Category: Things I hate

American Idol fading and losing viewers

American Idol fading and losing viewers

Congratulations are in order for a growing number of Americans who have stopped watching the biggest blight on TV, American Idol. This show should be called “America Average”, because the end result of 16...

Chinese Olympics Turning Horribly Political

Chinese Olympics Turning Horribly Political

Now this sucks. The Olympics are coming to China this summer, and various groups with issues (real and imagined) are climbing out and acting up just in time, in order to get attention in...

Britney Spears Goes Nuts

Britney Spears Goes Nuts

Pop tart Britney Spears, who has been pretty loopy in public for the last year or so finally wigged out and did the trailer trash thing: she locked herself in a room with her...

Would You Like Some Snow With That?

Would You Like Some Snow With That?

It isn’t even winter yet, and already mother nature is making it one of the worst winters on record for much of the US and Canada.  From snow in Vancouver to ice in the...

Raise your right hand and lie

Raise your right hand and lie

Something I noticed recently… it certainly qualifies are weird, but also a little sad.  The picture on the left is recently “retired” Senator (R) Larry Craig of  Idaho.  Next to him is “retired” Durham...

Naked on a Glacier

Naked on a Glacier

Harold is a little split on this story today folks.  On one hand, global warming is certain something that almost everyone is concerned about, yet at the same time, Harold knows that even the...

Arab Princesses:  Can’t sit next to men

Arab Princesses: Can’t sit next to men

There are things that really make you wonder what people are thinking.   I never can understand people who come from a specific culture, and then are shocked when the rest of the world...

CBGBs runs out of time

CBGBs runs out of time

The club CBGBs, which was the launching point for bands such as The Ramones, Television, Talking Heads, Blondie, and many others has reached the end of it’s time. The building that it is located...

Why I hate flying

Why I hate flying

It seems these days that all the nutjobs and scewups can afford airlines tickets. This has made flying a very difficult deal. With all the security, checks, xrays, take off your shoes extra checks...

BP Investigates for Gas price fixing

BP Investigates for Gas price fixing

I guess this goes into the category of “score one of the little guys”. BP, already under investigation for potentially having manipulated the market price for propane is now under investigation for the same...