Random Questions I Have...

Why do people love Diet Coke so much? Isn't this equivalent to linking the not as cool and uglier younger brother of the big man on campus. I don't understand. And don't give me any of that "its diet" nonsense. It still has tons of sugar so its still awful for you. So stop using the its diet arguement and step up to real Coke?

Who watches The Hills? Seriously? Why is anyone interested in a bunch of dumb, spoiled, rich kids who MTV puts in 

fabricated situations and do nothing but get into petty arguments. Why 

do people care about these giant tools. What did they do to get famous. These people dont even have a sex tape! People should not get famous for going to high school and being the people at high school that everyone hates. When i want to be entertained by hateable, poorly dressed people in fake situations I will watch wrestling!

Why don't people use the word scamp, scoundrel, or rapscallion more often. I know tons of loveable scamps and rapscallions and tons of unsavory scoundrels. 

Who was the first person to eat Oysters. who opened up an oyster and said, "yum that looks edible". The people that did that, and the people who followed in kind must have been seriously short of food options. Nobody looks at snot in a shell and gets excited (except for my father).

Why doesn't Apple partner with Netflix in order to make Apple TV more viable? Apple TV allows you to save your favorite shows, movies, you tube videos,  music videos and photos and then watch them on your HD TV (which I dont have by the way). Here is the problem.
Apple noticed that most people like to rent movies now (Netflix, Blockbuster's mail service). So Apple is hoping people will rent movies from iTunes and watch it through Apple TV. Good idea to tie in a rental service to this device. Here is the problem - the moment you start the movie you only have 24 hours to finish the movie before it disappears. THAT IS HORRIBLE. Apple should just partner with Netflix or follow that model. iTunes should allow renters to rent up to 3 movies and then "return them" before they can rent again. Users can hit a return option where the movies are removed from the users hard drive or Apple TV and then a new rental can be made.

Just questions to ponder.

Waiting in Line

I have noticed that there are two types of people who wait in long lines. The people who make the effort to make sure that they are going to get through the line in the shortest amount of time and the people who are causing the line to move slowly in the first place. Example one:

At an airport security makes it very clear while you are in line that laptops must be removed from any bags and placed in a separate bin before going through the x-ray machine. Some people, those of us who are intelligent take a few seconds to make sure that our laptop is out and ready to go in a separate bin when we get to 

the front of the line. THEN there are people who get to the line and are in complete shock that they have to put the laptop in a separate bin. These are the dummies who couldn't read the million signs throughout the line or somehow didn't hear the security staff repeatedly mention it. Now I have to wait for these people to rummage through their things pull out the laptop. Reorganize the stuff in their bag that they had to move around - meanwhile their are a dozen people who are ready to go just waiting behind them.

And its not just the laptops either. Take your fricking shoes off while you are in line. Why do you want to wait until you are in the front of the line to take off your shoes in order to get pass security. slip those puppies off while you are standing in line. And if you are walking around in sandals or flip flops and dont want to stand or walk around barefoot - TOO BAD!!! Join the rest of us in the twenty-first century and wear socks with shoes. This isn't biblical times anymore - get some up to date footwear!

p.s. this post also applies to people who write checks or pay with credit card and then rummage to find their ID. Have that crap ready people c'mon. Help the rest of us in line out by being prepared.