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Friday, November 28, 2003
The Time Is Now
You May Now Go To Salty Ham By Clicking This Link.
It has everything you could ever want. Music, Movies, Wrestling, Life, Sports, Games - all for your enjoyment. Go there - make it your home page. It is also MY website - meaning, I own it. Enjoy. Go, and see what I mean.
Roland
You May Now Go To Salty Ham By Clicking This Link.
It has everything you could ever want. Music, Movies, Wrestling, Life, Sports, Games - all for your enjoyment. Go there - make it your home page. It is also MY website - meaning, I own it. Enjoy. Go, and see what I mean.
Roland
Saturday, November 15, 2003
What's That Now???
Yeah, yeah - I know. Not exactly updating this thing like I used to. But I want you to know that it isn't because I don't like my readers. I do. I just have been working extremely hard on something that will benefit all of you in a big way. Expect a big announcement in the coming week. Check back often - you won't want to miss this.
Roland
Yeah, yeah - I know. Not exactly updating this thing like I used to. But I want you to know that it isn't because I don't like my readers. I do. I just have been working extremely hard on something that will benefit all of you in a big way. Expect a big announcement in the coming week. Check back often - you won't want to miss this.
Roland
Thursday, November 06, 2003
I Hate Best Buy
Those are words I never wanted to write.
Listen, I have always been a big fan of Best Buy. It's kind of a man-heaven for me. Electronics, CD's, Games, Movies - all there in one place. And good prices to boot.
So, when it was time for me to buy a 32 inch, flat screen television, naturally, I went to the land of blue shirts. And, I was getting a wicked employee discount, since my friend was visiting from North Carolina and he is a manager for Best Buy out there. So, I got a Sony - a good brand - not cheap like a Toksoma (I just made that name up) or something like that. The thing is huge - it weighs like over 200 pounds.
So, everything is going along smoothly - I'm watching my new TV - I'm loving the greatness of going from a 17 inch to a 32 inch - when the nightmare strikes. Only a month and a half after I bought the thing, it goes out. My wife is up late one night, watching it while I slept soundly, not knowing the darkness that was coming. She fell asleep watching McGyver or some such - when she is awoke by an audible POP. Thinking she simply rolled over on the remote and turned the TV off, she came to bed, thinking nothing of it. Meanwhile, a small part of me died. The next morning, she woke me up and told me the horrible news: The TV died last night.
Okay, no problem. I bought the service warranty AND the thing is only a month and a half old. They probably will send a new one over, right? Wrong. I made the call and was told that because it had been more than 30 days since I bought the television - they can't give me a new one. But, not to worry - they'll send over the repair guy and he'll fix it, good as new. So, I figured I would only have to be out of my wonderful television for only a weekend. The date I first called them is important. It was October 3rd.
So, Monday comes and so does the repair guy. He takes off the back of the TV and fiddles around for an hour and a half. He makes some calls on his cell phone and looks at me and says, "We're going to have to order some parts." My mood changed. He went on, "I'm not exactly sure what the problem is. So, we'll order these two parts and hopefully they will fix it. If not, then I'll know more. You should receive those parts around the 16th."
"What?" I ask, figuring I didn't hear that last part right.
"The 16th. We have to send off for them."
"Maybe you can explain something to me," I say, trying not to let my anger and disappointment show. "I don't understand why if you can't fix it, Best Buy can't just send me a new TV."
The explanation is the whole 30 day rule. He gives me a number to call when the parts come in and I try not to let this annoyance get to me. I move the useless television and bring in the old, 17 incher that was in the bedroom. It looks so small on the new stand we got. Kinda like a kid trying on his dad's shirt - the stand engulfs the baby-boob tube.
So, I get the parts in the mail, call the repairman back and he will be at the house on the 23rd. Okay - not too happy about having to wait that long - but if the television gets fixed, I'll be happy. So, the day arrives, the repairman comes. More fiddling and phone calls. He gets the sound to come up, but not the picture.
