Dust

I hate dust. It's small, but I hate it because there is so much of it and it never seems to go away. Where does it go when you "dust" anyway? It looks gone. I can't see it in the air. Everything is clean and even if I stay far away from the same place, the dust returns and more dust seems to keep coming.

Okay I get that some of the "dusting" just throws the dust back in the air to settle back down. Okay, but follow me here. When we move around, we stir up dust, and it settles back down again. It would make sense that it all distributes evenly in the room, right? Some on the desk, some on the chair, some on the floor. When I walk, I stir up the floor, some of that goes on the chair and desk too. When I sit on the chair I stir up dust and some of that dust ends up on the floor and the desk. When I move stuff on the desk I stir up dust and some of it settles on the chair and the floor. it seems to me that I'm moving dust around so that there is always dust everywhere.

I'm okay with that, really. Here's what I'm not okay with. No matter how much you clean, or how much or little you stir up, more dust always seems to appear. How is that? Try not dusting for a few months and you tell me, where did it all come from? Trust me, no matter how much dust is there when you "clean" it, or what method you use, it comes back at the same rate no matter what. Its like every house has a secret dust generator installed and someone is laughing at us.

Hey, I'd appreciate it if someone thought they knew how to get rid of all the dust. Thanks.

here's a vent

You know....I am getting tired of MSN not working. I know I know I am not the only one having problems with it. I am on a group that posts get eaten. Sometimes the group won't even load at all. and today....I can't even get onto messenger!!!!! GGGRRRRRRRR
Good thing I have a lot of good things in my life to make up for the aggrevations on the net!

Brad Delp

"Gonna hitch a ride
Head for the other side
Leave it all behind
Never change my mind
Gonna sail away
Sun lights another day
Freedom on my mind
Carry me away for the last time
Oh yeah"

RIP

Vacation?

Okay, its been too long. Don't fret, things have still been bugging me in general, but I've been pretty busy moving and job hunting. So not enough time to rant. Uh, vent. But soon, very soon. We have been venting about Idol, but our Idol thoughts sort of drifted over to a family blog. After all, no one else reads this anyway, so why not. If you do read this, please comment so we know. Thank you. Frog and Hopper like an audience. Venting to continue...

I watched commercials on Sunday

Big day for commercials it was. I paid attention. I took notes. I took my breaks during the game action. Now I share.

The Doritos commercial at the checkout stand was the best/funniest one I saw. Its the first one under the "2nd Quarter" tab. This idea came from a fan.

The second best commercial might have been the best but it wasn't exactly made the way it should have been. It was the NFL's winner of the commercial idea from the fans and it was made and shown at the two minute warning. It was about how its hard to say goodbye to football. It was along the premise of the idea, but the NFL decided to throw Brett Favre in there and blew it. I liked the guy's original idea better. Here's his pitch, #5, he is Gino..

Top two, ideas from regular fans (okay, Gino is a marketing guy, so maybe not so regular).

After that, the Bud Light commercial with Carlos Mencia and all the foreigners, then the Etrade one where the bank robs the customers, the Heart being kidnapped by the "diseases" (a PSA?), Etrade's "what can you do with one finger", and the Bud Light hitchhikers with the axe and the chainsaw.

Special merit for the idea and not necessarily the commercial itself, the Kevin Federline as fry cook bit. I thought it was funny, but I don't remember who the commercial was for. That is not good for the company, is it?

As for the bad. Top three: Bud Light with the slap replacing the fist bump. Like we need violence as an idea for people who are drinking; Snickers commercial where the two guys end up practically kissing; Chevy commercial with all the men "stripping" around the vehicle on the street.

Generally bad marks for careerbuilder.com for three ads that were all totally useless. I hope they got a volume discount. A couple of other dot coms, godaddy and salesgenie left me wondering what exactly I would need them for. No, I'm not just going to their sites to find out. Any other sponsor with more than one bad ad should be ashamed. You hear me, Bud Light, Sierra Mist, Chevy, and Coca Cola? Car companies should seriously just stop using commercials all together, except possibly to introduce a brand new model. Ford spent good money to let me know that the F150 Heavy Duty was now improved and built better. Nice for all the current owners of the truck to know that it was not so good before. I think I'll wait until they get it right.

Not that I pay attention all the time every year, but it seemed like a really down year for Super Bowl commercials.

Not Much

I don't have much to say today. So, I guess this is not a rant nor a vent. It's nothing really. Just a few words typed into the keyboard..............................................

WHAT???? No Tailgating?

I just read that there will be no tailgating allowed within a 1 mile perimeter of the Super Bowl. Is this new? What is the reason for it? How can you have any sporting event (esp the SB) and not allow tailgating? We did it at the World Series years ago. Someone please tell me the logic behind this.
I am glad I've be home watching it on my 57" HD TV!
Go Colts!

What's with CSI?

