Burn Baby, Burn!

That gasoline. Precious precious gasoline.

The Alliance of Automoblie Manufacturers, a trade association of 9 car and light truck manufacturers including bmw group, daimler chrysler, ford motor company, general motors, mazda, mitsubishi motors, porsche, toyota and volkswagen, says:

Alliance members are developing and introducing vehicles that run on alternative fuels, as well as hybrid-electric cars, SUVs and pickups that can significantly improve city fuel economy. Automakers are also working on the next generation of lean burn technology, and have committed billions of dollars to bring zero-emission fuel cell vehicles to market as soon as possible.

So they would seem okay with California's new law which would go into effect by 2009 which "The California Air Resources Board estimates they would cut exhaust emissions in cars and light trucks by 25 percent and in larger trucks and SUVs by 18 percent. (From the AP)

But no.

From the AP article: Automobile manufacturers sued Tuesday to block the world's toughest vehicle emissions standards, adopted by California regulators in September to cut greenhouse gases.

So I guess that the Automobile manufacturers aren't so keen in producing lower emissions cars after all. They're just all talk and no show. All more like all profit and little environmental concern.

Ahh, the decline of customer service

Was it ever really good at all though?

But the poor customer service stories continue to irrate me. I prolly shouldn't read them, but with a head like "Passengers Aboard Flight Delayed 18 Hours" with quotes like:

In an ordeal that made some passengers feel like hostages, about 300 people aboard an Amsterdam-to-Seattle flight were delayed for 18 hours on the ground, unable to leave the plane for much of that time, as food and water ran out and the toilets stopped working.

How could I not resist? So what do these passengers after an 28 hour ordeal (flight included) get? Well, they got an apology, which is pretty much mandatory after a hassle like this, even if it came from the Northwest spokeswoman and not the President or CEO of Northwest. They also got "a gift pack that included phone cards and vouchers for a free ticket anywhere Northwest flies in the United States and Canada."

Well, thanks, but if that was me, I don't think I'd ever fly on Northwest again. Heck, I took a Northwest round trip flight once from TF Green to Columbus, Ohio and after the hassle I got I never wanted to fly with them again, and I haven't and never will.

Do you seriously think those people will ever want to fly Northwest again? I think not. The way Northwest should've handle it (well, other then letting the people out of the plane and trying to get someone from customs to that particular airport they were stuck at, or at least landing the plane where it should've been in the first place.): they should've just refunded the passengers' ticket price. All of it. They gave them a ticket anywhere Northwest flys in the US or Canada, so what is a few more bucks and just give them that particular flight for free? And an apology from the President - a letter of apology with a signature from the President of Northwest with a check for the cost of their flight.

You've watched it, you can't unwatch it

Ahh, Futurama. That was one of the best lines from that show.

And it reminds me of the past hour I spent on the (cell) phone with MSN. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about the MSN tech support / help desk people. Yeah, that is multiple. See, I got Verizon DSL last month, which comes with MSN. Verizon states:

1. I am an existing MSN subscriber (dial-up or Internet software user) and currently pay MSN a monthly fee. How do I switch to Verizon Online DSL with MSN, which includes MSN Internet Software at no additional charge? You will need to subscribe to Verizon Online DSL with MSN service. To sign up, please follow the three steps below.

1. Order Verizon Online DSL with MSN from our Web site. Once you place your order, you will receive a self-install kit that includes a Verizon Online DSL with MSN installation CD.
2. Install Verizon Online DSL with MSN using the installation CD. If you would like to keep your existing MSN e-mail account (msn.com or hotmail.com) and identity, when prompted choose "I have an existing MSN e-mail account." Complete the Verizon Online DSL with MSN installation process
3. Stop your MSN bill by calling MSN at (800) 494-2962 and be sure to identify yourself as a new Verizon Online DSL with MSN subscriber. The MSN representative will need to know this so that they can transition your existing MSN e-mail account and identity to your new Verizon Online DSL with MSN account. Remember, your MSN Internet Software service is included at no additional charge with your Verizon Online DSL subscription.