"I need one more part," his words like a dagger to my heart.
Now, I am a very "slow to anger" kind of person. It's not that I'm guttless or afraid to be mad - I just don't like being upset over small things. So when I actually do get mad, it's not pretty because something had to draw it out of me. And I can feel it build. First, I'm annoyed and I let it go. Then I get irritated and I complain. After that stage, I get to the "Grit Teeth" stage - where, if I speak while in this state, I can only talk through gritted teeth. After that, comes the "Icy Stare" where I can say nothing and just give the "I will kill you if you say anything more" look. Finally, the "Blow Up" happens and I go off my rocker. I don't get to that point often in my life - and the last time I can really remember it happening was at AT&T Digital Cable because their repairman didn't show up for his appointment for two months. It was at that time that the woman on the phone was told that she could come pick up her cable box in the middle of the road because that is where it would land after I threw it out there. She was catty with me on the phone and I got her fired. I also got the repairman fired and the blow up lasted for over three days. In the end, I got the cable fixed and got free Showtime and Cinimax.
I was at the "Icy Stare" when the "Repair Specialist" from Best Buy said that. He must have sensed his danger because he quickly added, "But I'll have the part overnighted. You should get it tomorrow and I'll come back and get it fixed."
That was October 23rd. It is now November 6th. I still don't have the part. I've called - but they said that maybe the part couldn't be overnighted and that I should wait a week or so and call back if I didn't get it. That got me to "Grit Teeth" with the guy over the phone. But I waited. Still no part. I just called them this morning and the gal who answered looked on her computer to see that she doesn't show the part was ever ordered. She told me that she is going to have the "Parts Department" call me today to see if the part was ever ordered...
Blow-Up stage has begun.
I pity Best Buy today. Really, I do.
Those are words I never wanted to write.
Listen, I have always been a big fan of Best Buy. It's kind of a man-heaven for me. Electronics, CD's, Games, Movies - all there in one place. And good prices to boot.
So, when it was time for me to buy a 32 inch, flat screen television, naturally, I went to the land of blue shirts. And, I was getting a wicked employee discount, since my friend was visiting from North Carolina and he is a manager for Best Buy out there. So, I got a Sony - a good brand - not cheap like a Toksoma (I just made that name up) or something like that. The thing is huge - it weighs like over 200 pounds.
So, everything is going along smoothly - I'm watching my new TV - I'm loving the greatness of going from a 17 inch to a 32 inch - when the nightmare strikes. Only a month and a half after I bought the thing, it goes out. My wife is up late one night, watching it while I slept soundly, not knowing the darkness that was coming. She fell asleep watching McGyver or some such - when she is awoke by an audible POP. Thinking she simply rolled over on the remote and turned the TV off, she came to bed, thinking nothing of it. Meanwhile, a small part of me died. The next morning, she woke me up and told me the horrible news: The TV died last night.
Okay, no problem. I bought the service warranty AND the thing is only a month and a half old. They probably will send a new one over, right? Wrong. I made the call and was told that because it had been more than 30 days since I bought the television - they can't give me a new one. But, not to worry - they'll send over the repair guy and he'll fix it, good as new. So, I figured I would only have to be out of my wonderful television for only a weekend. The date I first called them is important. It was October 3rd.
So, Monday comes and so does the repair guy. He takes off the back of the TV and fiddles around for an hour and a half. He makes some calls on his cell phone and looks at me and says, "We're going to have to order some parts." My mood changed. He went on, "I'm not exactly sure what the problem is. So, we'll order these two parts and hopefully they will fix it. If not, then I'll know more. You should receive those parts around the 16th."
"What?" I ask, figuring I didn't hear that last part right.
"The 16th. We have to send off for them."
"Maybe you can explain something to me," I say, trying not to let my anger and disappointment show. "I don't understand why if you can't fix it, Best Buy can't just send me a new TV."
