Crying baby

So there I am sitting in a doctors office waiting to be seen, and in walks this woman with her three kids in tow. One of which she has in a stroller. This kid was screaming like a banshee. Now, maybe I'd be more understanding if the mother was doing something to quiet the child. This woman did nothing, I repeat NOTHING to quiet the child. I sat there for a good hour as this kids screaming ate into my brain and gave me the mother of all headaches. I could tell by looking around at all the other people in the waiting room, that they too were suffering by the constant cries of the child. Finally I turned to the woman and asked if everything was alright. I figured that would be enough of a subtle hint. Nope nothing so subtle would get through that thick skull. As the reply I got was "Oh, I'm fine, why do you ask?" I just shook my head and muttered a few curse words to myself. It was enough that she heard it over the child's tantrum. With an annoyed look on her face, the woman stood up and just about jerked the child from the stroller and gave me the evil eye as she took the baby outside to try and calm him down. As the door closed behind her, I heard one of the other people in the waiting room say "thank god."

I consider that my good deed for the day.

If you are that woman, and you somehow see and read this. For the love of god what the hell is wrong with you? I understand you can't necessarily drop your child off to have someone watch him/her for the duration of your doctors appointment. Have some common courtesy for your fellow human being. Just because you can selectively tune out your childs screams, doesn't mean the rest of us can.

Hey lady, shut the kid up!

Stupid Product Labels

So, I came across this site. Its a bunch of product warning labels that the majority of us would find as common sense. However, upon reading this you have to understand these labels are on there for a reason. They wouldn't be on there, unless someone has already done what these labels are warning you about. My favorite, "Do not attempt to stop chainsaw with your hands or genitals."

On Sainsbury's peanuts -- "Warning: contains nuts"
Oh really?

Then again, maybe we should leave these labels off of here. If nothing else natural selection would take over and take out some of these people that shouldn't be breeding anyway. Either way, its an interesting yet funny site. Look at it like a sad social commentary that people have to save other people from their own stupidity.

Top 20 scientific myths of all time.

1. Chickens can live without a head
20. It takes seven years to digest gum
ETC.

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Pretty interesting read if you've got the time. Then again, if you're here reading this, you have the time.

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New toys on the horizon

Now, I'm no where what one would call a "techie". Sure I like new gadgets and whatnot. However, I'm also realistic enough to know I shouldn't buy something I'd hardly ever use. Or to save up to buy something for high dollar when I know if I wait a few months the price will come down. Most of the new tech I read about and admire is like window shopping only. Hell, I still have a few cassettes laying around here.

First up I see, is this LG dual format HD/Blu-Ray player. I dislike the battle between HD DVD and Blu-Ray. In the end the consumer suffers more. I planned on holding off on jumping on one bandwagon or the other. I know some people in the same boat. With this however, you get them both. Still not sure if the parts inside are even worth the metal its made of. I'm sure once its out there will be a better review out there somewhere. Right now, I think its more of the fact that cool that someone actually made a dual format player. I'm sure people saw it coming at some point, no one knew exactly when though.

Most of your MP3 players coming soon are going wireless. Seems to be the big thing everyone is pushing for. Everyone hears that the next generation of IPOD is going to be wifi enabled. Announced at CES SanDisk is coming out with a wifi enabled player as well. Its only a matter of time before MP3 players everywhere can connect to the net via hotspots. From what I understand, you'll also be able to share songs with someone else and their MP3 player via wifi. (Microsoft Zune already does this, but that's the limit of its connectivity.) Of course they will limit your sharing to either a certain amount of plays or days that you can have that shared song. Now, I've been places and heard a song that I would love to hear again, but not bad enough that I'd want to pull out a device to hook up to a hotspot and download it right there and NOW.

One thing I have seen from several companies for both MP3 and MP3/Portable Video playback that I love. Is the fact that many of them are adding a removable media slot. Many players, out now and soon to be hitting the store shelves, have expandable media slots. Typically a SD card up to 4GB. This adds a whole new level of functionality to on the go listening. While yes it is easy to plug in your MP3 player to your computer and go from there. Just something even more simple about the drag and drop ease of use. Just slap a SD card into a card reader (most laptops have these built in these days) throw it on the card and eject. Then again, maybe I'm excited about this because I have a slight aversion to IPODS. I digress, that's another topic for another time.

Check out CNET for their whole write up about the best of CES. Even if you aren't heavy into technology, I'm sure you'll find something there at CES to get excited about.

Poll: Americans see gloom, doom in 2007 - Yahoo! News

Poll: Americans see gloom, doom in 2007 - Yahoo! News

Nice to see people have such a happy outlook for 2007 so far. Then again, how much stock can you put in a poll where "25% of the people polled anticipate the second coming of Jesus Christ."

Then again, these are probably the same people that felt Anna Nicole Smith married that old guy for love....

Carjacking Suspect Gets Lost, Calls 911 On Himself - News - MSNBC.com

Carjacking Suspect Gets Lost, Calls 911 On Himself - News - MSNBC.com

This is by far one of the funniest things I've read in a while, in a round about way. Granted its not funny that he car jacked someone, but the fact that he got lost and called 911. Stuff like that just doesn't happen everyday. Lets just hope that he doesn't procreate, lord knows there's enough stupid people out there without adding someone else genetic alphabet soup to the mess. Especially since he's obviously missing a few letters.

Parents defend decision to keep girl a child

Seattle parents instructed doctors to remove their daughters uterus, appendix and still-forming breasts. This will stunt her growth making it easier to take care of her in the future.
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At first reading the title, I was thinking about screwed up this is. After reading the article, I can kind of see the parents point. Still think its a bit screwed up, just less so than before. Click the "read more" link to check out the article.
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Last month of 2006.

Another Christmas, and another year come and gone. Thank god. Maybe I wouldn't have the attitude I have towards the holidays if it weren't for my family. Nothing like the traditional yule tide gift of being conned out of money from a family member.

Clearly looking back, it was my fault of sorts. I should have known better. I'd really like to be able to believe the best in people. Just put the perfect cap on this year. '06 just had to get one last swift kick in the nuts on me.

Thought about making myself some new years resolutions. Then again, how many people actually stick to their resolutions that they make? Who knows, if I end up making some, I'll post them here. If nothing else, so 6 months from now I can look back and see what good intentions I had at the beginning of this year.