So I did step 1, ordering and getting the kit last month. I then did #2. Simple, no problems. Then I went to to step #3 today and here is the hassle I got:

I called the number, and I got the automated service which asked which option I wanted. Since I wasn't canceling my MSN, just transferring my account from the dial up to the DSL account. That seemed to be what was going to happen according to the Verizon faq (see #3 above). I getting billing service rep and once she found out what I wanted to do, she said I had to be transferred to cancelations to cancel my account.

Whatever. So she transferred me. After 10 minutes on hold, and 15 minutes of my clothes sitting in the dryer, I hung up and went to get my clothes. I got them out of the dryer, hung them up and then called the 1-800 number listed above. This time I asked for cancelations and then the service rep stated she had to transfer me to the DSL switching rep. She gave me the number to call in the event I hung up. It was the same number I had called before. Which seemed to surprise her. So I was on hold for about 30 minutes when Darrin came on the line.

I wanted to ask him if he was married to a witch, but I didn't. He asked me if I had my Verizon DSL account log on and password. What? It didn't state I needed that information. I don't keep a handy log of my log ons and I couldn't remember what it was right off hand - I'd have to search for that info.

I was highly frustated at this point. To wait 30 minutes and then to be asked for info which I wasn't told I would need. Heh. So I find the information, well, guess what it was actually. Then the MSN guy makes me download MSN software - what? I already have the software, all I want to do is switch over my account so it shows up via my DSL and I don't get billed for it.

1 infurating hour later, I hang up the phone with the MSN rep, and I still had to download MSN since he had me uninstall it from my computer. Why he would have me download it when I had it already? Why couldn't he just switch it over? Jebus. What a pain in the arse. While the MSN people were nice, they weren't very helpful. Like the person that smiles at you and sounds so nice while the whole time they are telling you to fuck off? That is the feeling I had the whole time I talked to them.

I just wanted to stop being billed for MSN which I wasn't using, but I wanted to keep my MSN log on in the event I might use it in the future. For now I'm sticking with FireFox. FireFox is the shareware alternative broswer which is awesome. If you're still using Microsoft IE I highly suggest you switch to FireFox. FireFox has many many nifty things that IE doesn't, the best being: many of the viruses that attack IE won't attack FireFox. Next: No pop ups. I've forgotten what a pop up looks like. Just trust me, make the switch to FireFox. Once you have, you'll love it too.

Tie an yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree

Remember that classic song as sung by Tony Orlando and Dawn? Seemed at one time a yellow ribbon would show support for the troops. And to me, it shows support for bringing the troops home. As the song is about a guy getting out of prison asks his girl to tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree:

I'm comin' home, I've done my time
Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine
If you received my letter telling you I'd soon be free
Then you'll know just what to do
If you still want me
If you still want me
Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree
It's been three long years
Do ya still want me?
If I don't see a ribbon round the old oak tree
I'll stay on the bus
Forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree

The Library of Congress has a good article on How the Yellow Ribbon Became a National Folk Symbol. The first documented proven usage of a yellow ribbon was for a returning convict. I can remember singing the cadence in the Army:

Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon
She wore it in the spring time, in the early month of May
And if you asked her why the heck she wore it
She'd say she wore it for her soldier who was far, far away
Far away
Far away

So if I get irrated by those yellow magnetic ribbons I see on the back cars and suvs and pick-ups nowadays here is why: I wear a yellow ribbon to show my support of bringing the troops home, while nowadays it seems most people wear them to show their support of the war in Iraq. And if they tell you they brought it to support the troops, ask them where they buy them: for Wal-Mart doesn't donate any of the procedes to the troops. Buy them at a local VFW to support the troops.

And don't get me started on that "God Bless the USA" red, white and blue sticker. Nothing like a little first admendment love for you. If you'd like to make your own protest ribbon, just go to this website, the Pomo Sideshow, where they'll make any ribbon for you. None of the procedes go to the troops, so buy one at the VFW and then buy one from the Pomo Sideshow to make your voice be heard.

