Category: Rants

Innocence Lost

July 25th, 2009
I like Hondas. They go, don't fall apart, and their ergonomics fit me. Our '88 Civic went 234,000 miles before we gave it away to family. Parts wore out, but it never left us stranded. I was able to do most of the work myself. I was impressed after a… more »

Dog Turd & Tonic

July 23rd, 2009
There's been a trend of adverts for fast food restaurants (Carls Jr., Pizza Hut, etc.) presenting their product as actual food in an actual restaurant and "fooling" patrons, catching their reactions à la Candid Camera/Punk'd. What utter hogwash. T… more »

Consideration

July 2nd, 2009
With any luck, I'm going to grow old. I hereby solemnly promise that I will not be one of those silly old farts at the checkout counter fumbling with pennies from my coin purse to make exact change. I can be a patient man. I stop for pedestrians i… more »

Snuggie

March 17th, 2009
I'm forced to watch a lot of CNBC. The mob of experts and pundits they parade past the cameras confirms that most people are too ugly to be on TV. Even their Money Honeys, such as Trish Regan, Erin Burnett, Maria Bartiromo, have a certain softball-pl… more »

Rat's Ass

March 17th, 2009
Or March Madness. Who could possibly give a crap? Oklahoma to play Prairie View A&M in NCAA tourney Sooners study Morgan State, focus on themselves These are actual headlines. Oh, and Brands Embrace the (March) Madness, because so many… more »