Saw this on a window in the parking lot at Costco. I’d like to spend a few minutes poking fun at PETA, but they’re such a self-parody already, there’s nothing I can say to make them look worse than they already are. Technorati Tags: Blog, Rant
Do you think that Best Buy calls their cashiers “representatives†so they can get away with paying them less by making them think they’ve got a fancy title? These people never represent anything to me except the human interface to the cash register. Technorati Tags: Blog, Commentary
I went to Arby’s for lunch today and they’ve got this cool new automated cashier, where you can order your food. I would have tried it but the human cashiers were so desperate to take my order I didn’t get the chance. Guess that’s what happens when your future, unpaid replacement gets brought onto the … Read more
Syfyportal.com => Capt. Jack Returns to ‘Doctor Who’ SyFy Portal is reporting in an exclusive interview with John Barrowman that Capt. Jack will be appearing in David Tennant’s second season of Doctor Who. According to Barrowman: “I will be in [season] three of ‘Doctor Who,’†he said excitedly. “I will be in the last three … Read more
At least, I think it is foreign… it is in English…
Greek Bearing Gifts by Toby Whithouse Having just obtained a personality last week, this week it’s Toshiko’s turn to screw up. Synopsis In 1812, a prostitute, Mary, and a Redcoat have an unexpected experience with a mysterious life form in the woods. 194 years later the “crime scene†is uncovered, along with some alien technology. … Read more
Decided I wanted to try out a different theme for my page. Finally ran across someone using the exact same WordPress theme the other day and it was rather creepy. Tell me what you think. I’m still tweaking it to my liking. Technorati Tags: Blog
Torchwood Countrycide by Chris Chibnall I must admit that as each episode of Torchwood opens, a sense of dread overcomes me every time I see Chris Chibnall’s name as the writer. It’s not so much that he’s a bad writer, because he isn’t. The sense of dread comes because he is the writer who has … Read more
I’m not normally one for the whole “Black Friday†shopping thing, but for curiosity’s sake, I wanted to see how my local Apple store (Phoenix – Biltmore) was doing and, perhaps, they’d have some insane unpublicized deal like an iMac for $99 or a new MacBook for $199. Alas, there were no insane deals, but … Read more