The explanation is the whole 30 day rule. He gives me a number to call when the parts come in and I try not to let this annoyance get to me. I move the useless television and bring in the old, 17 incher that was in the bedroom. It looks so small on the new stand we got. Kinda like a kid trying on his dad's shirt - the stand engulfs the baby-boob tube.
So, I get the parts in the mail, call the repairman back and he will be at the house on the 23rd. Okay - not too happy about having to wait that long - but if the television gets fixed, I'll be happy. So, the day arrives, the repairman comes. More fiddling and phone calls. He gets the sound to come up, but not the picture.
"I need one more part," his words like a dagger to my heart.
Now, I am a very "slow to anger" kind of person. It's not that I'm guttless or afraid to be mad - I just don't like being upset over small things. So when I actually do get mad, it's not pretty because something had to draw it out of me. And I can feel it build. First, I'm annoyed and I let it go. Then I get irritated and I complain. After that stage, I get to the "Grit Teeth" stage - where, if I speak while in this state, I can only talk through gritted teeth. After that, comes the "Icy Stare" where I can say nothing and just give the "I will kill you if you say anything more" look. Finally, the "Blow Up" happens and I go off my rocker. I don't get to that point often in my life - and the last time I can really remember it happening was at AT&T Digital Cable because their repairman didn't show up for his appointment for two months. It was at that time that the woman on the phone was told that she could come pick up her cable box in the middle of the road because that is where it would land after I threw it out there. She was catty with me on the phone and I got her fired. I also got the repairman fired and the blow up lasted for over three days. In the end, I got the cable fixed and got free Showtime and Cinimax.
I was at the "Icy Stare" when the "Repair Specialist" from Best Buy said that. He must have sensed his danger because he quickly added, "But I'll have the part overnighted. You should get it tomorrow and I'll come back and get it fixed."
That was October 23rd. It is now November 6th. I still don't have the part. I've called - but they said that maybe the part couldn't be overnighted and that I should wait a week or so and call back if I didn't get it. That got me to "Grit Teeth" with the guy over the phone. But I waited. Still no part. I just called them this morning and the gal who answered looked on her computer to see that she doesn't show the part was ever ordered. She told me that she is going to have the "Parts Department" call me today to see if the part was ever ordered...
Blow-Up stage has begun.
I pity Best Buy today. Really, I do.
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
Nothing to Say But I Got to Say Something
Good night, this thing is becoming Jay's blog. I really need to write more but I've been consumed with something big that I'm working on. I've been trying to work out the kinks and get things organized. I'm not saying anything now - but just as soon as I can, I will. Hopefully, it will effect us all.
Good to see that we are getting hits here. I haven't done much to really promote the blog other than mention it in my RAW and Smackdown Rages on TBL and getting a link trade with vomit comet. Those guys are real nice, so definitely check them out. You can get the link over off to the side. And they update like crazy, so you can keep going back and back and back. Anyway, if you want to see the kind of hits we are getting - click that little box at the top with the dark ball and the lightening going through it or whatever. That gives you a pretty detailed account of how we've been doing. Not bad for no real promotion to speak of.
Okay, I'm going to go now - but I will try and think of something other than my big project and write it up here. Hopefully you'll hear from me or Jay soon. There were supposed to be other people to write for this blog, but they are lazy. Oh well, Jay is good for some writin' and so am I. Keep checking back, yo.
Roland
Good night, this thing is becoming Jay's blog. I really need to write more but I've been consumed with something big that I'm working on. I've been trying to work out the kinks and get things organized. I'm not saying anything now - but just as soon as I can, I will. Hopefully, it will effect us all.
Good to see that we are getting hits here. I haven't done much to really promote the blog other than mention it in my RAW and Smackdown Rages on TBL and getting a link trade with vomit comet. Those guys are real nice, so definitely check them out. You can get the link over off to the side. And they update like crazy, so you can keep going back and back and back. Anyway, if you want to see the kind of hits we are getting - click that little box at the top with the dark ball and the lightening going through it or whatever. That gives you a pretty detailed account of how we've been doing. Not bad for no real promotion to speak of.
