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why is the bit late today?

…’cause ain’t shit happening in my world ‘cept the rent and i’ve been left alone all day.

don’t get me wrong – i spend most of the days i’m NOT working alone, save for the dogs. just the way my world was meant to be, i’m realizing – but today has been even MORE so ’cause my phone might as well have been dead. i’ve had eight minutes of conversation over the course of an entire day and that’s including the sixty-second back and forth with the girl who rung me up when i went to buy wine.

welcome to my (solo) world.

ya know what caught my eye on my solo day off in the casa? i mean OTHER than the health problems of both my kids?

commercials. two in particular.

now, one i consider effective, the other quite the opposite if you know your weekend headlines. we’ll conquer the latter first:

“the pink vs. the blue – not a battle of the sexes” (an insider note – that WAS the title for this bit when i first started writing it in my head)

the t-mobile vs at&t commercials is what i’m referring to. two funny bits about these now, since they’re still running and all…they talk about t-mobile’s superiority to at&t (no attack on sprint OR verizon) in both equipment AND coverage. the real kicker? at&t (which the ad tells us SUCKS) just BOUGHT fuckin’ t-mobile. to add insult to injury they did a good chunk of the deal in STOCK rather than cash (i.e. “OUR company is worth more than YOUR company”).

in or out of corporate america that shit is just fuckin’ funny.

the other commercial i see more often, but it fails. wanna know why? i can’t, for the life of me, remember who the fuck it’s advertising for. that’s bad. if you can’t remember that burger king shit makes the guy with the tiny hands feel inadequate than you might go to mickey d’s instead. if you can’t remember the five dollar sandwich is at subway you might take your folding lincoln to a local sandwich shop (a better call regardless, i should quickly add). and this one says whatever it’s saying all wrong – the literal translation?

use our site to see who’s stalking you – but be HAPPY about it!

what the fuck? again, i can’t remember the site…but basically, it’s ONLY purpose appears to be to show who’s trying to snoop around online and find you. that’s just fucking creepy.

use it, write down names, and ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun from those fuckers!

kirk out!

(geeky salutation used in honor of captain kirk (i.e. william “the shat” shatner) turning EIGHTY years old today?!?