Google Anal-itics

GOOGLE ADS ON THE SITE

Well I know that we're gonna have to cough up money to someone in the near future for funniest story, etc. What better way to pay that someone than to post Google sponsored ads on the site!

The biggest gripe I have is how utterly inappropriate they are given the context of the particular page one may be viewing. Consider this. I just logged on to check the other flurry of meanderings I posted, only to be given the opportunity to contact 3 different law firms. Mostly the kind you contact when you really don't have that good of a case in the first place, but you're told you could probably get 25 bazillion dollars cause you inserted that thermos of coffee up your ass and the lid came off while firmly positioned near your upper intestine. Ya' you'll prolly be told that if the thermos manufacturer had spent a little more time considering the preferences of it's consumer, and that, obviously no thought was given to design; well Hell!! You got a case!!! The funny thing is, my post had nothing about Law, Suing, Suits, Legal, or any other shit for that matter about The Law!!Google, considering the time and money they spend on their 'analytics', ought to check shit out a little more... Or maybeeee their tryin' to tell Angry somethin'???

angry BRADY

Observations on Sports

I like sports. I do not love sports.
It's football season and I dig it.
I was thinking about how much I like football and then started to analyze how and why I feel the way I do about it.

How much do I know about football? I know it's not that complicated but every season I have to ask the dude I'm watching it with the same questions: Do they kick off at the half or start off where they left off? Why not go for the 2 point conversion? Why do they run the ball right through the middle only to get swatted down two yards in?

So then I came to a conclusion. I like sitting on my ass on the couch drinking beer, eating wings and hanging out doing nothing.

I can admit it. I'm sure there's plenty of guys out there who live and breathe football.
You've got the nuts who go overboard with the fantasy football to the point where they should be embarrassed about it. You've got the face painting cretins who show up at the games.

Granted, I love seeing those dudes.
They are 1 step under the LARPers (Live Action Role Players).

When it comes to actually watching football I'm pretty casual about it. I choose what teams I'm rooting for based on my own absurd criteria. i.e., what team is from a city I like to visit, who beat my team in the last Super Bowl, who did I lose money on when I randomly picked them in the office pool.
When the game is on I look for turnovers, hard hits and missed field goals.
Just like if I'm somewhere and Nascar is on I'm just watching it for the potential wrecks.

This Sunday when watching the noon games my buddy would switch over to Nascar. Wow. I could write an entire article on this "sport" alone. Granted, it is interesting to learn how the cars are made, what they do in the pit stops and the technology that goes into everything. Plus, it looks pretty good in HD. But, after 10 minutes I was bored. No wrecks.
Here's how it can be improved:
Too many laps. Cut down the laps and add obstacles; Ramps, Hot Wheel-style loops, weapons.
That would make it much more watchable.

I do appreciate how the drivers bad mouth each other after the race. I think they should put them in a room right after the finish and get that on film. That would be awesome.

I guess in the end I'm just a fair-weather fan who will lose interest in the football season at week 3 and not really give a shit. That is, until the Super Bowl, which I'll DVR and fast forward to the good stuff. You know, the commercials and the half-time show!

-Darth

TV. Don't You Just Love It?

Television is awful.
You know it is. But we keep watching it though.
It's full of total drivel.
There are a few exceptions; Lost, Rescue Me, 30 Rock and shows on HBO and Showtime.

Other than that our TVs are filled with bullshit like Catching Up with the Kardashians, Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami, For The Love of Ray J, Survivor Season 147 and all the countless reality dating shows.
Are people's lives so empty that they have to fill it with these (mostly filthy rich) people's boring exploits? Christ! WTF People?
Who gives a shit about Kim Kardashian (unless it's her porn) and Tori Spellings challenges (?) in life?
It makes me wish I could travel back in time to blow up the first The Real World house. They're the fuckers who started it all, aren't they?
MTV and VH1 don't even play anything music-related anymore. They're just full of reality crap.

OK. Before reality TV we were limited to sitcoms and 60 minute dramas and the occasional variety show. Before that we could only watch 5-6 channels. I'm not wishing for that shit to come back. I just want to line up everyone who loves Paris Hilton and all the Kardashians and have them shot. Of course, along with Paris Hilton and all the Kardashians.
Reality TV doesn't have writers. It has editors and angles.

TV's getting worse. Without a DVR you're fucked. We first bought the things to get through the commercials now we have them to get through the majority of the crap that's out there. Try to watch Hell's Kitchen without a DVR.

Even History Channel is going to Hell. Pawn Stars: a reality show about pawn shop owners. What does this have to do with history?
How about Biography Channel? Ghostly Encounters. Psychic Investigators. Urban Legends. What's worse than reality shit? Fake reality shit. Here's a listing of actual Biography episodes this week: Valerie Bertinelli, Melissa Gilbert, Mackenzie Phillips, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner (together), Vanilla Ice, Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Kurt Cobain. Shit. That's just through Thursday.
What insight can we gain through the lives of TV and music stars? Don't do drugs? That's it.
Everyone is too obsessed with celebrity.

Don't get me wrong. I love my TV, as awful as it is. I just try to be more selective.
There is no integrity in TV. Probably never was. Even the news is reduced to soundbites, overbearing opinions and celebrity updates.

Fuck it. I gotta go. Don't want to miss Survivor.

-Darth

One Dry But Obsessive Read

In an effort to lessen the banality of Angry's work life, and possibly do something other than bust my knuckles for a living; I have been studying Mac OS X Support Essentials, which is not all that dull. The dullness I have discovered is a byproduct of the Console App. I've found that from an enjoyment to read standpoint, the Console logs are as dry as dehydrated water stored in packing desiccant! On the other hand, I find myself obsessed with the Goddamn thing! So much so that I have wasted literally 10's of hours on a couple of logs that I'm none to sure what is actually going on with my system. While I understand there are all kinds of errors that occur that I can disregard, it isn't those that fluster and consume my time. It happens to be process logs, etc. that I can't even get a clear answer from the Apple Knowledge Base, posts, other websites, you name it! ( Fuck! I can't even believe I'm writing about this shit!! Although, if someone read and commented on my last rant, anything can happen...) The Console acts as an info application for all events that have occurred from boot-up to shutdown. Hundreds if not thousands of 'events' get logged. For the typical admin. of a computer this is quite informative. For a freak of nature as myself, these logs can be a nightmare! They are definitely useful to me, yet I've had a difficult time leaving these little fuckers alone! Even people in the know have said, " As long as your Mac is operating correctly; Don't worry about them." I don't know.... I just want to know what makes things tick, obviously to my detriment. I'm not sure if it's 'cause I'm getting older, or that the more I think I learn the less I feel I know. I've left the Console alone now and again, only to be sucked back in after having to view some other legitimate process. Is there a 12 step program for Console? My advise to anyone else.... Don't even look at that damn thing! Unless you're an Uber-Unix-Geek. If that's the case, Angry could sure use some comfort on this front. It's either that Console or the information out there about certain processes is a bitch-devil-whore!! At least I don't see shit like this anymore! Winblows... Now that really IS a nightmare! ANGRY BRadY