It’s Friday, February 12, 2010 and I’m already receiving warnings about the Ides of March.
Every once in a while, I’ll happen upon a news story that makes me sit in slack-jawed astonishment.
Like this story about a guy in Lilburn , Ga who went to the WalMart sporting goods section, selected an aluminum bat, took it to electronics and smashed 29 flat-screen TVs. I’m guessing there’s some anger-management issues at play here and will admit that once or twice, I myself have wanted to smash a TV. The only thing that saved the offending TV was the fact that I didn’t want to spend money to replace it. Oh, there’s also the part of explaining it to the wife.
I have to wonder what motivated this guy to take this peculiar course of action. Unfortunately, the only person who could explain it is the guy who smashed 29 TV sets. I generally try to keep such people at arm’s length. Someone who would do that is just as likely to grab you by the throat, but also, his explanation might make perfect sense and then I’ll be smashing TVs.
In other news, this mug rocks. I’ve had it since September and it has remained spill-proof. It’s been dropped, knocked over and shoved off my desk dozens of times and hasn’t spilled a drop. It’s a keeper.
In other news, House Speaker Pelosi is taking a pack of Congress critters on a trip to Haiti (as if these people didn’t already have enough trouble) to find faster ways to dispose of US taxpayer dough. Don’t get me wrong, the US has a huge responsibility to aid the people of Haiti in their recovery efforts. I just don’t understand what having a dozen US Congressmen underfoot is supposed to do for this effort. Now, if they’re showing up in hardhats, gloves and good, sturdy boots, that would be a different story. Roll up your sleeves and get after it.
Oh, and since the delegation of 12 contains one republican, Pelosi is calling it “bipartisan.” She’s the kind of person who would call rape “surprise sex.”
Not much of a blog today. Spent most of the day dinking around with an idiot POS (Point of Sale) vendor who couldn’t get his equipment to work and has managed to convince the customer that it’s our fault. Now it seems that the DSL we deliver is the wrong flavor, color, smell and only DSL of a certain vintage will suffice.
Why do I do this job again? Oh, yeah. It beats working.
And with that, we’re clear. Everyone have a safe and enjoyable weekend. Back here Monday for some laughs.
Thanks for clearing up that hat thing. No wonder woman were avoiding me.
Comment by david — February 12, 2010 @ 21:09