Another year almost over

Only a couple more days and this year will be over. I'd be awaiting the best of 2004 lists, but since I don't have teevee, I'm not catching much of that. So a list of some stuff that has happened to me recently or that I just feel like talking 'bout:

• My sister made some oatmeal raisin cookies which she brought up from Jersey for Christmas. They were so tasty.
  
• The Patriots are 14-2 and have a lock for the 2nd place in the AFC with a bye the first week and then playing at home for their first game.
  
• Idiots on the road Pull over! Don't ride in the passing lane. That far left lane is the passing lane not the travel lane (which is the right lane!).
• I can't believe they canceled Dead Like Me! Showtime = idiots. If you want to take action, go to deadlikemeonline.com. You can get contacts to write snail mail and email, or phone numbers to call.
  

Merry Christmas

To you Christians.

I'm headed down to my Mom's place, about a 1.5 hour drive, to meet up with the rest of the family at 9am and open presents. I want to start driving as soon as possible to beat the holiday rush.

A Day of Doing Nothing

Like the guy in Office Space says, if I had a million dollars, I'd do nothing all day. And his friend says, dude, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing.

So I did nothing all day.

Well, okay, I did some stuff: I wrapped presents, did the Christmas cards, did the dishes, cooked lunch and dinner, took out the recyclables, read my Wired magazine. Oh yeah, took a nap and watched some Simpsons.

A day of doing as little as possible. heh.

Rainy nights and Sundays

It is raining outside. Dec 23rd and we get rain instead of a white Christmas.

Well, at least I'll be able to go down to Mom's this Saturday. I still have to wrap my gifts. Though everyone made out pretty well from me. We had the annual Christmas lunch today at work. And lots people brought in candies, cookies, etc. The VP of operations teased me that both my immediate boss and the 2nd engineer in charge (so to speak) had today off so not much work was going to get done.

He said this after we had just discuss which process to use to create a two stage fuel cell part. ::sigh:: I was keeping an eye on them all week. I stayed 'till 6pm on Tuesday for them and 6:45 pm yesterday for them. And not to mention getting in at 7:30am this morning.

Actually, I was hoping for an easy day, but it wasn't. I prolly did more work then normal. At least it felt that way. It was strange having the other engineers come to me with questions. Well, not all of them, just a couple.

Anyhoo, a nice five day weekend so I don't have to thing 'bout work for a while now.

Almost. . . Almost. . .

Almost the weekend. The Five Day week. weee! And the boss and the principal engineer are both out today. too bad I've a big project that needs attention. heh.

A little responsibility for yourself people

Really. Take responsiblity for yourself, look out for your own well being and don't expect others to do it for you - take care of yourself.

One of the first lessons you think people would learn growing up. But not for some guy who brought a SUV and is now suing its makers for burns he sustained from the heated seats. Normally, one would think, well if you can feel them getting that hot, then turn them off. Well, this guy couldn't feel them getting that hot 'cause he can't feel anything from the neck down. Idiot. If you can't feel anything from the neck down, why have heated seats? Don't even worry about having to ensure they are always turned off: disconnect the things so they don't work!

Only two more days of work before a five day "weekend". heh.

Another day, one more done to the Weekend

And it is a 5 day weekend. woohoo!

Then I work 2 days and get three more off. Ahhh. We get Christmas Eve off. And of course the weekend. Then I took Monday and Tuesday off with my PTO (paid time off) 'cause I knew I'd need some vacation time to relax from the family get together.

Almost time

For Christmas. I've got 95% of my shopping done. I've got two small things to pick up for my Mom at Target later this week (possibly Tuesday when the new Simpsons DVD collection, Season 5, comes out so I can pick that up for myself as I doubt my family will get it for me) and then I'm done. Well, other then the whole wrapping thing.

heh. cool. i just a picture i took on my cell from my cell to my email. now to get a bluetooth thingie for my computer so i can just zap them over that way.

web access on the cell phone

so i finally got web access on my cell phone. and somehow i feel like it is 1996 and i'm dialing up on AOL for the first time. can't visit certain websites, it takes forever to load a 14 kb graphic or tone, very minimalist, like they cater to the lowest common deminator. . .like AOL was in 1996 at least. I don't know if they still are, i haven't used aol since i learned to type in http://www. . .on netscape.

part of me is like, cool, net access on my phone. the half of me is like suck, i don't want to be in aoland again. gah!

