It's a Concert, not a Frat Party! (aka Don't be a Douche Bag)

Over the weekend my wife and I went to see one of our favourite bands, Squeeze, at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga. It was a beautiful night, and we had fantastic seats. Second row Center. Working on our second bottle of wine, we were having a great time. Right before the show started, the party of six with seats right in front of us showed up. Heard the guy in front of me talking, and he said he didn't know a single song by Squeeze. WHAT!?! You're sitting front row center and you have never heard of the band?

OK, so maybe your good friend brought you to the show. That could explain the lack of knowledge, but you shouldn't keep talking about it.

So, Squeeze starts up, and the guy keeps talking. Finally the crowd gets on their feet and starts dancing. What does this Douche Bag do? He starts doing the White Frat Boy dance, with his back to the stage. Holy Shit this guy is a douche! He continues to do this the entire show. Well, except for when we went to get another of whatever his type drinks at a Winery. Probably Vodka and Red Bull. I know he probably thinks he's real cool, and likely has his friends convinced of the same. But guess what Bro... You are a Douche Bag. AND... you have inspired not one, but two bits of advice.


If you find yourself at a concert where you are not familiar with the artist's music, don't keep talking about it.

and...

Unless you are at a wedding, or a nightclub where the band is playing covers, NEVER dance with your back to the stage.

For what it's worth, we still had a fantastic time. Squeeze was, as always, amazing and the night ended too soon.

Don't let other people pick out your clothes

A good friend, who I also work with, came in the other day with a really bad jacket. REALLY bad. I was in awe. So much so, that I took his picture. He actually stood there smiling for the photo. I then sent it around to various other people that we both know, and they got quite the kick out of it also.

Ends up that he told his wife he needed a new zip-up hoodie, and this is what she picked out. Believe it or not, his wife said they were all ugly, EXCEPT for this one.













Never, NEVER let someone pick out your clothes, unless you know for a fact that they have, not only good taste, but the same fashion sense as you.

For what it's worth, this is a fine jacket. For a 6 year old.

So, you want to start a blog? (Note to self)

Yeah, yeah, yeah... it seems everyone if the world wants to blog. So, how about this.

Before actually starting to blog, learn how to put pictures and links in the the damn thing.

Once I get this shit worked out, I'll be posting more.

Shut the Fuck Up - part II

It's been a while since I've written something. Do you know why? It's because I haven't had a lot to say. Hey, there's a novel idea!

Bloggers - if you don't have anything interesting to say, don't say anything.

I hate it when I read a blog and it is full of crap. Why write? Are you afraid that people will be insulted if you don't write every day? We're not. We're happy. No one wants to waste their time reading pointless dribble.

I'll shut up now.

Shut the fuck up!

OK, so how many times have you gone to a concert just to end up next to some idiot that thinks it is perfectly acceptable to talk during the show. I'm not talking about yelling to the band between songs (although that can be annoying in many cases). I'm talking about the asshole that won't shut the fuck up about this or that while almost everyone else wants to listen to the music. That is until their favourite song is played, in which case they often sing along loudly.

Concert halls with reserved seating should offer a Talking Section, where people can go if they want to talk during the show. This should be a non-reserved seating area to encourage "drop in" guests.

Either that, or sell t-shirts outside the venue. That way these fuckers can just grab a shirt so they can tell everyone they went to the show, and how awesome it was.

Wireless in a power outage

Power outages are a fact of life. Often then cannot be predicted. Luckily, most people can still work during an outage, thanks to the batteries in their laptop computers. One problem... the internet.

Why can't someone invent, and market, a wireless router with a battery backup, similar to alarm clocks?

How kick ass would that be if, during an outage, you could continue with you normal life.

Increase Voter Turnout

It's a pretty well known fact that voter turnout in the United States sucks. In the past 40 years of Federal Elections, only 45% of eligible voters have turned out to the polls. FORTY FIVE FUCKING PERCENT! Are you kidding me? THIS is the Great Democracy?

So, what do we do about it? Well, you can't MAKE people vote. Or can you? How about this...

If you work for the Government, directly or indirectly, or receive any form of Government assistance, you have to vote or give up the the benefits.

You work for the IRS and don't vote? Well, don't bother coming to work the next day. You receive Federal Student Aid and don't vote? Well, guess what.... this is your last semester. Since the Government controls so much of the lives of the Armed Forces, it shouldn't be hard forcing them to vote. Don't want to give them an out. You're having a rough patch, and need some financial aid... get your ass to a polling place.

If you don't care enough about this country to take a couple minutes to exercise the right that was, and continues to be, fought so hard for, then you do not deserve to benefit directly. Time to get by with whatever you can get from the private sector.