Maybe it's just me

Is it just me, or is there something creepy about these flex-arms? I worry about all the varied, questionable attachments that might be in the box. It looks as if it would come alive in the night, slither around in the bed and violate my nether regions...

Also, who needs a table to hold a magazine for them? War and Peace, yes - Entertainment Weekly, no.

Is it just me, or WTF?

Maybe it's just me...

I'm shopping for RAM (for to make the PC go the faster).

There are reviews for RAM, of all things - this one caught my eye:

"It does what it's advertised to do. The memory looks great and works great. It's probably the coolest looking thing in my computer."

Now maybe it's just me, but I don't care if the RAM looks like an unborn fetus, as long as it works. Who gives a shit what it looks like?

Maybe it's just me...

Am I wrong?
Is 36 years old too young to be taking this many pills with breakfast?
Makes me worry how many I'll be taking at 60.

If you can correctly identify each pill, you get 10 points.
If you can tell me what that dark spot on my palm is, you get 1000 points.

Would it be so hard?

More and more news stories are delivered as video clips - this is fine, especially for something especially suited to footage. But if it seems that too often, news stories are being offered as video clips only. Would it be so hard to have a text version?

I like to scan/skim through a news story and glean the parts I want - trying to do that with a video is a lot more frustrating.

Maybe it's just me

Have you guys seen this article about disposal of used hypodermic needles in old soda cans? The miracle is in the lid!
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Am I the only one that thinks this is a bad idea?

Aluminum cans:

- aren't known for their durability (at 0.019 thousandths of an inch)
- are an item people are likely to dig through the trash to find
- are made of one of the few endlessly recyclable materials

If the lids work exactly as the designers hope they will, this means thousands of cans in landfills, forever - a waste of perfectly recyclable aluminum.

If scavenging folks collect these cans, will recycling centers accept them with a "totally tamper proof" plastic lid, full of needles? No. When you realize a soda can is readily cut through with a butter knife, how tamper proof is it?

Is this plastic biodegradable? Of course not - that would impede the safety, wouldn't it? Just what we need, more plastic in the landfills.

Is a can better than previous solutions? Yes.
Prize-worthy? A good solution? No.

This photo approved by committee?

1) Look at the creepy guy on this web page

In case it doesn't load properly, here's a cropped version:

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2) Is it just me?

It doesn't inspire me with a sense of consumer abandon, I can tell you that.

It doesn't make me say "Sprint rocks! I want to spend more cash with Sprint!"

His grin seems to say "Welcome to County Jail. You sleep, I cut you."
He looks like one of The Joker's henchmen.

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(The nummy conjoined twins near the bottom of the page (back to back? there's something new for Discovery Health Channel to look into)..DO help to offset the guy's ick factor, but still, relations with these girls might present logistical and anatomical challenges. And we'd need a massage table, cause they both need to breathe.

Also, I'm only one man!
Be patient, Sybil, I'm attending to Gladys right now.)

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she also wields a block of pumice

What is it with the commercials for bathroom cleaning where (usually a woman, because somehow, corporations think only women scrub bathrooms) a woman is standing before the toilet wearing safety goggles, welding gloves, hip waders, a lead apron, and wielding a pick and chisel.

Why?

I have cleaned bathrooms professionally, and I'm the one who cleans them at home. All you need to clean a toilet are:

a) Paper towels

b) Windex

(Note - add a bleach tablet to the tank once a month.)

Using the Windex, you spray the toilet's tank and lid, then open the lid, then spray the top of the lid, then spray the seat, then lift the seat, spraying the underside of the seat, the rim and bowl.

Wait 30 seconds. Wipe down everything you just sprayed. Now spray the base, everywhere, and wipe it down. If you do it right, you will need at most 3 paper towels (Bounty).

DONE.

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Maybe it's just me

What do you think of when you see a sign for this establishment?

I don't want to bias you, so I'll hold my opinion until I have yours...

Maybe it's just me

Have you ever wanted to disappear mysteriously?

Your spouse comes home to find the front door ajar, stew bubbling away on the stove, fresh green bananas on the counter, a scattering of solo-sex paraphernalia on the desk, while freaky bovine/reptile porn is looping on the computer...

...and a broken window.

You're nowhere to be found. Your car is in its parking spot. Your keys, wallet, shoes - all personal effects are in their proper places. You have vanished, seemingly wearing only your underwear, never to be seen again.