Crusty Orange

...Because I got stuff to complain about...

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Interviewing

Yesterday’s Dilbert strip summed up the interviewing process pretty well (at least how it is in the current job market)!

06.Nov.08 General Comments (0)

Banfield - The Pet Hospital Run By Con Artists!

I don’t know how many of you have has the displeasure of taking your pet to Banfield - The Pet Hospital. You know the place, its the veterinary hospital located oh so conveniently inside PetSmart. Why they haven’t been shut down by a class action lawsuit is beyond me. Someone needs to sue these bastards!! Here’s my view on them.,
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28.Jan.08 General Comments (8)

Sorry for the downtime, switched servers etc.

Sorry for the downtime, Crusty Orange changed ownership the past few days, as well as switching servers. I should post a rant about Yahoo Domains, and how fricken useless they are as a domain registrar, but I have other things to rant about first!

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27.Jan.08 General Comments (0)

Monogamy and a Walmart Wedding

According to The New York Times, marriage rates in the United States are at their lowest point ever, with less than 50 percent of American adults choosing to tie the knot. While Bible-thumping Wonder Bread fans across the Midwest pray to Jesus for an end to this alarming trend, I personally applaud it. Marriage is an archaic, outdated institution designed to torture the spirits of men everywhere. A lifelong, committed marriage is like Robin Williams’ career. Sure, it was kind of fun in the beginning, but after thirty years of the same old shtick you just want to lie down in a ditch and die.

Every day at work, I see the same married couples dining in awkward silence, looking about as lively and enthusiastic as Terry Schiavo in her final week. They’re like the zombies in a George Romero movie; sluggish, vapid and slowly rotting from the inside out. If I ever wake up naked next to a seventy-five year old woman (again), I’ll hit the liquor cabinet so hard they’ll have to wring my liver out like a sponge. After all, everyone already has a lifelong sexual partner…its got five fingers and doesn’t guilt-trip you if you go a little early.

Since I first learned about sex ten years ago in that Kids R’ Us dressing room (I was seven years old, you bastard!) I’ve come to appreciate what a spontaneous, liberating rush it can be. The constant search for new and interesting sexual partners is one of the most natural human activities. After all, we’re only a few generations removed from the apes. Monogamy is an unrealistic expectation for a species descended from furry shit-throwers (no offense to Robin Williams.)

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08.Oct.07 General Comments (0)

Why shopping has become too much effort.

In today’s world, when you want to shop, you better have more then your car key’s and wallet or purse. Big corporate chains now want you to make sure you are carrying their “cards” when you walk out the door to your local supermarket or department store.

I am officially convinced it is impossible to buy anything without being asked “do you have your “so-and-so” rewards card today? What is this garbage? First, I have to give them another card that does absolutely nothing, except mark down prices that should already be marked down, and then take out another card to actually pay for it? Is it just me, or does this sounding a little silly yet?

Today, Sunday, I went to go run some errands and pick up some common food items for the game as well as a new razor blade (not for the game). I thought to myself, two quick stops and I should be home before kickoff (which was in 30 minutes) and the stores were no more then a mile away from my house. Apparently, I had absolutely no idea how incredibly wrong I would be.

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