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Greetings and Salutations (and Other Insincere Forms of Expression)

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

Dear Reader, To begin with, can we stop using the word Dear. Dear means beloved, precious, priceless, or rare. I don’t have that kind of relationship with my phone company, nor do I want one. We can still be friends,…

Tagged with: annoyed, comedy, complaining, culture, Happy New Year, humor, lose weight now, miscellaneous, random nonsense, silliness, snarkiness, truth, whining
Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting, Word Nerd

Bathroom Humour (or Sanitized For Your Protection)

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

I’ve found a new low in etiquette, and it’s people who put others on speakerphone in public washrooms. Yes, that has happened to me on more than one occasion. Thank you, kind sir, for putting me in the embarrassing position…

Tagged with: annoyed, Bathroom, comedy, complaining, humor, miscellaneous, Public toilet, random nonsense, silliness, Sink, Skynet, Toilet, whining
Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting

We Appreciate Your Feedback (or No Experience Needed)

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

So, I haven’t had a good rant in a while, so here goes. I recently took to the web in search of a new job, and I came across some corporate pages that made me want to chuck my mouse…

Tagged with: annoyed, complaining, Human resources, humor, miscellaneous, Pop-up ad, random nonsense, Résumé, silliness, snarkiness, technology, Website, whining
Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting

Xboner Outrage (or Eat Your Virtual Vegetables)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

Recently Xbox finally revealed their next generation gaming platform to a ranting chorus of dismay from gamers everywhere. First of all, it was less of a reveal and more of a tease. The presentation itself had the feel of corporate…

Tagged with: annoyed, complaining, entertainment, geek, Microsoft, nerd, Skype, snarkiness, whining, Xbox, Xbox One, YouTube, YouTube video
Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think

Why Does iTunes Suck So Bad?

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

In today’s disposable culture, you’ve all had the experience of a product or service that doesn’t live up to expectations (especially of you’ve ever flown United). It may be because the economy is bad and they’re forced to run on…

Tagged with: annoyed, Apple, complaining, IPad, iPod, iTunes, miscellaneous, random nonsense, Steve Jobs, whining
Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting

RIP Discovery Channel (or Television Is Getting Unreal)

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

So, I’m watching Mythbusters (because explosions), and I get distracted for a moment and forget to skip through the commercials. That’s when I see it. The trailer for a brand new show – Alien Mysteries. *sigh* I remember when Discovery…

I Don’t Want To Belong To Any Club That Will Accept People Like Me As A Member (or Do You Want An App With That?)

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

So, it seems that almost every time I go to a website on a mobile device these days, I am constantly nagged about installing a new app that will give me all the latest goodies. Please, just stop. No, really,…

Tagged with: annoyed, complaining, corporations, Loyalty program, miscellaneous, random nonsense, snarkiness
Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting

Dictionary.com Takes A Huge Dump On Nerd Culture (or Let’s Get Hashtag Epic Fail Trending)

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Sean Sandulak

WARNING: This post is tl;dr and contains much snarkiness and nerdiness. I have used both the dictionary.com website and the app for a while now, mostly when I want a quick second opinion about a definition, and I am not…

Tagged with: annoyed, Blog, complaining, culture, dictionary.com, geek, humor, miscellaneous, nerd, random nonsense, satire, silliness, snarkiness, whining, writer, writing
Posted in Blog, Word Nerd

The Top Ten Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Read Top Ten Lists

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Sean Sandulak

It’s the end of the year (not the end of the world as a bored media would have you believe) and that means Christmas, New Years, and top ten lists. The latter is certainly one tradition we could all do…

Tagged with: annoyed, celebrity, comedy, complaining, DPchallenge, humor, miscellaneous, random nonsense, satire, silliness, snarkiness, whining
Posted in Blog, DPchallenge, I'm Just Saying

Cleanup Your Act On Aisle Three (or Holiday Spirit Is Also Known As Rum)

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Sean Sandulak

It is important at this time of year to observe a few simple rules when shopping to avoid unnecessary delays and hurt feelings, so here is my seasonal shopping guide, or Modern Etiquette for the Socially Challenged Part Four Holiday…