I just saw this and I had to share it with everyone right away. I’ve found the coolest EBay auction ever. Forget the Virgin Mary toast and other crap. You could not bid on a (Drum roll please) Punch in the Face. The winner of this auction wins a punch in the face. This guy claims to be an expert in punching people. What I really like is the fact that you have to also pay this guys travel expenses. So on top of the $10,000+ your going to pay (the auction is that high), you now have to pay his travel expenses. What a guy.
Actually this gives me an idea. I’m going to do my own auction. YES Folk, you will be bidding for A KICK IN THE BALLS. The winning bidder will get kicked in the balls by me. I may not be an expert ball kicker but I promise to train by kicking random people in the balls until I get it down to a science. I’ll set everyone know when my auction starts.
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Monday, February 27, 2006
Canadian TV, my youth and the shock.
I was going to post on the weekend but that would have interfered with my City of Heroes ‘time’. Actually I just ended up playing longer than I planned on both Saturday and Sunday, but I CAN QUIT WHENEVER I WANT. So instead I’ve decided to blog at work (during my break or lunch, HONEST).
So last night I’m playing City of Heroes and I’ve having a conversation with my friend Echo II, then out of the blue, he comments on how she watched Mr. Dressup as a kid. At first I was blown away at how an American could know about this show which was a major part of Canadian culture. Then he admitted that he grew up in Detroit and watched CBC programming from across the river. Oh and he knew about the Friendly Giant as well.
Oh and for the record, Mr. Dressup 'jumped the shark' the day Casy and Finnigan were replaced.
It always amazes me how Canadian TC shows are known all over the world. I still remember being shocked to discover that Vics knew about the Littlest Hobo, another show from my youth. It was cross between Lassie and the Incredible Hulk. Lassie because the main character was a dog who helped people and the Incredible Hulk, because like Bill Bixby, the dog would take off at the end of each episode and hitch a ride with a stranger. Well apparently this show was on in the UK.
Now I know that some shows like SCTV, Red Green, and Due South have aired all over the world, but it’s these small Canadian productions that shock me.
Oh does anyone remember the Beachcombers?
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So last night I’m playing City of Heroes and I’ve having a conversation with my friend Echo II, then out of the blue, he comments on how she watched Mr. Dressup as a kid. At first I was blown away at how an American could know about this show which was a major part of Canadian culture. Then he admitted that he grew up in Detroit and watched CBC programming from across the river. Oh and he knew about the Friendly Giant as well.
Oh and for the record, Mr. Dressup 'jumped the shark' the day Casy and Finnigan were replaced.
It always amazes me how Canadian TC shows are known all over the world. I still remember being shocked to discover that Vics knew about the Littlest Hobo, another show from my youth. It was cross between Lassie and the Incredible Hulk. Lassie because the main character was a dog who helped people and the Incredible Hulk, because like Bill Bixby, the dog would take off at the end of each episode and hitch a ride with a stranger. Well apparently this show was on in the UK.
Now I know that some shows like SCTV, Red Green, and Due South have aired all over the world, but it’s these small Canadian productions that shock me.
Oh does anyone remember the Beachcombers?
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Friday, February 24, 2006
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Marketing Bullcrap
The marketing weasels are driving me insane. One February 15th I saw that the Easter crap was already in the stores. Why don’t you just quit pissing around and leave the Christmas crap all year round? Honestly, it really bothers me how all this crap comes out so quickly. How they find a way to commercialize almost every holiday. I’m glad that they haven’t found a way to market Remembrance Day.
I can see the Valentine’s stuff but how the heck did the chocolate eggs get involved in Easter? I know that the Ukrainians would color eggs for the holiday (I don’t know how that tradition started), but where did the bunny come from and where the heck did the Easter cream eggs come from after? I’m just sick of the marketing crap. Everyone has these little displays, trying to make their crap look better than everyone else crap while it’s all crap to begin with.
A personal favorite was a display for Trojan condoms at a drug store. Which was fine but right around the corner was a display for Pepto Bismol. Great, condoms beside something used for diarrhea. I wonder what other kind of marketing miss matches we can find out there. It reminds me of the joke about the guy trying to sell a lawn mover to a man picking up tampons for his wife; his thinking? You’re not going to be doing anything else so you might as well mow the lawn.
