Going Like Sixty |
| Posted: 16 May 2010 11:09 PM PDT If Cheeseboy, a mere lad of 34, can admit it and only get Sixty-plus comments of bafflement, it is time for me to admit what you might have already suspected. It’s not as big of a deal as Cheeseboy made it.
Cheeseboy doesn’t own a cell phone. I don’t own a cell phone. I do not want to own a cell phone. Trying to use Nancy’s iPhone while on vacation further convinced me I am right in my decision. Cheeseboy did a nice job of explaining all the rational reasons why I don’t need/want a cell phone:
Without a doubt the iPhone is the Gold Standard of phones, so it follows that AT&T is the best network because the iPhone is tethered to AT&T. While sitting on the beach, I thought it would be fun to give Bulbous a call on Nancy’s iPhone. I could not see anything on the screen! I guess the developers of the iPhone all live in Seattle where the sun never shines – or in SoCal where when it does shine, it is filtered by smog. “Oh yeah,” Nancy said, “you can hardly ever see the screen when you’re outside.” Shoved phone back in her beach bag. I wanted to grab a quick snapshot and didn’t have a camera handy. Because of the glare, it was impossible to frame the picture. From time to time she took a call from a friend and if we didn’t stop walking or driving, the call would be dropped. I thought it would be fun if she got a “Law and Order” ringtone because she is such a huge fan. We couldn’t find one in iTunes. Frustrating? Ayup. I’m willing to deal with two remotes to watch television – and the four positions needed on the Direct TV remote. I have a shade on my laptop that cuts the glare so I can blog and read RSS outside so I have made concessions to use technology. I have Skype and a Skype phone. I have a Magic Jack line. But I understand why “the young people” live and die by their phones. I just can’t figure out how a 34 year old married first grade teacher with two young boys can live without one.
I think he just was trolling for comments – or a phone for Father’s Day. |
| Ed Mills: “A Regan Conservative” Wants To Win Kentucky Senate Seat Posted: 16 May 2010 10:04 AM PDT Ah, the pleasure of returning home just before a primary election. Of the six messages on the answering machine, five were recorded blather from somebody wanting our vote. I would like to meet the so-called expert that decided that political robot telemarketing is a wonderful way to get votes. Nancy was so hacked during the last primaries that she wrote a letter to the editor indicating that anybody that robo-pol-telemarketed our house automatically lost her vote. After deleting the messages without listening, we moved on to the mail – and THIS MADE OUR DAY. And after ten hours on the road, that is not easy. It was a robo-letter from Ed Mills for State Senate… click to enlarge… Seems Ed Mills is “A Regan Conservative” I kinda know Ed Mills. He runs a local business and we’ve exchanged phone calls and emails. I ragged on him when he had his daughter robo-call a recorded message to our recording device asking for our vote a couple months ago. I emailed him he lost two votes. He called to explain:
First of all, he hardly is a businessman. His current job was made possible because his sons needed a CEO. They are techno-nerds and didn’t want to fool with anything close to management. Second, he doesn’t know about politics? Akin to saying, I don’t know anything about Egyptology, but I want you to send me to Cairo. Thirdly, he did what he was told. Nice. Just what we need. A State Senator without original thoughts. So the “experts” he pays for sage political advice sent out a lame-ass letter with the return address: A REGAN CONSERVATIVE. I guess Donald Regan was a conservative, but based on the actual letter, he was referring to Ronald Reagan. Among the reasons Ed Mills wants our vote:
“We live in the real world and these are real issues that are affecting our families” This is unacceptable. Whuck? He is running for STATE Senate. What goes on in D.C. is kinda outside his realm of influence. If he wrote this convoluted paragraph, he isn’t smart. If he paid someone to write this jibberish, he is dumb. Wait, this may qualify Ed Mills to be the perfect Kentucky State Senator. Dear General Mills, Don’t take that last sentence out of context. Sincerely, Sexty |
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