So the warranty just ran out…

Ever had that piece of electronics, car, etc. that you just loved, and right after the warranty ran out it fell apart?  The more time that goes on it seems clear that we all come with a warranty on our bodies and mine just ran out.  All my life I thought that I was a pretty health guy.  I mean, I was never real sick as a  kid, and I was even a big enough dork that I got perfect attendance my senior year of high school.  (thanks mom…)  However, when I turned 25, this all seemed to change.  I went from a pretty health individual to one who seemed to spend all of the time with medical professionals.  It was that year that it seemed like I discovered I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol, a bad back, and appearantly bad teeth (four fillings and a root canal later).  Well, I guess the bad teeth could just be my dentist trying to pay for a new addition on their house.  So, bye bye warranty.

So after the year of “get to know your doctor”, it seemed like I turned a corner.  I was a little older and wiser.  Now, here I am five years later, and it’s all happening again.  The problems are the different, but it’s the same “formula”.   Now it’s things like wisdom teeth (that’s right, I made it to 30 without taking  them out), not sleeping, and bad teeth.  So, either my dentist is trying to make up for the economy or I really do have bad teeth.  For the record, the not sleeping thing is the worst.  It’s like your never really awake or asleep.  I still can’t fathom how my wife can just fall asleep in 5 minutes after closing her eyes.  However, I should say that during these times of not sleeping are when I catch up on everything in the world.

Why is it that all these things happen at the same time?  Sure, I could eat better, exercise, and not kick puppies.   Alright, two of that list a probably true, and no, I don’t kick puppies.  Still, it seems like every five years, it all falls apart.  I’ve really gotta start taking care of myself.  Well, tonight I’m off to do a sleep study.  So, I’ll have to let you know how all of it ends up…

An open letter to corporate radio stations…

Dear Corporate Radio Stations,

I am writing to you today to inform you that you have jumped the shark.  That’s right, in today’s mass media, instant information world you are no longer relevant.  No one cares, no one’s listening.  Your time has come and gone, and now you are outdated.  Oh course, I’m sure that you can find this somewhere on the internet.

Your ultimate demise is not brought on because of obvious things like satellite radio, but instead because of your sheer persistence to suck.  If there was only time enough, we could list all of the ways that you continually suck.  For starters, you have your same 40 or 50 songs that you play repeatedly.  These are the hit songs of today, and everyone “loves” them.  In reality, the songs that the record companies are pushing you to play, and the corporate whores that you are do it.  We all know how hard that whoever is “tearing up the charts” because you play them every hour on the hour.  In fact, they are played so much until we hear those same 40 songs in our sleep.  The same songs, that regardless of genre, are basically the same song.

Additionally, every station you have has your “zany” radio personalities, with their big name and their crazy gimmick.  In the end, their all just horrible carbon copies of the same person.  Sure names might be different, but everyone has their three crew group, like “Mad Dog, Rufus, and Your Mom”.  And of course they are all going to promise to rock our ways into/out of work, and always play the “continuous hits” (please see point one).

It seems odd that you might have the opportunity to do some cutting edge, limit pushing things.  Instead, everything is vanilla and pre-scripted.  So, now is your chance.  Do something great, break the mold.  I tell you all of this in hopes of making you aware of the problem, but I’m sure Mad Dog, Rufus, and Your Mom have already informed you.

Stinking Stat Box…

Let me start this by saying that I love wordpress.  I really do.  Now, with that being said, one of the most depressing features is the stat box on the main dashboard.  I would imagine that this can also be a source of great pleasure as well.  If you were a serious blogger and you were closely follow how many regular readers you had.  For me, that’s not the case.  Actually, I believe that it follows my lack of readers and serves as a great reminder of the fact that I don’t really have any.  Hey, I’m trying, but getting tons of readers isn’t really the point.  It may be a reminder that I’m not really writing about anything interesting.

At any rate, I guess I’ll keep writing and the stat box will serve as my bane…

Remember to vote…

Okay, if you’re reading this as a reminder to vote, you’ve probably been living in a cave somewhere.  This is just a friendly reminder to go out there and exercise your civic duty and help elect our next president.  I don’t care who you vote for, and I’m not going to inundate you with my own political views.  Just get out there and vote!