from his friend to see what’s up. In the meanwhile, I think that my friend has taken his cell phone with him so I keep calling it in hopes that I get a hold of him. What would you do?Yay. Drama time. 1:15 am central time. Here’s the deal, as it’s happening. My phone rings at 12:30 am and I see it’s from a friend on a different time zone, I figure that he just wants to say hi - I’ve been sleeping for over 1 hr, I ignore it and go back to sleep. 20 minutes later the phone rings again, it’s him again, I’m like “he doesn’t know the time difference?” and I go back to sleep. But something in my gut tells me to check my voicemail. I check it. It’s a friend of his “Dave, call me at -friend’s place- right now, please, wake up, call me. He is bleeding and he needs stitches.” So I call back. It turns out that my friend accidently broke a bedroom window, he is now bleeding a lot, he is needing stitches and his other friend (the one who called me) doesn’t have a car (since he was picked up by my friend) and he has had a few drinks and can’t even drive a stick. Well, so his friend tells me that my friend picked up the keys and drove off to a hospital. So, as I’m typing this, my friend is driving to the hospital with, I think, a few drinks in his system, arm bleeding needing stitches. We don’t know which hospital he went to or anything. So what would you do? I looked up on the Internet the 3 closest hospitals. Gave his friend the names, phone numbers and even walking directions for those 3 hospitals. Then you sit here, awake, waiting for a call back from someone. And you know that you are a true Internet addict when you go to your own site to post to vent and kill some time waiting for some kind of news.
American Idol auditionsI watch Fox News when I can’t find anything else on TV. Lately they’ve been highlighting random people in line waiting to try out for American Idol. Maybe it’s just me, but there seems to be 2 types of people in line: Who told any of these people that they could sing? I actually feel bad for Simon at this point.
TSA complaint follow upA couple weeks ago I posted an entry about the rude TSA agents (the security people) at the Wichita airport. Basically the screener kept mumbling his instructions and every time I said “what?” or “excuse me?” he’d get upset and reach for whatever was on the side of his belt (mace?). The stick on my crotch was rather uncomfortable as well. I thought that if I let it go, I’d be less upset about the issue. Unfortunately that was not the case and it kept bugging me. Finally I sent an email to the TSA people (the government agency), not because I expected anything out of it, but because it’d help me vent. It was a rather polite and short email explaining what happened when I went through security. To my surprise, about 3 or 4 days later I received an email from a human at the Department Homeland Security. Not a generic “Customer Relations” account from TSA. But a person with a first and last name, with a personal e-mail account and even a phone number. He apologized and asked me for general information such as what date I went through security, what time, and a couple other questions. I replied saying that I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it, but I did answer his questions. Then about a week and a half passed without any news. To my surprise, this morning I had an email from him waiting in my Inbox. He explained that the team that was working that afternoon has been identified. He added that the issue was addressed indetail first with the supervisor and then with the team. They went over how the experience must have made me feel as well as the poor opinion of the screener. Wow. All I can say is that I have a new found respect for those people. Maybe not for the screeners themselves (since they are probably still high on a power trip since the day they were made federal employees) but for the organization as a whole. It seems that they realize that they have a touchy job that, while important, can sometimes make people feel like they are 2nd class citizens living in some 3rd world country where people hardly have any civil rights. I’m glad that this issue was addressed with the team and I’m glad that there is a system in place that watches out for the passengers’ rights and experiences.
Dating show fairnessBravo TV’s major hit is “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”. Another hit they have this summer is “Boy Meets Boy“. It’s like “The Bachelor”, except that everyone is gay. A guy dates other guys and eventually chooses one. So far so good. Well it turns out that some of the contestants are actually straight and the main guy was never told that. There are 3 guys left, he now must choose one. Well, one of the 3 guys left is straight and the main guy just found out about it. Is this fair? I don’t think so. Sure, it throws a new and different twist into the game. But I don’t think it’s fair and I actually feel bad for the guy. It’s as if in “The Bachelor” one of the women was a lesbian. What good does that do to the guy? So much for finding a compatible mate with long-term relationship potential. After watching a couple of episodes, it seems like he is a genuine guy who had high hopes for whoever he may meet on the show. I hope it ends well for him.
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