Category: Asides

The results of this study is complete bullshit. It concludes that people generally like commercials and that commercial breaks help people enjoy TV shows more. Because you get annoyed by the interruption and are so much happier when the show comes back on. WOW. What a load of crap! I honestly laughed when I read this. I thought I was reading something from The Onion!

No one likes commercials, you don’t need to conduct a study to determine this! It’s common knowledge. There’s a reason DVR’s and Tivo’s are so popular. I absolutely abhor commercials and think they are a waste of my time. There are few things, if any, that I hate more than wasting time. I haven’t watched any of my favorite shows on my actual TV for a very long time. In fact, the only time I even watch TV these days are for sports.

So I’ve seen a couple articles lately about increasing public approval for marijuana legalization. Fivethirtyeight.com is tracking an upward approval trend. And the New York Times reported that many struggling states are examining legalization of marijuana and taxing it for revenue. Very interesting stuff is all I have to say! ;-)

Boy Killed Anally When Office Chair Explodes

I don’t really have lots of time to do my own research but I’ve briefly read/seen stuff about our budget deficits and the government’s obligations to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid that gives me pause. The basic message is that our current course is completely unsustainable and we’re headed towards economic disaster/collapse. The U.S government’s liabilities greatly exceed its assets and that gap continues to grow at a rapid rate. Very scary stuff. Stuff like this:

I pulled an all-nighter watching the AO final live. Sigh… Fed lost to Nadal again. So sad. He gave that 5th set away, don’t want know what was going on there. It was clearly another painful loss for him. I don’t know what he has to do, but he needs to find a way beat Nadal. I was a little shocked seeing him break down like that during the ceremony. But who can blame him? He obviously really really wanted it. All the pundits are bringing up the same questions and doubts now. I hope there are good things in store for the rest of Federer’s season.

I already checked the score this morning but I caught a good portion of the taped broadcast of the Federer v. Del Potro match and it was just brutal. I mean absolutely brutal. I even saw some people in the audience shaking their heads when they did one of those camera pans. I thought Del Potro would put up a good fight. Double bagel? Wow. I feel kind of bad for Del Potro. At one point, Fed even struck the ball over the net with a header (after the play was over) as if to say he might as well be playing without a racket.

Well, I got FiOS Internet and TV service installed today. The installation took most of the day and then I spent the rest of the day cleaning and throwing out junk because I had to move a bunch of furniture and a whole lot of crap out of my closet for the installation.

Happy year of the ox, to all that celebrate the lunar new year.

Today, Barack Obama officially became the 44th President of the United States. Former President Bush is finally done. I don’t envy Barack Obama. He’s got a his work cut out for him, considering what he’s being handed.