What the hell is wrong with Canada?
In America, the land of logic, we have five digit zip codes, such as 94720. If you want to get more exact, You can add a four digit extension, such as 94720-2121.
In Canada, the land of illogic, you have a pair of three alphanumeric combinations, which looks like […]
I think by now we’ve all recognized that the service industry has stopped saying, “you’re welcome” and has shifted to the more guilt-inducing “no problem.” For example, here’s a recent exchange I had with a bank teller:
Me: There wasn’t a way to do it online, so thanks for helping me with this transfer.
Teller, in a […]
From the Los Angeles Times:
“Diana Newton, 51, of Westminster [Calif.] sued the J.C. Penney Co. last month after she was allegedly thwacked on the head by a department store dummy,” the Los Angeles Times reports:
Newton said she was ambushed by a legless female mannequin at the company’s Westminster Mall store, a skirmish that left her […]
While introducing himself at the first meeting of all the residents of my dorm floor during my first week in college, my next door neighbor claimed one of the four bathroom stalls for the remainder of the year as his own. Other people were allowed to use it, of course. He was just marking some […]
Okay. The most stupid of stupid laws is this: in New Jersey, you are not allowed to pump your own gas. In case you have never lived in New Jersey and don’t understand that, I will repeat: it is illegal to pump your own gas in New Jersey. Full service is mandatory.
So, you are probably […]
The second tropical storm of the 2006 season, affectionately named Beryl (rhymes with “peril”), has formed off of the coast of North Carolina. Lest we ever forget, we are approaching the 1-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, possibly the most incredible and destructive force of nature since the introduction of the Hummer.
People, at some point we […]
I am going to complain about a cab driver in NY.
I was trying to get from my friend’s place in the Village to Newark Airport to catch a 7.00 AM flight. I was originally going to take the PATH train but it required four stops/transfers by my calculation at that hour: Christopher St. to Journal […]
It’s a sad day in Sadville with Mr. Rather leaving the airways. He’s always good for a “Did he really just say that?” grimacechuckleheadshakesigh.
My favorite Dan Rather thing: Seeing as how I enjoyed a brief career in something quasi-related to the television news media business (I did
not enjoy it one bit), I was fortunate enough […]
Seeing as how the World Cup is in full swing, and seeing as how a lot of people in the US don’t follow soccer, I thought it would be a good idea to explain the game. Soccer, or “idiot football” as it is called in those nations not occupying the driver’s seat in the […]
Seeing as how the World Cup is in full swing, and seeing as how a lot of people in the US don’t follow soccer, I thought it would be a good idea to explain the game. Soccer, or “idiot football” as it is called in those nations not occupying the driver’s seat in the […]