Seven Dollar Beer Bullshit

By admin on Sep. 7, 2008.

Okay, I’m taking a short flight on Delta Airlines to Atlanta.  The flight attendant is a few rows ahead of me when I hear her say, “Seven dollars.”  Then, “Yes, I wish I could set the price.”  I was considering a couple of beers myself.  So, I had to ask her what I figure the other passenger was asking.  Yes, that was right - Seven dollars for a 12 oz can of domestic beer.  Bullshit!

Let me put this in perspective:

• That’s 58.33 cents for an ounce.  This is likely more than it cost them for the whole can, meaning they’ve marked this up more than 1200%.
• That’s $42 for a six pack that I could buy at the local retailer for $5.
• That’s $84 for a twelve pack that I could buy for $9 at the local retailer.
• That’s $168 for a case that would cost me $14 or less at home.
• Gas costs just under $4 per gallon in most of the US, just under $9 per gallon in the UK, but this beer was going for $74.67 per gallon.

I’m all for keeping passengers from getting sloshed.  I mean that could very well be a safety issue.  But damn!

Another thing that Delta and all the other airlines should consider with this piece meal pricing is that business will pay for your ticket because they need you in a certain city on a certain date.  But they’re not going to pay for the extras.  So, while you think you’re making up costs and creating revenue, in the long run, you’re costing yourself revenue.  Because, guess what?  I didn’t pay it.  I took a Diet Coke that was free.  If they’d have asked me to pay for it, I’d have passed on that too.

Random Bullshit - Selling Kidneys

By admin on Sep. 5, 2008.

I’m not really sure why this thought has entered my psyche and why it is dominating my thoughts, but hit has.

If you were to sell a kidney, would it be the right one or the left?

Tell me what you think…

While We Were Away… WTF?

By admin on Sep. 4, 2008.

I took a few days to do something else, and I come back to reality and I’m wondering, how on Earth do we survive as a spieces?  OMG, we are so fucked!

I’m working on a few stories.  Stay tuned, it is getting so bullshit, I can’t even begin to explain.

A New Way To Teach The Birds And The Bees?

By admin on Aug. 31, 2008.

Okay, I know this goes way over most kids’ heads, but this is quite over the top.  I happened across these bath toys (Purchased for a visiting nephew because we don’t have little kids, and every little kid needs bath toys.  Heaven knows we don’t want him playing with whatever else may be available).

The bath toys allow the kid to squeeze the air out and they suck up water.  They can then be used as little squirt guns (out their mouth, butt, or one of their appendages).  That sounds like cool bath time fun.  But these toys also do things that I’m not sure bath toys (or any toy for that matter) should do.  They are able to connect to each other with holes (the same ones they squirt through) and nubs.  Not unlike how two adults might choose to connect.  See for yourself.

Don’t these little guys look like their having a grand time?

Kids are master imitators.  Just ask any parent.  This is way uncool if you ask me.

As if that weren’t bad enough, the faucet covering frog has something up his butt.  It doesn’t seem to bother him all that much either.

Is this a new way to teach kids the birds and the bees?

Diet Coke Cares? Bullshit!

By admin on Aug. 28, 2008.

I drink a lot of Diet Coke.  A whole lot.  In fact, I practically pay a full salary at the Coca Cola Company with the amount I spend on Diet Coke.

I know it isn’t good for me.  But I like it.  I like the caffeine, I like the taste, and it mixes well with an assortment of alcoholic beverages.

It isn’t healthy because it isn’t a naturally occurring food source.  Water would be better, but I am not a big fan of drinking something that has no taste (or a mineral taste).  Yes, I could put a flavor in the water, but wouldn’t that pretty much be like Diet Coke without he caffeine?

Pretending you don’t want me to have a Diet Coke at lunch is bullshit!  You want me to have one, two or hell, a whole two liter.  So, please don’t lie to me.  Tell me to drink more.  Like ads did in the good ‘ol days.

Man Shot In Both Legs

By admin on Aug. 27, 2008.

Getting shot in one leg would be bullshit.  But both legs?

Bullshit Parent Tries To Sell Sex With Her Five Year Old

By admin on Aug. 26, 2008.

File this one under sick shit!  This woman and her boyfriend should be tortured and killed.  I wouldn’t usually post something due to general allegations, since these things are often proven to be false.  But this one looks fairly solid.

I got this from Welt Online (Couple Offered Sex With Child For Used Car).

Apparently, these two restaurant workers were dating (he’s married, BTW) and she thought it would be a good idea to solicit sex with her five year old.  She even thought it would be cool to watch.  He was caught texting/sending a SMS to a prospective John.

