So I have a new tech obsession. No, it won't help me stay organized, stay in touch with anyone, or improve my career or life situation, but will, however, ease the itch inside. You know that itch, the itch of a chicken pock that you know you shouldn't scratch? You move your body in hopes that maybe some clothes will ease the itch and maybe it does and yet the itch is still there and getting harder to ignore. You cannot scratch it because they say it will scar. But, if you do the relief feels good. The old instant gratification. Well my chicken pock is a video game: Guitar Hero! www.guitarhero.com My scar however is worse than a little mark on my skin but would be a gash in my wallet where there is no money. Not to say that it's that expensive but it is when you consider it's a game and food and safety and health are 1 kagillion times more important. Yet there is the itch...
Last Saturday we were at Sam's Club waiting for pictures to be finished and normally I would have been going bonkers with the wait. After going around the whole store I see something up the aisle that has piqued my interest...hmm...what is that, someone playing a guitar? Oh, it's that guitar hero thing I have heard so much about. Ty and I check it out and it looks cool. Ty tries it, likes it but has a hard time getting it. A guy shows us how to play. Ty tries again and is better. Then I get the pox!! I try and do OK and love it! We play a couple of more times and we are hooked (me more than Ty, of course). So, when I am walking along the parking lot and find 89.99 (or something similar) I will itch my pox and not even get a scar!!!!!!!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
NBC Green Week
Drafting off of the waste of time / my favorite tv shows, NBC is jamming "Green Week" onto each of their shows. I thought this to be ridiculous but thought the shows would go off without a hitch. Well, it's Wednesday and already this environmental propoganda is causing brain impulses that bring on irritation or something of the like.
Last night on my favorite comedy, drama, action, and love story, Biggest Loser, they incorporated "Green" into everything they said. "I always have my team eat organic and it saves money because it is local and doesn't have to be shipped." Well, since this is the first time I heard this from a trainer I had to wonder if she did but I am assuming she did. The other thing is that Organic Food is usually more expensive as the grower does not use products that help their food grow so they have to offset the lack of production somehow. All of the contestants were all of a sudden worried about the environment as well and included this worry in their little one on one interviews. Of course they never changed the fact they drink bottled water instead of drinking from the tap. All that plastic from the bottled water; all of the equipment and electricity used to filter the tap water to put in plastic bottles; all of the man power used to run the equipment and they drove their cars to work. Do these things not hurt the environment.
Oh, and on Sunday Night Football they cut their light usage down and had candles. This was one of the lamest stunts pulled. Hopefully NBC can get a Peace Prize for their work on the environment. . . Of course next week the 3 sets they have will be fully lit. I guess it's ok for them but we, as regular people, have to save the world. Maybe Al Gore and the CEO of GE/NBC can take private jets to my house and show me how to be Greeeeeeeeeeen.
I know this will continue through the week and one of my favorite shows, 30 Rock will have Schwimmer as some Eco-Superhero and Al Gore making a suprise visit and being "funny". I am all for cutting waste as no one wants to live next to a landfill and I understand not hurting what God has created but this corporate push to be green is only a push to produce GREEEN...Dollar Green.
I did forget one thing, if TV says it's true: it's true!
Last night on my favorite comedy, drama, action, and love story, Biggest Loser, they incorporated "Green" into everything they said. "I always have my team eat organic and it saves money because it is local and doesn't have to be shipped." Well, since this is the first time I heard this from a trainer I had to wonder if she did but I am assuming she did. The other thing is that Organic Food is usually more expensive as the grower does not use products that help their food grow so they have to offset the lack of production somehow. All of the contestants were all of a sudden worried about the environment as well and included this worry in their little one on one interviews. Of course they never changed the fact they drink bottled water instead of drinking from the tap. All that plastic from the bottled water; all of the equipment and electricity used to filter the tap water to put in plastic bottles; all of the man power used to run the equipment and they drove their cars to work. Do these things not hurt the environment.
Oh, and on Sunday Night Football they cut their light usage down and had candles. This was one of the lamest stunts pulled. Hopefully NBC can get a Peace Prize for their work on the environment. . . Of course next week the 3 sets they have will be fully lit. I guess it's ok for them but we, as regular people, have to save the world. Maybe Al Gore and the CEO of GE/NBC can take private jets to my house and show me how to be Greeeeeeeeeeen.
I know this will continue through the week and one of my favorite shows, 30 Rock will have Schwimmer as some Eco-Superhero and Al Gore making a suprise visit and being "funny". I am all for cutting waste as no one wants to live next to a landfill and I understand not hurting what God has created but this corporate push to be green is only a push to produce GREEEN...Dollar Green.
I did forget one thing, if TV says it's true: it's true!
Friday, November 2, 2007
Cool Candy to BCS analogy
This is from Steve Czaban the funniest sports talk radio host I have heard. www.czabe.com is where I got this list:
1. Ohio State (M&M's Plain)The Buckeyes are a dependable presence, much like good ol' M&M's plain. They won't really excite many people and can be knocked off by a better choice of candy, but they are seemingly always around.
