Pet Peeve

Car commercials that use the word "available" as a synonym for "optional".
Die, you bastards, die.

Not one of my better ideas

So, I'm thinking of hittin up the nearest convenience store, and I thought I would walk, for a change, instead of driving. Then I remembered that: It's 3 miles away, it's 110 degrees outside, and there are no sidewalks. The only way this walk could be made more unpleasant would involve random beatings by Imperial Japanese troops.

Hey ho, I guess I'll drive.

You know, I used to live in a neighborhood with a WalkScore of 86. Sure, there were some deficiencies that led me to move, but still, great neighborhood. My current WalkScore? 2. This place sucks. It sucks like a pro.

Update: I was optimistic on my temperature estimate.

(I got one for the Celsian wogs, too).

Annals of Stupidity, pt. 1 of a Series

No, I like them!

In which I am shocked

Does it seem possible, when a largish multimodal telecommunications provider sells you their newest thing, provides absolutely no technical details whatsoever, keeps repeating how plug-and-play it is, when you attempt to go live, nothing works, and you need new hardware?

It is a crazy world where something so unlikely can happen. I am beginning to question my faith in their good intentions.

Next up: those Nigerian chaps aren't the reliable money source I had hoped they would be!

Can I, in fact, blog from my phone?

Because this is the just-in-time kind of blogaction you want and need.

Introduction

Obviously, the fact that my life is passing unblogged is not to be borne.