Hey Freak!

OK, so I'm blogging from the Apple/Mac store. Not a conincidence.

Anyways, a random thought that popped into my head. Is there anyone else out there who's noticed that the "deer crossing" signs in Wisconsin are totally different from the deer crossing signs everywhere else? Seriously. Here, the deer on the deer crossing sign is like, "bounding" along. Leaping. Runnning. In WI, it's a fat deer walking.

I'm not joking about this.

Please. Somebody else out there has to know what I'm talking about. Anyone?

Shit. I came here to post the answers to Match Game, but then got blindsided by... well, two things that I should have already known. OK, that doesn't make sense, but... I'll just explain.

Sprint sucks. Sprint way sucks. Fuck Sprint. I used to be at the point where, if people asked me, I'd say "Oh no, don't go with Sprint." Now? I'm very tempted to use my free time to hang out in front of Sprint stores and telling new customers to go somewhere else. Yes. They're that bad. But, I shoulda known that already.

Same with Microsoft. I went to buy a new mouse, and decided on a wireless mouse. Jo's got one, and she loves it. Problem? Although our computers are pretty far apart (and on different floors), my mouse controls her pointer. So, I looked through the instructions, and big surprise - no help. None. Just one (very small) mention of contact information. No FAQs. Nothing.

So I goto the "support" website. I dunno, I've talked to Daniel Webster about changing the definition of "support," because nowadays, it just seems like it means "runaround." Long story short, I looked around for a long time, then broke down and emailed support. I got my reply this morn. What'd it say? "Perhaps this link might help you: [link to the support website]." Like, you fucking idiot, where do you think I got this contact information from? I've been there. I swear, they must have hired George; this email was so useless. In my frustration, I replied with a pretty nasty email, and normally, I'd feel bad, but not this time. I mean, it's a fucking mouse. Why can't it work properly, and just for my computer?

So anyway, if anyone knows how to get past this problem (my wireless mouse interfering with other wireless mice in the area), please let me know.

And if anybody knows of any "Sprint Sucks" sites, yeah, go ahead and tell me about those, too.

Dude! Hells yeah!

Finally, somebody put up all the Bud Light "Real Men of Genius" commercials (audio only). Whether you like Bud Light or not, you gotta give it up for these ads. Oh yeah, I guess the actual link would help... [click] Note: it might take a while to load, but trust me... it's worth it.

My personal favorite? Mr. Really Bad Toupeé Wearer. "Made of space-age fibers, it can repel anything - rain, wind, snow, and especially, young women (I don't think so)." Man, that's comedy gold.

(link from Danielle)

I think we need some Happy Friday music up in this here... and a perfect excuse - Lyn's going on a road trip, so here we are with some boots that'll make you wanna drive (but at a safe, legal speed, of course):

We'll start with Rockafeller Rocket Shack (B52's vs. Fatboy Slim).

From therealShell, we have Since You Ain't Me (Kelly Clarkson vs. Frank Black)

More from DJ Tripp, we have Spin Me Harder (Daft Punk vs. Dead or Alive)

Somebody Rock Me (the Clash vs. the Killers)

And it's still up, so I'll re-link it: Livin' on a Prayer (dropbass cheeeze mix)

And finally, well... of course this is a driving song... My Other Car is a Beatle. Because we all need to boom while we're driving.

Random thought - I still see cars driving around with those damned spinning tire covers. Didn't these go out of style yet? Really, what's the point of these? All they do is distract other drivers. What's next? Replacing all of your headlights with strobe lights? Dude, the roads would have some serious club feel if people did that... but yeah, I guess that might be dangerous as fuck.

So, today I found out that Taquitos (aka rolled tacos, but don't call them that) were invented here. in San Diego. More specifically, at El Indio [story] I've eaten there a coupla times, but I've never gotten taquitos. I'm more of an enchilada and chips n salsa guy. But hey, if they were invented there, I should at least try them, right?

And wow. The Caesar Salad was invented just on the other side of the border, in Tijuana? Shit, I never woulda guessed that either. I just thought Tijuana was the place to go for people under 21 to drink legally.

So everybody, wish your friendly neighborhood Taquito a happy 65th birthday... and then scarf that puppy down. Taquitos are goooooood.

So, we're watching TV last night, and this commercial comes on... it's a commercial for a CD of kids music. Oh, the music is also sung by kids. We've all seen that before, right? I think Disney sells kid music sung by kids... singing like, contemporary but still kinda current hits. Barney's got some shit like that, too.

But this CD? Kidz Bop 8? I guess it's like one of those "Now that's what I call music!" compilations, except it says "sung for kids by kids"... but I don't buy the "for kids" part. I dunno... maybe some of these aren't the kinds of music that you'd wanna hear kids singing...

Let's take a look at the track listing... Obsession? Let me love you? Since you've been gone? Let me remind you, these are kids. Like, 10 and under. Do they even know what they're singing? And what about Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out"? And my personal favorite, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." Yeah, sung by kids. Dude, seriously, WTF is up with that?

Of course, this was put out by the same company that also released Worship Jamz, so... I dunno.

As far as I've always heard, a standard tip for waitstaff is 15%. Didn't it used to be that? I guess it's %17 now. No biggie, since I usually tip %20 minimum, unless the service is monumentally horrible.

Anyways, I bring that up because I just found (well, Mac posted it, and I snagged it from her) the Shitty Tipper Database. I don't recognize most of the names, but there are definitely some celebrities in there. More than once. Hello, Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Am I lame that I spent the better part of an hour just reading people's shitty tips from celebrities stories? Eh, probably. But I did it anyway.

Looking through these, I'm just amazed at what some of these people go through. Granted, we're only getting one side of the story, but still... if even half of these are true, then there are some serious dicks out there.

But, fret not. There's at lease one report of a good tipper - Luis Gonzalez of the AZ Diamondbacks. (but yeah, I still laughed at Bitterwaitress' comment)