I dunno how many times I’ve seen the following on t-shirts, TV shows, or ANYWHERE, really:
GRΣΣK
And we’re all supposed to chuckle because we see letters which are clearly not capital “E” but still bear a passing resemblance. I guess it’s also supposed to reinforce the Greek-ness (Greekiness?) of something, too, whether a fraternity t-shirt [...]
Category Archives: Rants
Pet Peeve: Σ Abuse
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
It’s the most frustrating time of the year.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Ah, presidential election season. Nothing builds up my sense of civic and political cynicism quite like it. Every four years I struggle with periodic feelings of rage and depression about the state of affairs in our halls of government at the national level. That’s really all I’m going to say about it [...]
NASCAR Thunder
Monday, September 1, 2008
A little piece of me is about to die inside just from linking to this, but here goes…
Thomas Kinkade has stooped to a new low by painting a visual cacophony of radioactive pastels into the form of the Daytona 500.
(via Chris. Thanks, I think…)
With Whom There Is a Beef
Thursday, August 7, 2008
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that some Boy Scouts took ill because of some E. coli-tainted ground beef from California.
So, really, do Virginians consume so much beef that they’re underserved by the state’s second largest agricultural industry? And of all places, why on earth did meat from the OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY find its [...]
Closer than it really is…
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Michael Grunwald’s Time article about McCain spends most of its time discussing the long odds against the Arizona senator in the 2008 presidential election. His last paragraph really resonated with me, however:
That doesn’t mean that anything’s probable. The media will try to preserve the illusion of a toss-up; you’ll keep seeing “Obama Leads, But [...]
Slippery Italian Slope
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Many folks close to me know my obsession with many things Italian. While I’m only one quarter Sicilian, the prominence of my full-blood grandmother in my upbringing and the associated happy memories have fostered a deep love for the food, language, culture, and country of Italy.
But lately, I’m kinda pissed at the Italian government.
You [...]
Concerning Apple, iTunes, and “Proprietary” Products
Thursday, July 10, 2008
It’s almost a sport these days for tech pundits to complain about the seeming lack of interoperability of Apple’s products whether because of DRM, software/hardware requirements, or any other factor they choose. This has happened with Sony in the past (and sometimes still does). When it comes to Apple, people don’t like that [...]
Oh, blogging! I LOVE blogging!
Friday, June 20, 2008
In case you had any doubts that Big Business completely misunderstands youth, technology, and how the two interact:
Marketing Exec: “Oh yeah, those kids love the blogging. That guy should talk about the blogging.”
Netflix, you’re making a HUGE mistake.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Here’s a shocking message that arrived in my inbox this evening:
I have to say that I’m extremely pissed off about this right now. I subscribe to the two-at-a-time/unlimited-per-month plan, and Valerie and I split the two DVDs between separate profiles. This allows us to maintain our own ratings for movies we watch, and [...]
HDR = Horrible, Dopey, Ridiculous
Thursday, June 12, 2008
There are trends everywhere in creative fields. Brown and light-blue clothes. Chipotle chilis or truffle oil in food. Reflections in web graphics.
There’s also crappy creative output in these fields. Trashy romance novels. Kenny G. Soap Operas.
Tonight I’m a little heated about a collision of the trendy and crappy in [...]
