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Microsoft - you ignorant slut! 28 Mar 2013 | 05:46 pm
Last night my Windows 7 desktop informed me that it had “critical” updates available. This happens on an average of once a week since Microsoft seems unable to get their products right the first fifti...
Soul Sucking - Cable Company Style 29 Jan 2013 | 12:14 am
About 13 years ago I signed up with the local cable company. Since Des Moines is the equivalent of a little cow town sitting in the middle of nowhere when it comes to modern conveniences, there was on...
Tires - Give me a break! 14 Jan 2013 | 08:49 pm
This morning when heading out to work at 7:10 AM with temperature at 12 degrees (F) a tire was low. An attempt to fire up the compressor ensued. When temperatures are below 15 the compressor tries to ...
ISPs, Phone Companies, and Service calls, oh My! 10 Jan 2013 | 09:41 pm
The Rantmaster’s castle has experienced a bumpy road of late. Things are breaking down faster than I can even call for help. Before itemizing the list of crises for your entertainment I’d like to spin...
No Freebies!! 14 Dec 2012 | 12:04 am
My wife and I play in a woodwind quintet that we founded and that has been in existence for 12 years. The members are all musicians of exceptional talent and abilities. Here in Pig's Rectum USA demand...
Are you people nuts? 20 Nov 2012 | 08:31 pm
Anyone who doubts that the human race is collectively losing its mind has only to observe the juggernaut of absurdity known as black Friday. If any single event exemplifies the extent to which our nat...
So long Mitt, don't let the door hit you on the way out. 9 Nov 2012 | 02:36 am
So our long national nightmare of the 2012 campaign season is over and the republicans have been handed yet another clue that the demographic they appeal to is shrinking and their fragmented party can...
There are times... 23 Aug 2012 | 11:00 pm
when you just want to scream out of frustration. This election season is one of them. We've got Todd Akin in Missouri talking about "legitimate rape" and demonstrating abysmal ignorance of elementary ...
Cell Phone Tyranny 27 Jul 2012 | 10:11 pm
I have consistently resisted the societal pressure to turn my entire telephone experience over to the not so tender mercies of the cell phone industry. My wife and I both have cheap pay as you go cell...
The Down Side 19 Jul 2012 | 10:22 pm
I've posted in the past about the rewards of participating in amateur musical organizations. Today's post looks at the other side. Earlier this sping I found myself digging deep to find reasons to co...
