Month: March 2016

I don’t know why people are looking forward to this

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To no surprise, I think I have a difficult time connecting with the current iteration of wrestling fans.  I question their allegiances, why they pop so hard for certain things, and why they resent particular guys so much, regardless of just how obviously hard they work to better themselves and try and improve; for them.

With Wrestlemania creeping ever closer, it’s that time when storylines begin manifesting for the supposed grandest show of the year.  Naturally, in spite of The Steak having come to an end two years prior, it’s still very much a big deal that the Undertaker participates in Wrestlemania.  With ol’ Mark Calloway not getting any younger, every year is speculation about when his last Wrestlemania is going to be, and theorizing which of the current guard should be the guy that gets that ultimate rub and sign of respect from the Deadman, to be the one who “ends his career.”

Make no mistake, the Undertaker is going to lose his final match, whenever that may be.  He’s of an old guard that firmly believes that no one person is bigger than the business, and the only way to show respect for the business on your way out, is to go out on your back, and lose your last match.  Mick Foley lost his last match.  As did Ric Flair.  Shawn Michaels lost several “final matches,” as has The Rock.  Even Stone Cold Steve Austin, at least when it came to wrestling matches, lost his final match.

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Countdown to the next college massacre

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It’s stories like this that make me really resent and feel embarrassed to be a Georgia resident.  Georgia Senate votes overwhelmingly, to bill that allows licensed gun holders to have concealed firearms on public college campuses.

I am not saying this to be snarky or make a tasteless joke, but seriously, at this point, Georgia may as well start a clock to start ticking until this state has its own rendition of the Virginia Tech massacre.

Don’t get me wrong, I believe that people have the right to bear arms; I don’t necessarily understand why private citizens build themselves ridiculous arsenals consisting of heavy duty assault rifles and riot shotguns, but I don’t disagree with the notion of people wanting to get a firearm or two so that they can potentially defend their homes and property in light of an invasion or burglary.  However, I vehemently disagree with the notion that 21-year old kids should be legally allowed to acquire firearms, and bring them into educational institutes, full of other kids.

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The fallacy of Extreme Time Cheaters

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It was a rare evening, in which I actually found myself at home, with pretty much nothing to do.  Usually, whenever this has been the case, I’ve spent said time and then some playing League of Legends, but I’ve kind of been on a hiatus from playing lately, and I didn’t really feel like getting drawn into the time suck LoL can occasionally be.  I was caught up on wrestling, the laundry was all done, the dog was empty, the pets all fed, and no need to brog.  So I turned on the television, with no objective ahead; naturally, I guided the schedule to see what was on TLC.

“My Fat Saved My Life,” followed by “Extreme Time Cheaters.”  I set my DVR to record both shows, and then I went and did something else, because of course I didn’t actually spend my time watching television, live, and subjecting myself to actually having to watch commercials.  Plssssss

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Hogan v. Gawker lols

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I think these guys don’t seem to grasp the notion that they’re in court in the state of Florida.

This is a state that can’t seem to do anything right, the craziest people on the planet originate from, is home to places as vapid and superficial as Miami yet house the vast majority of the United States’ senior citizen populace, and least of all, understand the difference between sarcasm and the literal.

When Floridians hear a snarky remark about how age-4 is the bar in which it’s okay to show sex tapes of anyone older, they just might take it seriously and believe it.

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I’m rooting for David Ross this year

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It’s funny how my sports allegiances change throughout the years.  There was a time when I was all aboard the Red Sox bandwagon, and was clinging on every at-bat and pitch in the 2004 playoffs.  I used to detest the Houston Astros because they kept knocking the Braves out of the playoffs, and Roger Clemens pitched for them, but now I don’t have any gripe with them at all.  There was once a time where I loathed the Chicago Cubs, and rooted vehemently for the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series.  One thing, however I don’t think stands much chance at changing, and that’s that I still detest the San Francisco Giants.

However, I’m warming up to the Cubs lately.  Now, I’ll still be pulling for the Braves, ironically, since this is the last year at Turner Field, but the reality is that they’re just as likely to lose 90, and hopefully 100+ this season, no matter how much I may or may not want them to do well when I go to see them.  And so since it’s actually nice to have a team to pull for that actually has a chance at doing well, I think if there’s any team out there that I might root for on the side, it might just be the Cubs.

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GDOT is the worst

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I spent an inordinately large amount of time sitting in traffic over this weekend, because the Georgia Department of Transportation is shit, and at this very moment I am writing this, the worst organization in the history of mankind, over the Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan and ISIS.

For whatever reasons, GDOT decided to perform road construction to every single interstate northbound route in order to get to/pass through Atlanta.  Want to get to/pass through, Atlanta via I-85/I-75?  Three lanes closed.  Want to circumvent Atlanta on I-285?  Two lanes closed on the west side of 285, and construction and a lane shift on the east side of 285.  The result of trying to take any major route to or through Atlanta is sitting in tragic standstill traffic and the desire to pull your hair out of your head.

Seriously, who the fuck decides to do this much road construction in the middle of the weekend?  Sure, there is undoubtedly one worse time to do any sort of road construction, which is during the middle of any weekday work rush hour, but in the middle of the weekend afternoons has to be easily the second worst times to do traffic.  And to every single major northbound vein, at the same time?  That’s not just lunacy, it’s downright idiotic.

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Jorb update

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If there are any things at all that I miss about my old job, I can think of two things:

  • My old Macbook – seriously, that thing was a beast, even if the impetus for having it meant that I was capable and expected of working remotely during hours not considered work hours more often than necessary, I miss the hell out of it.  It was stronger than what my new job has provided to me, and a monumental majority of 2015’s brog posts were written on it.
  • The commute – I did not have to touch a single interstate in order to get from point A to point B.  Sure, I worked on the moon, relative to the rest of Atlanta, and dealing with the red light district known as Fayette County was infuriating, but I still made it home and back consistently within 20-30 minutes.

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