Okay, I'm going to go now - but I will try and think of something other than my big project and write it up here. Hopefully you'll hear from me or Jay soon. There were supposed to be other people to write for this blog, but they are lazy. Oh well, Jay is good for some writin' and so am I. Keep checking back, yo.
Roland
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
Fantasy Trouble, Fear, Rasslin'.
Well it's that day again. TUESDAY. I'm in trouble. Big Trouble. I have no fantasy football QB! It's terrible. I'm in keeper leaque with the following options at QB; Ramsey, Harrington, Brees and Vick. I was counting on Vick this year only to have him break his friggin' leg. Ramsey has been ok, but he's taking a beating this year. I needed Clinton Portis to score about 50 points last night to win my game. Needless to say, that didn't happen.
Fear Factor. My girlfriend loves this show. She's one of those girls who hates snakes, freaks out if there is one even on TV. Yet she watches this show religiously and there are snakes on almost every episode. I don't get it. I can't stand to watch it, I get grossed out. If anyone caught last night's show, they had 50 plates of cow brains, guts, and other gross stuff on a conveyor belt that they had to transfer to a bowl while it was moving with only using your mouth.
I'm a big WWE fan, and sat through a horrible RAW show. The show was boring, had no main event, had no humor (a lot of time when shows are bad they have some kind of amusing segment), and was pretty much a waste of time. A two hour MiniDust vs Mini Booker T ironman match would have been more entertaining.
-Jay
Well it's that day again. TUESDAY. I'm in trouble. Big Trouble. I have no fantasy football QB! It's terrible. I'm in keeper leaque with the following options at QB; Ramsey, Harrington, Brees and Vick. I was counting on Vick this year only to have him break his friggin' leg. Ramsey has been ok, but he's taking a beating this year. I needed Clinton Portis to score about 50 points last night to win my game. Needless to say, that didn't happen.
Fear Factor. My girlfriend loves this show. She's one of those girls who hates snakes, freaks out if there is one even on TV. Yet she watches this show religiously and there are snakes on almost every episode. I don't get it. I can't stand to watch it, I get grossed out. If anyone caught last night's show, they had 50 plates of cow brains, guts, and other gross stuff on a conveyor belt that they had to transfer to a bowl while it was moving with only using your mouth.
I'm a big WWE fan, and sat through a horrible RAW show. The show was boring, had no main event, had no humor (a lot of time when shows are bad they have some kind of amusing segment), and was pretty much a waste of time. A two hour MiniDust vs Mini Booker T ironman match would have been more entertaining.
-Jay
Monday, November 03, 2003
Make it a Blockbuster Weekend.
Hope everyone had a good Halloween. Zero trick-or-treaters was nice. Nothing is more annoying then waiting on kids to knock on your door to take your snacks. It's hard to watch TV or do anything without a bunch of interruptions. Everyone knows about that high quality TV programming on Friday nights.
So as usual, with nothing to watch and on a limited budget, my girlfriend drove me to Blockbuster. Since her blockbuster card has like $20 in late fees, we used my card. I'm not sure why but using my card in her town (which is about 20 miles away) with no car and no way to return them if we have some kind of issue. I sack up and we do our usual, I pick one and she picks one. It was Halloween and I wanted something scary, so I picked out "28 Days Later", my girlfriend picked out "The Recruit".
My thoughts on these 2 pretty decent movies:
28 Days Later. I had heard a lot of negative things about this movie, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The only thing that was annoying was the beginning knob shots. Like the guy couldn't put something to cover up his junk. Also the movie being set in England is always annoying, something about British accents that I find annoying. This movie was kind of like Reign of Fire mixed with Return of the Living Dead(instead of dragons, zombies). Pretty solid movie I rank it 7 out of 10 on the Jay Scale.
