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Blown Away…or Just Out of Proportion?

June 10, 2006October 1, 2011 Chief Oddball

Well, the first tropical depression of the season has formed just southwest of Florida, and of course the media has siezed upon this event as A) the first sign of the apocalypse, B) an excuse to once again bring up the global warming debate, C) the perfect reason to show us pictures of New Orleans being laid waste for the umpteenth time.

The Worst Game Review I’ve Ever Read

April 9, 2006December 19, 2011 Chief Oddball

The Detroit News today is host to a review of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, the latest game in the NFS franchise, written by Darrin Hill. Since this was a game I enjoyed, I briefly skimmed through the article. The whole thing starts off on the wrong foot by the virtue of its timing; this game came out nearly six months ago and it’s just being reviewed now?

Global Economy? PUNISH YOU!

April 5, 2006October 1, 2011 Chief Oddball

Participants in the global economy, beware: Your credit card company may slip a new surcharge into the terms and conditions on your credit card account. Unless your credit card is through Capital One or MBNA banks, you could find yourself paying a Foreign Transaction Fee each and every time you buy something from a vendor outside the United States.

How the HOA Stole Christmas

December 4, 2005October 2, 2011 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

With Christmas approaching, all the IslandWalk neighbors Decorated their houses with holiday favors. But woe to all of these unsuspecting old fools For their homeowners’ assessments were about to come due. In the mail comes an invoice, one each quarter exactly For five hundred and change, it says matter-of-factly.

Restaurant Cheapskates

September 29, 2005September 29, 2005 Chief Oddball

My wife Apple works at a restaurant, so of course there are always plenty of comedy bits to hear about when she gets home. Tales of stingy customers, drunken fools, employee drama, etc. are always entertaining, sometimes maddening. I heard a story last night of a party who was determined to get their coupon’s worth no matter how they had to go about it.

Redefining “Commercial” Radio

June 18, 2005October 2, 2011 Chief Oddball

When I say “redefining commercial radio,” I really mean “putting the commercial in commercial radio.” I mention this because our local AM news/talk channel received my coveted Strangulation-Inducing Advertisement Overload Award this morning. I simply cannot believe how many commericals there are on that station—but what’s far worse than the mind-boggling frequency with which advertising breaks are taken is the fact that they only have about five ads that they run OVER and OVER and OVER.

The DMCA Is Fucking Idiocy

July 6, 2004October 7, 2011 Chief Oddball

A while back, I posted a rant about our local UPN affiliate for not airing the Star Trek: Enterprise episode called “The Council.” This was a pivotal episode near the end of the third season which contained details critical to the story arc.

UPN 8 Sucks

May 17, 2004October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

The local UPN affiliate in my area sucks donkey gonads. This isn’t anything particularly new, since they’ve always really blown (I mean, when your call letters are “WEVU” and you make jokes in your bumpers like “We View TV!”, you have to be pretty far down on the totem pole of TV station professionalism).

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