July 2008
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mad about media
Shaky earthquake coverage
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern California yesterday, but apparently only Judge Judy and her studio audience were affected. At least that’s what the national media would have you believe. I flipped back and forth among the network morning shows today and saw the same Judge Judy video roughly 23 times.
Now I’m fairly certain people [...] -
mad about coffee, mad about corporate america
Absence of Coffee People
It’s been nearly two years since I’ve had a truly great milkshake. In fact, it’s been exactly 681 days. That’s the day Starbucks killed the Fabulous Coffee Screamer shake.
In September 2006, the java giant announced it had bought all 15 local Coffee People locations in my hometown. Coffee People had been [...] -
mad about driving, mad about people
Premature Turners
07.19.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsNote to all other drivers waiting at red lights: When I have the green light but I don’t cross the intersection because there are too many other cars in front of me, that’s not a free pass for you to make a right turn into my lane and cut in front of me. I’m not [...]
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mad about people, mad about politics, mad about sports
Patriotism Police
I’m driving home tonight listening to the truly terrible new sports radio station that’s been on the air for a couple of months. The hosts are comprised of a newspaper columnist who has neither a voice nor a face for radio (the face is worse), and a guy who was canned from the other sports [...]
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mad about people
The parking lot crowd at Costco
07.06.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsThe family decided to load up at Costco this afternoon, so we piled into the fam-mobile and ventured out. The trip was going well until we hit the Costco parking lot, where we encountered “confused, angry woman”.
I was trying to go straight at an intersection of the lot because a spot was coming open. She, [...]
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