They can take their holiday they stole

And shove it straight up their tookus.

According to this Yahoo!News article from the AP wire:

". . .urging Christians to spend their money only with merchants who include the greeting "Merry Christmas" in ads and displays."

I heard about the ruckus that some christians were making about Macy's telling its employees to say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. The article says:

In California, a group called the Committee to Save Merry Christmas is boycotting Macy's and its corporate parent, Federated Department Stores, accusing them of replacing "Merry Christmas" signs with ones wishing shoppers "Season's Greetings" or "Happy Holidays." The organization cites "the recent presidential election showing political correctness is offending millions of Americans."

(Federated, for its part, says that is has no ban on such greetings and that its store divisions can advertise as they see fit and store clerks are free to wish any customer "Merry Christmas." Macy's says its ads commonly use the phrase.)

Jackasses should get their story straight before boycotting a company. Or at least making such a big fuss about it. heh.

I remember working in retail, and during the holidays I would say Happy Holidays and not Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kanwaza, et al. No need to wish a Happy Hanukkah to a christian nor Merry Christmas to a jew or a muslim. Why would they care? So rather then try and guess what religion my customer was, I just used the general Happy Holidays.

Cry at work?

Well, I didn't, but I did come close.

Ya see - my mom called me at work to say a package had arrived in the mail for me from Uncle Larry. My mom's Uncle Larry that is ~ my Grandpa's brother. I asked my mom if she had opened it. No, she replied, would you like me to? And I said sure - I was curious what had come from Uncle Larry.

She said she'd call me back in a few minutes as she had to open it.

So she called back and said it was some books. She read me the titles and they were books on family genealogy and my mom's father's family. She read me his letter, which he talked about his parents and his grandparents, giving me names and birthdays and other information I had been searching for. That almost brought a tear to my eye.

And then she starts reading the part of the letter where Uncle Larry talks about his WWII service. How he was with the 36th Infantry Division, served in Italy and then the invasion of southern France. He got injured and returned to the US, was discharged with a medical disablity.

Crazy people!

Ohmygawd. Articles like the following remind me why I don't watch TeeVee anymore. Lots of crazy people out there and sometimes ignorance is bliss.

Like this crazy woman who "started to drive away, but suddenly made a U-turn, ran over a median and struck Grayer and Justin Marshman (two teenager boys) before knocking over a light pole." Why might she do this you ask? Well they "were bouncing a golf ball in a shopping center parking lot when it went astray and struck the SUV. . . Authorities said no damage was done and the boys apologized and began to walk away." That is when she hit them with her SUV. Crazy lady.

Or this crazy guy who "plowed into a motorcyclist Tuesday night and kept going, even as the screaming man rolled onto the hood of the car."

Idiots. If you want to pull stunts like that, you play Grand Theft Auto! Seesh.

Letters of Complaint

So my mom has been writing letters of compliant recently. One to Honda for her dissatisfication with one of their dealers and another to her bank for them charging her fees she shouldn't be paying. She asked me if I thought her writing letters was too much, I said no - for how else are the people in charge going to find out what their customers think of their service and or product.

So as you can see, I'm in a tizzy about Cingular and my new Motorola V551 phone. I tried calling Cingular's customer service number and all I got was an automated voice system telling me that customer service is only open Monday though Friday 7am to 9pm and Saturday from 9am to 6pm. Nice.

So I wrote the CEO of Cingular at:
Headquarters
Cingular Wireless
ATTN: Stan Sigman
Glenridge Highlands Two
5565 Glenridge Connector
Atlanta, GA 30342

We'll see what his response is, if any.

Cingular services and old school phones

I used to have an old school phone. One of those Nokias with the green and black screen, ya know, ancient brick like phone. But it was my phone: I had customized the shell with a purple / green change color shell and had put in glow in the dark green number pad, which had worn away so you couldn't read the keypad at all.

