Moar apps?
Verizon is finally getting a Google Phone, as I call it, and I’m pretty excited by that.
Reviewers have been reviewing and one thing that seems to come up is that the iPhone’s app store has So Many Apps!!! and the app store available for Verizon’s new phone doesn’t have that many apps.
Considering that so many of the apps available for the iPhone are programs that make fart noises and other nonsense, I’m surprised to see people quoting the raw number of apps like it’s a big deal. Who cares if there are a lot of apps, if they aren’t useful?
Surviving a zombiepocalypse: Flashlight
I was trying to watch 28 Days Later last night and I couldn’t: I’d played too many zombie/monster survival video games for it to be believable. Dude goes into a dark church armed with a bag of fucking Pepsi? Come on.
I haven’t thought through the particulars, yet, but I know there’s one thing I would acquire as soon as possible in the event of a zombiepocalypse: a flashlight. What type of flashlight is another question all together. Part of me thinks one of those wind-up flashlights would be good so there’s no need for batteries. Then again, a giant Maglite would be super sexy, especially considering it could double as a weapon. Granted, you don’t want a zombie (et al.) close enough to you that a Maglite would be necessary… but shit happens during zombiepocalypse, right? Right.
Once you have acquired said flashlight of your choosing, never go anywhere dark ever. Ever.
Voters hold VA Gov. accountable because they're mad at the Prez because of Congress' incompetence/naked greed
Well… here’s the link - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/30/virginia-governor-election-barack-obama
It’s tragic that we have conflated the different levels and branches of politics and government to the point that we actually think it’s reasonable to elect a State Executive Branch official based on frustration with the National Executive Branch’s performance on things that are decidedly the job of the National Legislative Branch. News agencies report on it; we take it in like it makes perfect sense.
Choice quote of this article about the Virginia’s guber-election:“[The Prez’s] healthcare plan is a disaster. He doesn’t know how to deal with the rest of the world.” And that’s why this woman is going to vote for “The Other Guy” to run the Executive Branch of Virginia. For the record: Congress writes legislation, not the Prez (nor the Gov of any state); the rest of the world loves the Prez.
In some ways I prefer overt racism to lingering-beneath-the-surface racism. It’s kind of like having a disease that shows symptoms and a disease that doesn’t: if they’re both harmful, you probably want to know it’s there. Then again, a friend of mine once noted that there’s something nice about not being called nigger to your face, which is hard to argue against.