The Recruit. SPOILER ALERT! Read on at your own risk. I was surprised my girlfriend picked this one out. It doesn't make a lot of sense in the plot at times, but this movie is a brain buster. Twist after Twist make you think about what's really going on several times. It was a little long for my tastes, at 2 and a half hours, but it was pretty good. Pretty good movie I would also rate it 7/10 on the scale of Jay.
Lates.
Hope everyone had a good Halloween. Zero trick-or-treaters was nice. Nothing is more annoying then waiting on kids to knock on your door to take your snacks. It's hard to watch TV or do anything without a bunch of interruptions. Everyone knows about that high quality TV programming on Friday nights.
So as usual, with nothing to watch and on a limited budget, my girlfriend drove me to Blockbuster. Since her blockbuster card has like $20 in late fees, we used my card. I'm not sure why but using my card in her town (which is about 20 miles away) with no car and no way to return them if we have some kind of issue. I sack up and we do our usual, I pick one and she picks one. It was Halloween and I wanted something scary, so I picked out "28 Days Later", my girlfriend picked out "The Recruit".
My thoughts on these 2 pretty decent movies:
28 Days Later. I had heard a lot of negative things about this movie, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The only thing that was annoying was the beginning knob shots. Like the guy couldn't put something to cover up his junk. Also the movie being set in England is always annoying, something about British accents that I find annoying. This movie was kind of like Reign of Fire mixed with Return of the Living Dead(instead of dragons, zombies). Pretty solid movie I rank it 7 out of 10 on the Jay Scale.
The Recruit. SPOILER ALERT! Read on at your own risk. I was surprised my girlfriend picked this one out. It doesn't make a lot of sense in the plot at times, but this movie is a brain buster. Twist after Twist make you think about what's really going on several times. It was a little long for my tastes, at 2 and a half hours, but it was pretty good. Pretty good movie I would also rate it 7/10 on the scale of Jay.
Lates.
Friday, October 31, 2003
Southpark, Halloween, and a Riot.
Oh my god, southpark was hilarious this week. Cartman started a christian rock band, insanity ensues. My girlfriend drives me nuts sometimes. She got all offended at the end of that show when Cartman was cursing using the lords name (f jesus is what he said). She completely ignored the fact that everybody that was around in the show, then went on to be utterly shocked at his comments and then proceeded to pound Cartman into the ground. These are the same sort of people who don't actually watch these "garbage shows" but when they are flipping around the TV and glance at Cartman telling jesus to f himself, or Vince McMahon telling Paul Heyman to torch the Undertaker's house. Just because something is stated not to your liking, give the show a break, maybe it was the right thing to say and is justified in taking place.
Today is halloween, and luckily I live in a giant apartment building where I won't have to put up with any trick or treaters. I'm at work and so far I haven't seen a single person dress up. Oddly enough it seems that the dressing up as dwindled through the years. My company has a costume contest, and out of a few hundred people at our office 10 people dressed up. Maybe it's business, maybe part of it is the limitations. Due to recent events in the world, you cannot wear a full mask, can't carry any types of weapon accessories. A devil just isn't a devil without a plastic pitchfork. It makes sense, but it does take a lot of fun out of the day.
Last night our Local Rock station held an event. It was called Freaker's Ball and featured marilyn manson, seether and some others. No big deal, I didn't go but to each his own. Well a riot started after some fans kept bushing through a barricade and manson stopped playing after 3 songs. Cops were called in to try and control the crowd of 12,000+ people. Maybe I'm getting old, and maybe this is why I don't go to any concerts. I prefer rock music over most others, I like rap too. Oh and Roland, Manson is heading to dallas tonight, have fun!
Have a happy halloween and a safe weekend!
