Archive for the ‘General stupidity’ Category
Friday, January 11th, 2008
It may seem silly, but one of my biggest pet peeves is when people mispronounce a very simple word: Chipotle.
In the past few years, with the increasingly mainstream use of the pepper and the massive expansion of the burrito chain of the same name, the word Chipotle has become a ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Hi, I'd like to purchase these four plates for $4.95 each.
Oh, it's available as a set? Great!
Hey, wait a minute... I WANT MY FIFTEEN CENTS BACK!
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
I finally found a reason to dislike Julia Allison other than for the simple fact that she's a publicity whore. If we, as a nation, have stooped so low as to care about the stuff in the magazine she edits, I think humanity is doomed. Look at the "news" from this week's issue ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
I don't get enraged very easily, but the folks at Campus Squeeze raised my blood pressure a good dozen points by posting a list of the 20 Ugliest College Campuses. Coming in at #17: my alma mater, Ithaca College. Here's the photo of Ithaca College that they used to prove their ...
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
I find The Slaughtered Lamb Pub guilty of stupidity - a class B misdemeanor... which also happens to be a crime.
Posted in Life in NYC, General stupidity | 3 Comments »
Friday, November 30th, 2007
No, Facebook friend, I will not be a werewolf, a pirate, a vampire, a zombie, a slayer, or a ninja. I will not participate in your snowball fight, your pillow fight, or your super-poking fight. I will not be sending or receiving "hotness points." I will not give you a virtual ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
I'm not quite sure what message Dos Equis is trying to convey here.
Should I stay thirsty so I can drink more Dos Equis?
Or would I be better off staying thirsty than drinking Dos Equis?
Given the taste of Dos Equis, I'm going with the latter.
Posted in Food and Booze, General stupidity | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Last night, I was in the emergency room (don't panic - it turns out that it's nothing serious. And to top it all off, I've got some pretty sweet painkillers to keep it from getting serious for the next week or two!). I've had some bad emergency room experiences in ...
Posted in Life in NYC, General stupidity | 14 Comments »
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Good morning. Some things just can't be put into words on paper. This is one of those things.
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
I know that global warming has been making temperatures unseasonably warm lately, but since when is 51 degrees (5 degrees below normal!) considered "cold?"
Posted in General stupidity, TV & Film | 7 Comments »