2. Boston College (Bit O' Honey)Nobody likes Bit O' Honey, and even fans in Boston are largely ignoring this year's mid-major Cinderella story. Who wants a chunk of chewy, half-brittle, honey-based candy that gets stuck in your molars? Awful.
3. LSU (Snickers)This is a meaty, serious gut stuffer of a candy, just like the football team. However, LSU isn't likely to make many fall in love with them, just as you don't rave about a Snickers aside from it's ability to satisfy your hunger.
4. Arizona State (Spree)On the one hand, every once in a while, this candy makes sense. A big long roll of sweet, hard, disks. What's not to like? The chafed tongue. Arizona State seems like a good idea now. We'll end up thinking different.
5. Oregon (Mike & Ike)The colorful candy chewies now come in different flavored boxes - regular, tangy typhoon, tangy twister, jolly joes and berry blast. Like Oregon's uniforms, you could theoretically mix and match Mike and Ikes into 2,432 flavor combinations.
6. Oklahoma (Milky Way)They perfected the basic chocolate, caramel and nougat bar combination. A triple threat, just like Oklahoma perfected the wishbone.
7. West Virginia (Fun Dip)This is a "candy" that involves a sugar stick you lick, and pouches of sugar powder to dip them in and lick off. Total novelty, gimmick candy. Like the spread with Slaton and White. Gimmicky, but delicious to watch.
8. Kansas (Candy Cigarettes)People always ask: "Do they still make candy cigarettes?" Yes, yes they do. Just like people ask: "Does Kansas really play Division I football?" I'm afraid so.
9. Missouri (Abba Zabba)Nobody is really sure what they are, where you can find them, and whether anybody really likes them.
10. Georgia (Hot Tamales)A truly second-tier candy amongst the chewy non-chocolate set, no matter what fans of the candy may say. Let's be honest. Hot Tamales are over-rated. Just like Georgia fans think of themselves and their team. Overrated.
11. Virginia Tech (Reese's Peanut Butter Cups)A delicious candy that will melt at the slightest increase in temperature above room level. Not unlike the Hokies, who typically melt once the schedule heats up in November.
12. Michigan (Kit-Kat)What's not to like? Chocolate. Wafers. Simple, satisfying, right? Like the football team however, the Kit-Kat doesn't really inspire or wow you. It's just sort of there.
13. UConn (Nerds)Best consumed in small doses.
There was more but I could not access it...maybe because I cut and paste the first page... Anyway, funny none the less.
1. Ohio State (M&M's Plain)The Buckeyes are a dependable presence, much like good ol' M&M's plain. They won't really excite many people and can be knocked off by a better choice of candy, but they are seemingly always around.
2. Boston College (Bit O' Honey)Nobody likes Bit O' Honey, and even fans in Boston are largely ignoring this year's mid-major Cinderella story. Who wants a chunk of chewy, half-brittle, honey-based candy that gets stuck in your molars? Awful.
3. LSU (Snickers)This is a meaty, serious gut stuffer of a candy, just like the football team. However, LSU isn't likely to make many fall in love with them, just as you don't rave about a Snickers aside from it's ability to satisfy your hunger.
4. Arizona State (Spree)On the one hand, every once in a while, this candy makes sense. A big long roll of sweet, hard, disks. What's not to like? The chafed tongue. Arizona State seems like a good idea now. We'll end up thinking different.
5. Oregon (Mike & Ike)The colorful candy chewies now come in different flavored boxes - regular, tangy typhoon, tangy twister, jolly joes and berry blast. Like Oregon's uniforms, you could theoretically mix and match Mike and Ikes into 2,432 flavor combinations.
6. Oklahoma (Milky Way)They perfected the basic chocolate, caramel and nougat bar combination. A triple threat, just like Oklahoma perfected the wishbone.
7. West Virginia (Fun Dip)This is a "candy" that involves a sugar stick you lick, and pouches of sugar powder to dip them in and lick off. Total novelty, gimmick candy. Like the spread with Slaton and White. Gimmicky, but delicious to watch.
8. Kansas (Candy Cigarettes)People always ask: "Do they still make candy cigarettes?" Yes, yes they do. Just like people ask: "Does Kansas really play Division I football?" I'm afraid so.
9. Missouri (Abba Zabba)Nobody is really sure what they are, where you can find them, and whether anybody really likes them.
10. Georgia (Hot Tamales)A truly second-tier candy amongst the chewy non-chocolate set, no matter what fans of the candy may say. Let's be honest. Hot Tamales are over-rated. Just like Georgia fans think of themselves and their team. Overrated.
11. Virginia Tech (Reese's Peanut Butter Cups)A delicious candy that will melt at the slightest increase in temperature above room level. Not unlike the Hokies, who typically melt once the schedule heats up in November.
12. Michigan (Kit-Kat)What's not to like? Chocolate. Wafers. Simple, satisfying, right? Like the football team however, the Kit-Kat doesn't really inspire or wow you. It's just sort of there.
13. UConn (Nerds)Best consumed in small doses.
There was more but I could not access it...maybe because I cut and paste the first page... Anyway, funny none the less.
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