flagrantdisregard

Posts tagged ‘rant’

Thoughts about my refrigerator and its infernal automatic ice maker  

I discovered today (and I should have known but I’d never bothered to think about it before) that my refrigerator has no less than three computers inside of it—possibly more. With those kinds of brains you’d think it could do my taxes and help my kids with their homework. Instead, it’s having difficulty just trying [...]

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Dear PR agents,  

I get regular emails from public relations agencies telling me—from the bottom of their hearts—about parent-friendly products and services. Normally I just ignore them, but I’m feeling ranty today.
Listen, I know you don’t really believe in what you’re saying. I appreciate that you’ve been hired by a client to spread the word about their amazing [...]

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The Spring time change is killing me  

Or possibly, my Boy is killing me and I’m just blaming it on the Spring time change because it’s convenient. Really though, if there’s a good argument for not moving the time forward an hour in the Spring, it would be that children who can’t tell the time don’t care about the time change [...]

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Nostalgia exploitation has jumped the shark  

I’d like to take just a brief moment to declare, in no uncertain terms, as a member of the generation that nostalgia exploitation shows like “Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork and Mindy” (airing on NBC next week) are aimed at: I do not care about what happened behind the scenes of a [...]

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Kerry Renews Call for Rumsfeld’s Resignation  

You know, I’m all for Rumsfeld resigning. I’m all for Kerry shutting his opportunistic yapper, too. As with most things, no one person or group is to blame. What I want to know is: what ever happened to the idea of comporting oneself with dignity and honor? Lyndie England and the [...]

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