Archive through July 21, 2003
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Archive through July 21, 2003
Crossfire | Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 02:00 pm     Hehehe, you have a way with words. Very nice. |
Squaredsc | Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 02:36 pm     yes adven that is definately a day from hell. ppppfftt. |
Texannie | Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 03:25 pm     Adven..are you sure you aren't Southern??? LOL |
Texasdeb | Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 04:59 pm     I'm thinkin Southern too - maybe he just thinks like us. Oh, about the guy w/the birthmark - while standing in line @ the liq. store awhile ago, the guy in front of me for real actually had this same growth thing going on right in the middle of his forehead. I had to giggle & know I had the biggest s/eatin grin on my face because all I could think of was Adven's day in he__! Anyway, this guy must have thought I was gettin into him because he started tryin to converse w/me in a more than casual way. This guy had 3 teeth too & smelled like he doesn't own a shower. Too funny & I owe the whole exp. to you, Adven. Thanks |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 05:20 pm     So, Texannie? Will you and this gentleman be having children together? |
Texannie | Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 07:16 pm     Uh..Juju..which gentleman? the photographer, my husband (the already father of my kids??), Adven???????? LOL |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 07:32 pm     Oops, sorry, Texannie, I meant Texasdeb and the flirtatious fellow booze buyer. Unless I meant Ladytex. Sigh. |
Twiggyish | Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 08:09 pm     Sounds like a good day..LOL I've been to meetings with "interesting" people sitting around the conference table, too. Boooooring!!! |
Adven | Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 08:32 pm     I despise board meetings, Twig. At least ones that last longer than five minutes. I constantly drift off to my happy place only to be broken from my reverie by the question, "What's your opinion, Mr. Adven?" Since I haven't heard a word that was said, my standard answer is, "Sounds good. Let's do it." Someone could have been suggesting we assassinate the Prime Minister. There's also always two morons at them. One, who as the meeting is finally about to break up, asks if there are any more questions and the other, some space cadet who always has a question that is guaranteed to keep the meeting going another twenty minutes. One of these days I'm going to snap, climb over the table and strangle someone with their own Gucci tie. It's often what I'm thinking about when I go to my happy place. |
Sia | Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 10:26 pm     Adven, what a story. Keep the tales comin', okay? Glad you just had one bad day and not a bad decade!! |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, July 04, 2003 - 11:01 am     Gucci makes ties? |
Adven | Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 05:11 pm     Actually, I have no idea, Juju. They do make shoes, though, so going to my happy place now involves jumping over the table, ripping off someone's loafer and beating him senseless with it. |
Texasdeb | Monday, July 07, 2003 - 04:40 pm     I can't complain about anything today (believe it or not). I had a great day! Nothing extra special - just nothing negative. Why can't everyday be like this? |
Adven | Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 03:37 pm     I've got a rant that's been building all day. Well, it's not really a rant, it's more of a mild irritant or a fit of pique, take your pick. Dusty Baker, the black manager of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, recently suggested that black and Latino ballplayers were better equipped than white players to play in extreme heat. Predictably, he has been villified for reverse racism by those who enjoy thinking their own "you know what" don't stink. One commentator, quite cleverly, suggested he must be suffering from heat stroke to make such a statement. My question is, what crime is he guilty of? For daring to suggest there might be subtle biological differences between races? For suggesting heat might bother whites more than those with darker pigments? I have no idea if there are biological differences between races and either do Baker's detractors. He might be completely wrong, but his opinion is hardly reverse racism. There is no hatred or denigration of a race in his comments. He merely offered an opinion and, to his credit, he has not backed down when the "holier than thou' came swooping down. In my opinion, we have become so politically constipated when it comes to race, that when someone dares suggest anything at all that doesn't fit with the politically correct checklist, there are are far too many people willing to smugly call them on it. Dusty Baker merely offered an opinion when asked for one. Right or wrong, his comments are far from racist. What's next? We will gasp in horror if someone dares suggest blacks have nappy hair and whites don't? That oriental's eyes are shaped differently than most other races? To me, there are likely small biological differences between races which, in turn, result in cultural differences. We should celebrate our similarities and acknowledge and celebrate our differences at the same time. The problem isn't the Dusty Bakers of this world, it's those who are so enamoured with their own views that they feel qualified to judge him. |