I've had Cingular for close to 4 years now, I've been quite happy with their service: only a few dropped calls and usually pretty good service. Now they've merged with AT&T wireless and have even a bigger zone. Cool.

So i decided to upgrade my cell phone and stay with Cingular since I like their service. So I got a neat little Motorola V551 camera phone, which I made sure was internet capable.

Little did I know that it had no games on it, just one promo game which only allows you to play for like 30 seconds. And the selection of ring tones on the phone is crap - very very very little. My old school Nokia came with 3 games and more ring tones then this new flashy phone. So if this is Motorola or Cingular's (or both's) fault, I do not know. I don't really care. I just think it is crappy for Cingular to sell these phones and then charge you extra to go to their website to download games, ringtones, etc for your new phone which should have them all there.

Then I tried to order web access for my phone. The website told me it should be added in three days. Now 5 days later and I still don't have it? WTF? And when I go online to their site, I have to call their customer service as they don't give me the option of emailing them on their "customer service" section of their website? seesh. At least AT&T customers can email them.

Now I prolly have to deal with an automated service line, and then wait on hold for like ever to get to a customer service rep - and big question, it is Sunday, will they have service today? And their hours? Best to have an email option guys, that way if I don't want to deal with that crap I don't have to - as a paying customer you understand. seesh.

I'll let you know how my call to Cingular goes. Sounds like I'm going to be writing a letter to them also. If I can find a snail mail addy online. So far their website doesn't have one.

Knowing is half the battle

Staying away from shopping areas during the christmas rush is the other half.

Man, just going to see a movie, and having to drive even a little bit on the craziness that is Route 2 (in Warwick), gah! Idiots out in force today. And lots of them.

The movie, Blade III, was okay. Lots of pretty fight scenes and good one liners, but not much else. The dinner was sushi, which was yummy. At the new place, Seven Sons, on Route 1. The place looked packed from the outside, all the parking was taken (almost), and a bus was parked out front also. Walked in to a crowd waiting for tables. I asked how long of a wait, and the hostess asked how many? I said two and we were immediately whisked away to the back with all the two-fer tables. Service was a bit slow - in fact, the head waiter guy walked by to see how everyone was doing and realized that we hadn't even got any water, much less seen a waiter - so he quickly got us some ice water and asked us what we wanted to drink and any appetizers. The meal was great, the sushi melted in my mouth, as did the ginger ice cream afterwards.

Tomorrow is the Pats vs the Bungles (lets hope!) and the Sunday morning routine.

This was fun:

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Rub against this

Do ya remember that big thing down in 'Bama where that (activist!) Judge had a huge stone sculpture of the 10 commandants created and brought into "his" courthouse? Well, that same stone sculpture is on tour in Texas.

Man, I wished I lived in Texas or that the sculpture would come here. I'd go see it and rub myself all over it so vulgarly that the religious freaks that had come to see it would have a heart attack. heee!

Just another day . . .

Cleaning.

I don't know why, but getting things organized, in their rightful spot, seems to get my well being in order. Call it my Virgo nature. Call it feng sui. Call it what you will, but cleaning helps me feel better.

'Specially cleaning the kitchen. I love doing the dishes. My hands in the warm bubbly water. Or cleaning off the stove. Or cleaning out the fridge.

Just setting things right, ya know? Everything in its spot, and a spot for everything. I'm quite the same way at work. You should see my Outlook Inbox: I've got it so organized, folders in folders, that I could find an email from a month ago from a certain customer about a certain part. Yeah, I know there is a search engine thingie so I can just type in some keyword and find that email. But to me, organized makes it easier for me.

Disappeared into the Ether

I had a post already to go the other day, and when I hit publish post the little "busy" page came up as usual but then I got an internal server error so that post was lost into the void.

oh well.

I didn't talk about anything too important. How the Broncos had made the spread so I won this week on my card. I talked a bit 'bout my new motorola V551 camera phone. all that fun stuff.

Patriots: So many records

I just give them a hug.