I’ve noticed that I’m sort of straining but I’m just writing about whatever and I swear that I won’t see selling this crap for $19.95. Actually I’ve killed the Zip.ca banner since I’m seriously pissed with them and I just found out that Canflix also has an affiliate program so odds are I’m going to put on of their banner up instead. (I am so pissed at Zip for this Threshold stunt).
I guess I’m a slave to it after all but at least I don’t try to force this seasonal crap on everyone. AM I MAKING ANY SENSE OR IS THIS THE BOOZE TALKING?
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I can see the Valentine’s stuff but how the heck did the chocolate eggs get involved in Easter? I know that the Ukrainians would color eggs for the holiday (I don’t know how that tradition started), but where did the bunny come from and where the heck did the Easter cream eggs come from after? I’m just sick of the marketing crap. Everyone has these little displays, trying to make their crap look better than everyone else crap while it’s all crap to begin with.
A personal favorite was a display for Trojan condoms at a drug store. Which was fine but right around the corner was a display for Pepto Bismol. Great, condoms beside something used for diarrhea. I wonder what other kind of marketing miss matches we can find out there. It reminds me of the joke about the guy trying to sell a lawn mover to a man picking up tampons for his wife; his thinking? You’re not going to be doing anything else so you might as well mow the lawn.
I’ve noticed that I’m sort of straining but I’m just writing about whatever and I swear that I won’t see selling this crap for $19.95. Actually I’ve killed the Zip.ca banner since I’m seriously pissed with them and I just found out that Canflix also has an affiliate program so odds are I’m going to put on of their banner up instead. (I am so pissed at Zip for this Threshold stunt).
I guess I’m a slave to it after all but at least I don’t try to force this seasonal crap on everyone. AM I MAKING ANY SENSE OR IS THIS THE BOOZE TALKING?
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Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Student Loan Bullshit
Just when I think I’m getting ahead, I’m apparently not. It’s still depressing to the point that I’m reconsidering selling toast on EBay, Ok this is what happened. I seemed to have a fair bit of extra cash is month so I put it away only to discover that my student loan payment never came out. WHY ARE THEY MESSING WITH MY HEAD LIKE THIS?
So as a result, I made the payment myself.
What really bothers me if that I thought I was ahead. I really did. I thought that I was starting to get some breathing room and I could start putting some money away but NOOOOOOO. Mr. Student Loan people decided that it would be fun to yank my chain around a bit. This has really pissed me off.
It’s not like I spent the money on something like an artificial vagina (just seeing if your paying attention,) or anything like that. I still had the money and as a result, I could make the payment. I was fine. I have the money. They just decided not to withdraw the money. It’s not like my student loan is paid off or anything like that (Oh I wish). I know it still exists and I know that I owe the money so WHY DIDN’T YOU TAKE IT. Were you planning to wait a month and call and act like a bunch of assholes and claim that they didn’t get the money? That was it, wasn’t it? Well guess what Student Loan assholes. I caught you and I’m going to continue watching you until I get this debt paid off so until then SCREW YOU.!!!
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So as a result, I made the payment myself.
What really bothers me if that I thought I was ahead. I really did. I thought that I was starting to get some breathing room and I could start putting some money away but NOOOOOOO. Mr. Student Loan people decided that it would be fun to yank my chain around a bit. This has really pissed me off.
It’s not like I spent the money on something like an artificial vagina (just seeing if your paying attention,) or anything like that. I still had the money and as a result, I could make the payment. I was fine. I have the money. They just decided not to withdraw the money. It’s not like my student loan is paid off or anything like that (Oh I wish). I know it still exists and I know that I owe the money so WHY DIDN’T YOU TAKE IT. Were you planning to wait a month and call and act like a bunch of assholes and claim that they didn’t get the money? That was it, wasn’t it? Well guess what Student Loan assholes. I caught you and I’m going to continue watching you until I get this debt paid off so until then SCREW YOU.!!!
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