So I'm watching the latest episode of CSI (the original version of course) with my 14 year old son. Not only have they completely faked a crime scene to arrest a fake suspect to lure the real suspect in a similar crime out of hiding... (sounds a bit far fetched, yes, and CSI:Las Vegas seems to be heading down the incredulous path that Miami and NY have gone), but the end up not being able to prosecute because the D.A. couldn't figure out the ruse. Hey, D.A., one scene was real, the other was faked. Defense attorney was right, though, try proving to a jury that the real evidence IS real.

I'm getting off track. I could go on and on and on about the CSI shows and their flaws. Now my background may lead me to find itty bitty and major flaws in the program, but it should at least be able to pull off the gag on a 14 year old, right? So here we are watching, and the CSIs are trying to link the suspect to a residence that has been cleaned. They notice a missing pillow and surmise that the suspect may have slept on the couch. A quick tape lift of the couch yields many, many long hairs (head hairs, apparently). The CSI's are bummed because the suspect is about to be released without further evidence and it will take way to long to sort through all those hairs. My 14 year old turns to me and says, "Why would they be looking for hairs anyway, the guy is bald". He's right. The guy is bald. Totally bald.

Hey CSI: the 14 year olds aren't buying it anymore. You're about done.

I am sad

I am sad tonight. The US lost 20 of it's bravest today in Iraq.
God Bless their souls

Shut UP !!!!!

Shut Up Rosie you big fat cow!!!!!!!!
You think you are 'supreme above everyone else'.
You are what hurts this country!!!!!

I can say that b/c I am a little fat cow

This Blinkin Blog!!!!!!

It took me so long to log onto this darn site that now I can't remember what I was going to say about Idol !!!!!!! What's the freakin problem!!!!!!!??

American Idol - Days 1 and 2

Mostly day 2. I didn't pay too much attention to day 1 but my favorite was Sarah who sang Over the Rainbow. I took notes on day 2. Seattle!

Jennifer, the girl called herself "The Hotness"... needs a mirror. Amy, a cold doesn't cause tone that bad. There were at least two from Bothell. They both sucked bad. Red said he sings "kar-o-key". Maybe he'd be a better singer if he sung karaoke instead. I would NEVER enter a singing competition but even so, I sing better than 90% of the crap I heard on the shows. Really, who tells these people they can sing and should go on the show? I like the guy from Utah, the geek. His co-workers urged him to go on the show. I bet they did. Nice one.

Thomas, the guy who quit his gas station job and sang "Arms of a Woman" sounded good. Blake the "beat box" had some promise but he threw in the beat box-ish stuff so who knows. Shyamali and her brother, both good. I actually liked her better but she needs some more power in her voice and some "style" or something pizazzy. He was too boring though he had a richer voice. Rudy sang open arms. Pretty good stuff. I wish he had sung the right words. He sounded almost as good as I do singing that one. Okay, I stop before the high notes. The 16 year old, Jordan, was the best of the bunch. Really nice and powerful voice.

That Taylor Hicks self-professed look-alike? The hairdresser? Uh, no. I also saw look-alikes for Tom Cruise, Cindy Lauper, a troll, and Tammy Faye Bakker. Nice group.

Your thoughts, Moon Frog?

TV Commercials

Not that I want ripping on commercials to be the focus of this blog, but they are asking for it lately. It seems the latest trend is to make a commercial with something "unique" and "attention grabbing" that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the product, mind you, and then run the commercial about a billion times. The hope of course is that when I'm hungry and only have 3 bucks, I will first think of Wendy's. If I only had 3 bucks, though, I'd be able to stretch that 3 bucks better at the grocery store.

Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but for those of us with even slightly more than half a brain, after we see a commercial like twice we have the concept down pat and know whether or not we are going to buy your stuff. If you keep ramming it into our senses we aren't going to zombie walk to the store to buy your product, we're going to start to hate your commercial, then tear the commercial apart, then just hate your whole company.

So to you, Dodge trucks, stop already. Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots were made of plastic. Toyota trucks: Oh yeah, you have tough trucks and sure after what the truck goes through there's no damage. When will the next truck maker have their truck destroy a Toyota and Dodge? I'm all over cars today. Acura dudes, check it out. Gravity is a constant force. Dropping a car or any other object causes a certain maximum speed (slower if there is wind resistance of course). So obviously a car can go faster on the ground. Your car may be "faster than gravity" but so what? If I dropped a ball alongside the car, it would make it to the ground quicker. Now I don't know much about physics and aerodynamics, but I think I'm right. Now it might not be Acura's commercial, I could be mistaken, but it shows only that your commercial has not accomplished its goal. I don't want to buy your car I just want to rip apart your commercial.

Sorry to pick on the auto commercials and all.

Breaking the seal

***whispers*** "two ninety nine".

Tell me, why are they eating in the library?