If I'd actually ever meet any of the Patriots, then I'd just do that: give them a hug. And tell them thanks. Thanks for making me feel good about being a Patriots fan. Thanks for the two Super Bowl wins. Thanks for the 11 and 1 season (thus far). Thanks for the 21 wins in a row (including playoffs) and the 19 in a row for regular season, breaking and setting new records. And mostly: thanks for giving me hope. To know that when the team is 21 and 10 against the opponent, that you won't blow the lead and when you're down 10 to 21 that you'll find a way to come back and win.

Basically, thanks for playing like a team, and being more concerned about winning then who has the biggest contract, who is getting the most touches, and all those other quibbles that seem to keep other teams off track. Thanks for the great season!

Gimme Cable Internet!

So as you've read previously, I would love to have cable internet. Problem is, the local cable company (or should I say local cable monopoly) has this thing for getting all the loot out of its "customers" possible. So they don't only charge you $50 a month for the cable, but require that you be a cable subscriber also. So make that $100 a month for both cable internet and teevee service.

But I don't want cable for my non-existent teevee. And I'm not getting a teevee anytime soon.

So my question to the cable company is why do I have to subscribe to your cable teevee service? I know there is already a cable line to my apartment, I could show you the plug for it in the living room. But, no, you have to try and get as much profit out of the consumer as possible.

Well, fuck you. I hope the Supreme Court rules that you have to share your cable lines with other cable internet providers who won't try and screw the consumer over. A recent article states:

Justices will hear two cases challenging a lower ruling forcing cable companies to share their lines.

Well, the cable companies have the backing of a trade association, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, who say:

"Any type of government regulation to require cable operators to form partnerships would only deter investment, innovation and competition," said spokesman Brian Dietz.

The only way it is going to deter investment is 'cause the cable companies won't be able to monetarily rape the consumer any more with the addition of competition against their monopoly; therefore, the cable companies profits will drop as they will have to change their billing practices to stay competitive.

Ahhh, the good ole U. S. of A

So I guess the USA is okay with torture with a headline like this "U.S. Can Use Evidence Gained by Torture" That article as so many scary quotes:

... the U.S. military panels reviewing the detention of 550 foreigners as enemy combatants at the U.S. naval base in Cuba are allowed to use [torture], Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Brian Boyle acknowledged at a U.S. District Court hearing Thursday.

So now it is okay to torture our prisoners. Umm. Wonder if that PFC England and the other MPs who were / are being tried for torturing the prisoners in Iraq will be let go now.

Attorneys for the prisoners argued that some were held solely on evidence gained by torture, which they said violated fundamental fairness and U.S. due process standards. But Boyle argued in a similar hearing Wednesday that the detainees "have no constitutional rights enforceable in this court."

So I guess a right to not be tortured isn't a fundamental human right protected by international law then, eh?

Boyle said torture was against U.S. policy and any allegations of it would be "forwarded through command channels for military discipline." He added, "I don't think anything remotely like torture has occurred at Guantanamo" but noted that some U.S. soldiers there had been disciplined for misconduct, including a female interrogator who removed her blouse during questioning.

Umm. How can torture considered against U.S. Policy but yet this guy will take evidence gained through torture? If you condone evidence gain though torture, to me that is putting the stamp of approval on torture. So to come out and say torture is against US Policy? We had a saying for that in the service, CYA. Cover Your Ass. And that is what the US Government is doing.

Where did the week go?

Ya know, last week this time, I had just gotten home from eating Thanksgiving day dinner at my brother's in-laws. This week, I have to go to work tomorrow. Just like any other week.

But somehow, this week seemed to go by so much faster then last week. I think it might be due to the fact that starting last Monday, all I could think about was the 4 day weekend. This week was work work work. Get to work, and non stop 'till 5pm. More like 5:15pm when I realize that 5pm has come and gone. Time to leave to come in again tomorrow and pick up where I left off. So the days go by faster when I didn't focus on the weekend, on the next thing to come. But then again, occassionally this week, I've thought of a few things I'll be getting this weekend, so to speak. And I'll smile, but 10 seconds later, it's back to work work work.

Time flys when you're having fun. heh.