http://carouselofhate.com Come take a ride on the carousel of hate Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:21:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First of all when did we start calling them meds? Ok, so putting your old or unused medicine down the toilet is bad, umm kay!  We put enough crap into our water supply through all the scented cleaning products, soaps, shampoo (why does it need to smell like desert?), etc.  And ... http://carouselofhate.com/why/2008/people-do-not-flush-your-meds/ On my way into IKEA today I noticed this sign. Perhaps someone needs to tell the Swedes there is a "credit crisis" going on here. http://carouselofhate.com/why/2008/the-ikea-credit-card-means-you-can-afford-it-today/ After installing Vista SP1 under Parallels on my new MacBook, I decided maybe it was not as bad as I thought before.  I have been learning more about Vista and found some things I like about it, for example the new Backup application writes the backup to VHD files, wow ... http://carouselofhate.com/why/2008/the-curse-of-64-bitness-strikes-again/ I was recently summoned to appear for Jury Service. I have been called and served on one prior occasion. The environment could not have been nicer. We had a huge room with lots of seating, telephones for local calls, plenty of food and vending options, a cyber cafe room ... http://carouselofhate.com/uncategorized/2008/jury-service/ I recently came across some materials that were mailed by Apple to me at an early employer.  I was particularly intrigued by the cover letter extolling the virtues of Macintosh/MS-DOS Compatibility.  The time frame had to be in the early 1990's.  The products they were referencing were SoftPC and the ... http://carouselofhate.com/ha-ha/2008/there-is-nothing-new-under-the-sun/   I recently attended my first two shows at a local downtown theatre called Mad Cow Theatre.  I had heard of this theatre from a few years ago when a friend attended one of their summer workshops.  The two shows I attend were "Major Barbara" by George Bernard Shaw and "Elliot, A ... http://carouselofhate.com/ha-ha/2008/the-cows-can-be-trusted/ Yesterday I found out that The Finish Line was sponsoring a local run for The Human Race 10K.  I went to the web site and registered even though I was not 100% certain that I would run.  My original Nike+ iPod accelerometer had a dead battery so I bought a new ... http://carouselofhate.com/fitness/2008/the-human-race-10k/ I was recently on a Delta flight from JFK (New York) to MCO (Orlando) on a recently updated and modernized Boeing 757-200(E) which happens to be International configuration.  The first thing I noticed is that seat 1A is configured for crew rest with a small privacy curtain. The seat pitch ... http://carouselofhate.com/consumerism/2008/delta-preparing-for-in-flight-data-services/ This is the sign I saw outside my brother's parking lot in Washington Heights.  I stared at it for a few seconds before realizing what they intended to say.  No Parking Driveway.  Could this be a misplaced reference to the YouTube user drwav?   http://carouselofhate.com/why/2008/no-parking-drwav/ I was at the self-checkout at IKEA today and as I pulled my American Express One card the clerk minding the stations walked up and asked why I as using an American Express card. I explained that it was my card choice. She then asked if I had another card, ... http://carouselofhate.com/why/2008/free-chocolate-courtesy-of-american-express/