Frozen Yogurt and Luxury Cars
05.14.04 (12:29 pm) [edit]Yes, I have another rant of sorts. Since those readers of my blog have, over time, come to expect nothing less, I don't expect there to be any backlash. So, here goes:
Why on God's gracious green earth do people need to taste ice cream and frozen yogurt before they buy it? Does TCBY's chocolate yogurt taste different today? Is it like wine tasting? Hmmm...yes. This is a nice late March, early April. Not to much glocose powder and with a very dairy finish.
Do you ask for a little slice of pizza at Pizza Hut or a quarter of a cheeseburger at McD's before you buy? No. Why ice cream?
And luxury cars. Cars and ice cream are the two main things that you get to "take for a spin" before you buy them. Cars, I understand (and I won't even get into the fact that you can haggle about car prices but not about TV prices or stereo prices), but ice cream?
Give me a break. Stop holding up the goddamn line, take a wild and crazy guess at what a chocolate/peanut butter swirl is going to taste like, and order your friggin' ice cream.
For the love of Pete!
Blog Bingo and Bush's Buffoonery
05.13.04 (12:08 pm) [edit]I'm trying to keep my chance at blog bingo intact (see my calendar to know what I mean.)
I was really hoping something would occur to me today to blog about but, alas, nothing has.
I heard some encouraging news on NPR today. One pollster suggested that it's Kerry's election to win or lose based on Bush's popularity polls at this point. He cited recent non-two-termers Ford, Carter, and Bush Sr. who had similar popularity at this point in the election cycle.
Please, oh please, let's not buck history.
(spider)Men in Scoring Position
05.06.04 (10:58 am) [edit]Advertisements for Spiderman 2 are going to appear on the bases during all Major League Baseball games on an upcoming weekend.
Pardon me, but WTF? To top it all off, Spiderman 2 is likely to be as gut-wrenchingly wretched as the first Spiderman movie which makes Major League Baseball look like it's got as much taste as day-old rice cakes.
I mean, Tobey Maguire as an action hero? Let's not get ahead of ourselves...
Macarena, Aieeeeee!
05.06.04 (10:24 am) [edit]Yesterday on the radio I actually heard the song "Macarena". I almost steered my car into a freeway piling, but thanks to my strong will to live and my equally strong desire not to die on the freeway, I took the lazy, banking right turn for home instead.
It took me until hours later to realize that they were playing this song in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. It didn't even occur to me that the song was Latin. Of course, the fact that it's sung in Spanish should be a major tipoff, but my respect for Latin culture runs too deep for this connection to be made based on something so obvious. I guess, deep down, I thought it was Spanish-sounding gibberish, and not the genuine article.
Even though the song is in Spanish, why play it to celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Do you play "Right Said Fred" when you wish to celebrate baldness? I think not.
And since everyone is interested, let me also point out that the Macarena is now officially between George W. Bush and Barbara Walters on my list of "things I can't fucking stand". And FYI, the Macarena's addition to this list has officially bumped Derek Jeter to fourth.
