Monday, November 7, 2011

Kindling a fiery new love

I cannot wait for my newest purchase to arrive.  The Amazon Kindle Fire!  Everyone I tell says the same thing “why don’t you get an iPad, it’s so much better.”  Well, for those of you who know me, you know that I am not an “iPerson.” Aside from an iPod, I have/want nothing else that Apple makes.  I do think that the iPad is a novel idea, but I just think that $599 is too much to spend on something that in 6 months will be replaced.  Take for instance the iPhone.  There’s an iPhone, and iPhone2, iPhone4, iPhone 4S and the list just keeps on going and going.  If I make an investment in something I expect it to at least be new for some extended period of time.  That’s why I always buy my cars right after a body style change – that way they don’t date themselves as quickly.  Oh, and let’s not talk about the iPad which came out as an iPad, we’re currently on to iPad2 and I’m sure there is a 3, 4 and 5 already in the works – each with a progressively higher price tag.  Anyway, back to the reason for this post.  The new Kindle Fire, which is basically an Android powered tablet promises to do most everything that the iPad does, at get this - $199!  Books, movies, music, games, internet, Android aps, e-mail, games, WiFi… I can just hear those Apple fanatics gasp as I type this.  “The Kindle doesn’t do this, it doesn’t do that, it doesn’t have this, it doesn’t have that!”  And I know this.  I don’t care about having two cameras and I refuse to add one more thing onto my already $120+ cell phone bill so there’s no need to have 3G.  As long as I have WiFi, email and internet, everything else is just gravy.  Oh, one thing I’m not too happy with…the recent popularity of the Kindle Fire.  I ordered mine about a week after the announcement and it’s not expected to ship until November 29; but, then when you’re selling 200,000 units a day, I’m sure there’s going to be some sort of backorder going on.  Look for a review a few weeks after I get it.  

I’ll huff and I’ll puff…and I’ll blow your house down!

Only.In.America.  

Seriously, only in America.  Like most American’s, while cooking my dinner I have my TV in the kitchen on.  It’s been a little stormy tonight, and as so, the National Weather Service has been issuing watches/warnings all along North Texas.  “Crawlers” have been going across the bottom of the screen all night.   Cut to this evening, when Dancing with the Stars ends for a commercial break and the news station breaks in for an update on the weather.  “I want to make sure that everyone knows – I’m not going to break into any Dancing with the Stars.  I repeat, I’m not going to cut into any of Dancing with the Stars.  (Sidebar: The emergency alert sirens are going off as I type.)  Ummmm…excuse me, but when was Dancing with the Starts more important than your own safety and welfare?  Only in America would dumb ass people actually call in and complain that you broke in right when Nancy Grace was about to take the stage and waltz with her two left feet.  I mean, seriously?  People living in mud huts in third world countries would LOVE to have advance warning of an impending storm; but, us on the other hand, well, we can’t be bothered to take responsibility for our own safety.  How stupid.


Tuesday, November 1, 2011

You say "Bank of America" they say "F You America!"

A monthly fee to use your own money? C'mon Bank of America... That is just ludicrous. Getting a processing fee and charging customers a fee - double dipping!  It's not like you don't already charge an exorbitant amount of fees for everything, including, my favorite - teller access fee!  Even with all these fees they still don't know their butt from a hole in the ground and had to beg the U.S. Government for a bailout.  Sorry excuse for a bank.  That's why I cut ties with you years ago!  #jokeforabank