This video is classic. I found it on Matt’s video blog, but it was so awesome that I had to put it here as well!
WTF of the day: Receiving International Text Messages Charges
I was in the process of paying my cell phone will, when I realized that my bill was slightly higher for the month of July. Looking at the detail of my bill, I saw that I was charged $.15 for an International Text message. Being that I don’t have any international numbers that I text to, I looked at the details and found the following.
My phone is with Verizon, and as with other cell companies, text messages received by me are counted towards my text limit. While I actually didn’t meet the limit for last month, I got charged for receiving text message from a domestic number. I think this message was sent to me while this person was overseas, but how the heck do I get charged for receiving a text message that I didn’t ask for? The person that sent me the text had no idea that I would get charged, but yet I somehow have to pay?!?
I realize I’m complaining about pennies, but how ridiculous is this?
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Yelp rules!
Greetings from being on the road in New York. I’m up here for a big family event and enjoying my first vacation of the summer.
On Thursday we went into New York City for a brief visit. We ended up covering a decent amount of ground over one day: starting off at Grand Central, then going up to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, then off to the World Trade Center site, up to Times Square, then finally up to upper-east Manhattan.
At the end of our day we were hoping to meet up with my cousin for dinner, but she got held up at work and wasn’t able to join us. We didn’t have any idea what we should do for dinner, so I turned to Yelp to provide us with some suggestions. I loaded up the mobile version of the web site on my Treo, keyed in our intersection and searched on restaurants nearby. I started reading some reviews on Italian restaurants when I found many great reviews for Nick’s Pizza on 2nd Ave & 94th St. We definitely weren’t disappointed! This was some of the greatest pizza that I’ve had! I’ve spent some time making reviews on Yelp for Fort Collins as something to pass the time, but I never really appreciated what a great resource this is for those in new places.
If you’re in a new place and happen to have Internet on your cell phone, give Yelp a try!
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The latest mascot to hate – Steely McBeam
Meet the Steelers new mascot who they “named” yesterday: Steely McBeam.
Are you freaking kidding me? Out of 70,000 names that were submitted, that was the best name you could come up with? Ok, the name may be a little creative (although I do think it’s a cop-out to put “Mc” in front of someone’s last name), but the reason this is lame is because it’s another mascot.
Argh mascots – the only thing worse than a mascot is a mime. Just what we need: another goof in a costume walking around the sidelines, blocking everyone’s view and annoying everybody.
I understand mascots in basketball: there’s a lot of breaks in the action and it’s easy to get the mascot on the court for some quick entertainment. I understand mascots in baseball: the game gets pretty boring and you need something to show your kids. But football?!? There’s already too many things going on at games, and any break in the action is already pumped full of some commercialistic attempt to snag your attention. Mascots don’t belong in the NFL.
A few years back the Broncos introduced Miles and he’s been ruining games ever since. Welcome Steeler fan, to the new miserable experience. The guy to the right of the mascot in the picture looks like he’s already there: he looks like he’s trying not to be sick with the realization of the lameness of mascots.
756*
I came home last night and turned on the TV to find out the inevitable has happened: Barry Bonds broke the most hallowed record in all of sports – the “All-Time Home Runs” list: Hank Aaron’s 755. I’m not the biggest baseball fan, but I am enough of a sports fan to appreciate the record, and also what an atrocity it is that Bonds broke the damn thing.
I know that literally the jury is still out on this guy (or at least the investigation is still ongoing), but the suspicion surrounding Bonds is going to leave a bad stain on this record, and in my mind I’m going to picture any number above 755 with an asterisk next to it.
For a moment, let’s put all the suspicions aside. Let’s forget about the fact that this guy added 50 pounds and an extra inch in height between the time he started his career and where he’s at now. Let’s forget that seemingly after the steroid scandal Bonds’ knee all of the sudden broke down and he had to take most of last season off. Let’s forget about how his trainer is sitting in a jail cell right now because he won’t testify on Bonds. Nevermind the fact that his head is now huge – let’s put all of that aside for a bit. I’m a believer that good people will have good things coming to them, and this good thing couldn’t happen to a worse guy. From the way he’s handled everyone in his public persona, to the way he treats his team-mates and the treatment he demands (the leather recliner and plasmas exclusively for him in the clubhouse), to the way he’s used his son as a human shield to deflect criticism from the media – this is just a bad guy. I don’t pretend to believe that all big athletes are noble, but when a stand-up guy like Hank Aaron lost his record to this guy – that truly makes things sad.
Right now I’m finishing an audio book on Einstein, but the next book in my Audible queue is Game of Shadows – for all the wrong reasons. Thanks Bar-roid.
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