Jay
Oh my god, southpark was hilarious this week. Cartman started a christian rock band, insanity ensues. My girlfriend drives me nuts sometimes. She got all offended at the end of that show when Cartman was cursing using the lords name (f jesus is what he said). She completely ignored the fact that everybody that was around in the show, then went on to be utterly shocked at his comments and then proceeded to pound Cartman into the ground. These are the same sort of people who don't actually watch these "garbage shows" but when they are flipping around the TV and glance at Cartman telling jesus to f himself, or Vince McMahon telling Paul Heyman to torch the Undertaker's house. Just because something is stated not to your liking, give the show a break, maybe it was the right thing to say and is justified in taking place.
Today is halloween, and luckily I live in a giant apartment building where I won't have to put up with any trick or treaters. I'm at work and so far I haven't seen a single person dress up. Oddly enough it seems that the dressing up as dwindled through the years. My company has a costume contest, and out of a few hundred people at our office 10 people dressed up. Maybe it's business, maybe part of it is the limitations. Due to recent events in the world, you cannot wear a full mask, can't carry any types of weapon accessories. A devil just isn't a devil without a plastic pitchfork. It makes sense, but it does take a lot of fun out of the day.
Last night our Local Rock station held an event. It was called Freaker's Ball and featured marilyn manson, seether and some others. No big deal, I didn't go but to each his own. Well a riot started after some fans kept bushing through a barricade and manson stopped playing after 3 songs. Cops were called in to try and control the crowd of 12,000+ people. Maybe I'm getting old, and maybe this is why I don't go to any concerts. I prefer rock music over most others, I like rap too. Oh and Roland, Manson is heading to dallas tonight, have fun!
Have a happy halloween and a safe weekend!
Jay
Halloween
Remember when Trick or Treating was the greatest thing ever? Remember when you would go out and there would be thousands of kids running around and nearly every house was waiting to hand out candy? Now, I don't know where you live, but here in Dallas, the custom is nearly dead. In the last four years - I've had ONE come to my door. Granted, I lived in an apartment so maybe that's a little more dicey - but tonight will be the first night I've had a house to hand out candy in. We shall see how many I get.
But the fact that the custom is dying is such a black mark on us as a society that it makes me sad. The fact that we can't even get it together enough to hand out candy to innocent children makes me wonder what life will be like in 10 years. But the truth is, most of us can get it together - it's the fact that we have become a completely paranoid society that ruins good fun on a night like this. Most of us don't even know our own neighbor's names - how are we going to trust them to not poison our kids?
Do you really know that someone ever put a razor blade in an apple? Or rat poison in the candy? And if it has happened - how many times has it happened? Is one time enough to rob our nation of such an innocent thing? I guess so. I know you can't regain your innocence once it's lost - but it just seems so pointless that we allowed it to be lost. But I really do hope that I get some kids to come to the door tonight. The candy will be waiting.
Roland
Remember when Trick or Treating was the greatest thing ever? Remember when you would go out and there would be thousands of kids running around and nearly every house was waiting to hand out candy? Now, I don't know where you live, but here in Dallas, the custom is nearly dead. In the last four years - I've had ONE come to my door. Granted, I lived in an apartment so maybe that's a little more dicey - but tonight will be the first night I've had a house to hand out candy in. We shall see how many I get.
But the fact that the custom is dying is such a black mark on us as a society that it makes me sad. The fact that we can't even get it together enough to hand out candy to innocent children makes me wonder what life will be like in 10 years. But the truth is, most of us can get it together - it's the fact that we have become a completely paranoid society that ruins good fun on a night like this. Most of us don't even know our own neighbor's names - how are we going to trust them to not poison our kids?
Do you really know that someone ever put a razor blade in an apple? Or rat poison in the candy? And if it has happened - how many times has it happened? Is one time enough to rob our nation of such an innocent thing? I guess so. I know you can't regain your innocence once it's lost - but it just seems so pointless that we allowed it to be lost. But I really do hope that I get some kids to come to the door tonight. The candy will be waiting.
Roland
