I’ve always been a fan of science fiction, so when a new genre show comes on, I’ll always check it out. This comes partly from how there were very few sci-fi shows when I was growing up (at least not…
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Attack of the Underwear Models (or Not Just Another Pretty Face)
Tagged with: celebrity, complaining, culture, entertainment, miscellaneous, random nonsense, science fiction, silliness, whining
Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting
Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting
Greetings and Salutations (and Other Insincere Forms of Expression)
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
Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting, Word Nerd
Bathroom Humour (or Sanitized For Your Protection)
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
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Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting
We Appreciate Your Feedback (or No Experience Needed)
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
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Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting
Xboner Outrage (or Eat Your Virtual Vegetables)
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
Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think
Why Does iTunes Suck So Bad?
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
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Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting
February Blues (or Poor Me)
So, Garfield may not like Mondays, but I don’t like Februaries. They are cold and dark and home to too many bad memories going all the way back to junior high school (don’t ask). I wish I could just hibernate…
Tagged with: complaining, miscellaneous, random nonsense, silliness, whining
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Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting
RIP Discovery Channel (or Television Is Getting Unreal)
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…
Tagged with: annoyed, Bigfoot, complaining, corporations, Discovery Channel, entertainment, History, History Channel, humor, Mark Burnett, MonsterTalk, random nonsense, silliness, snarkiness, The Learning Channel, zombies
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Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting
Verbatim Gibberish 
The Next Big Thing in Social Media (or Find Out Who Your Real Friends Are)
So, I have the next great idea for social media. It’s a site where everyone can post to it except the person who it’s about. It’s like the complete opposite of Facebook where it’s all about you. There will be…
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