Squaredsc | Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 07:17 pm     actually dusty is right about that. i don't see it as a racist comment at all. |
Texasdeb | Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 07:42 pm     I'm taking this thread back to one's "own" daily torment! Here goes: I'm "Office Administrator" of a branch of a national co. I have alot of control of what goes on. I found myself to get so pissed off today because our district sales mgr came in on Mon. & today he sends our new hire sales rep out w/our vet. rep. who is having a hard time staying off the "do it or loose it" rap. Anyway, I can see our conf. rm. from my off. (even w/door closed on my off.) The only thing wood into my office is the door, which I most always keep closed! Anyway, I got to see this guy sit there & drink the coffee I made, read MY newspaper b/4 me & play solitaire on the employee computer. I swear, that's all the guy did all day long. I'm e-mailing my Reg. VP tomorrow & making this known. |
Bobbie_552001 | Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 08:10 pm     I pulled up to the drive through window at my bank today and waited...yes waited on the teller to complete her solitare game before she noticed me and came to the window to wait on me. What I really found hard to believe is that she didn't even X out of her game before walking across the room.... |
Sanfranjoshfan | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 07:36 pm     I have a quick rant! I just did my laundry and then I took a shower. I had my freshly laundered *favorite* bath towel to use. It's my favorite because it's beach towel sized....and it's a thick, fluffy, soft, cozy one and it does a great drying off job....it has a pretty luxurious feel to it, especially for a simple terry cloth towel....but I really do like it and when it's still warm from the dryer it's even nicer! Anyhow, as I was flipping it around, drying off (in my small bathroom), I wasn't paying enough attention, and the end of my great big towel flopped into the damn toilet! Let me point out that the toilet had been flushed after its last use, but still.....Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeew! (not even ONE good use before it was thrown back in the hamper!) Don't you just hate it when that happens? |
Grannyg | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 07:43 pm     sanfran, i love your stories.lol |
Crossfire | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 08:16 pm     Hehehe, I'd hate to wrap what I was expecting to be my best nice warm towel around me, and get swatted by a cold corner. There would be no words for the shock. I feel bad that a lot of peoples rants amuse me. I thought I was a nicer guy than that. Better luck next time SFJF. |
Juju2bigdog | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 09:44 pm     Yep, definitely a bummer, SanFran. |
Sweetbabygirl | Monday, July 21, 2003 - 10:52 am     *SBG stomps to a chair, plops down, folds arms across ample chest, pouts and begins* MEN SUCK! Yesterday, b/f came over after work....as I made dinner, I asked him to get some ice cream from the corner store and to also get some funds from the AIM for me. He promised he would after dinner. Okay....so I fed him, massaged his grape head, and back. While I did the dishes he was chillin' on the bed with the cats. I don't have a problem with him lying down to relax, but damn, sometimes I WOULD like for him to help me with the dishes, as I too get tired on occasion. But what REALLY annoys me is that as soon as his gullet is full, by the time he lies on the bed he promptly falls asleep, leaving me to entertain myself. I go through this every frickin' time he's over here! What am I, Beulah the maid? Furthermore, he not only didn't get the ice cream (okay so maybe I didn't need it!), but he didn't go to the AIM, and I needed the funds by this morning. With him sleeping the rest of the night, by the time sunlight comes he has the nerve to attack me while I am getting ready to go to work, making me late....I would have reamed him out but I happened to be in the mood for a little bouncity-bounce-bounce myself. Anyway, what was my point? Oh, right. It just pisses me off that he goes straight for the bed after stuffing his face, instead of paying attention to me. I know, he's been working all day, but still.....what about ME, lol!! Okay, done ranting now....*SBG runs off* |
Squaredsc | Monday, July 21, 2003 - 11:14 am     how bout telling him no food till after the atm and bouncy bouncy. or just stop feeding him. |
Marysafan | Monday, July 21, 2003 - 11:14 am     SBG...it's not about you...it's never about you...it's always about them. Learn to accept it and you will be much happier. We really haven't come all that far since 1972. We are now allowed to have our own income and have a job outside the home...but their needs still come first. |
Ladytex | Monday, July 21, 2003 - 11:21 am     Yeah, SBG, get what you need first! |
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