What is sex with a five year old worth?  Try an apartment, a used car and child care for the woman’s 10 month old daughter.  Here’s hoping it costs these two life in prison.

How I wish there was a test people had to take before they could produce offspring.  With all this talk of underpopulation, I’m not convinced its worth letting people like this have children.  It makes me sick!

The Obama Half-Brother Bullshit

By admin on Aug. 25, 2008.

I found it desturbing that the Chicago Sun-Times would choose to print the article entited, Obama’s half-brother to Vanity Fair: ‘No one knows I exist.’ For one, the title is factually untrue.  Even the article notes this.  But you wouldn’t know that from the title.  If you just scan the title, you might be left thinking that this is some unknown, bastard child.  Or you might think that Obama is a bastard for not taking care of his sibling in trouble.  Neither is true.

The truth is Obama knows about his half-brother.  In fact, he visited him at least twice and wrote about him in his book.  Obama’s path to the Presidency was not some textbook rise.  Instead, it has take some rather twisted paths.  While not traditional, Obama does do one thing.  He shows that the statement made to young children that they can one day grow up to be President is not so far fetched as we might think.  Whether he is elected or not, Obama worked for what he has.

Which begs the next question:  Are we responsible for our brothers and sisters?  And if so, how far does that go?  I’d like to hear your thoughts.  I don’t lean one way or another.  Except to the process.  The Chicago Sun-Times making the lifestyle of someone’s distant brother a political point is just bullshit!

Losing Internet Access Is Bullshit!

By admin on Aug. 24, 2008.

You may have noticed that I’m a little late in posting the latest Bullshit Stalker finds.  Well, I had quite a few things to get done yesterday with a message board I own.  What should have been simple tasks became a major pain in the ass when my Internet connection kept going out.

Oh, you say that comes with the territory?  I say bullshit!  I pay Suddenlink $120 a month for digital cable that includes Internet and hundreds of channels I never watch.  If someone paid me $120 for a service that all I had to do was flip a switch, I’d be damned sure that switch was switched.  But all day long, it would cut off, then be fine a few minutes later.  Other times it was just far to slow to do me any good.

Probably the most frustrating thing about this is my back up Internet (Yes, I have a secondary way to get to the Internet.  I know, its a sickness.  I’ll get help.  I promise. *) was also down for most of the day.  Besides that, my back up is extremely slow.  Its a broadband wireless card from AT&T that I use with my laptop when I’m traveling (Yes, I always have some way to access the Internet.  We talked about this remember?  Yes, I will get help.  But, I’m kinda in the middle of writing a blog post. *).  It works quite well in major cities.  Here where I live, it is slower than dial up.

So, two ways to get to the Internet.  Hundreds of people counting on me (Yes, I do have hundreds of members on that message board.  I’m kind of a big deal there. *) and I’m unable to be there.  Very frustrating and the trickle down into my Sunday is bullshit!  I’m strongly thinking about getting a third method, just in case (Okay, okay.  My name is Bullshit Stalker, and I’m an Internet addict.  Yes.  I know my name isn’t Bullshit Stalker and its not baldeagle, but that’s what people on the Internet know me by.  They wouldn’t know who I was talking about if I used my real name.  I’m through arguing about this.  Let me get back to work. *).

To close this thought.  Stuff we pay for, services, should just work.  I paid for the whole 31 days in August, I should get 31 days of access.  Since I lost a day, my next bill should be prorated.  Its what’s fair.  Will I call them and demand a refund?  Don’t get me started on customer service.  That’s a whole new area of bullshit!

* Having an online persona and carrying on conversations with people you don’t know isn’t bullshit.  It is simply the way that adults play these days.  Our version of cowboys and robbers.  Also, addiction is not bullshit.  If you have an addiction that is unhealthy, you owe it to yourself to address your problem the best way you can.

Dressing Up Your Dog Is Bullshit!

By admin on Aug. 23, 2008.

This is the picture that kinda got this thing going in my head…

Which got me to thinking that dogs must hate being dressed up in funny costumes/outfits.  Really, look in his eyes.  How sad is that?

Then I got to looking around…

And what I saw…

Goes from bizarre…

To silly…

To, uh…

To just plain wrong…

To… okay, that last one was cool!

But, see, dogs are like the dudes of the pet world.  Yes, they’ll put up with this crap.  Let you laugh, take pictures.  Show them off.  They don’t like it, but they take it.  Like a dude.  Just suck it up and deal.

Now, if you have a strong desire to dress up a pet, I’d recommend doing it to a cat.  See, this little guy took right to it!