Everybody knows (or should know) what a workaholic is. In short, a person who cannot seem to do anything besides work.
Now, that might seem interesting and you may admire those persons for their dedication, but rest assured, there is nothing to admire here. A person that is obsessed with its work or is always feeling [...]
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1 Mar 10
Workaholics
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Tagged american, attitude, culture, irrationalities, lifestyle, local habits, rant, work, workaholic
10 Feb 10
The American Dream: A Ponzi Scheme That Works
Here is an interesting article I’ve recently came across:
Going to America: A Ponzi scheme that works
The article makes the interesting claim that coming to America, and by extension following the American Dream, is a Ponzi scheme that actually works. It also goes through a couple of stories that are supposed to be inspiring. They are [...]
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Tagged american, american dream, americans, attitude, culture, dream, local habits, politically correct, US
9 Feb 10
On Human Stupidity
This post is not going to be easy to digest so if you don’t want to ruin your day please don’t read it.
The topic is human stupidity and how people can be easily manipulated to do whatever you need them to. The lame part is that usually this is masked under some charity work that [...]
8 Feb 10
Fantastic Mr. Fox
First, watch the trailer here: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2620588569/
Now that you saw the trailer, couple of questions:
How can your life be fantastic if your neighbors are not fantastic? I mean, something being fantastic basically means that it is perfect. If something disturbs this, it’s not fantastic.
Another thing, if Mr. Fox’s life is fantastic, why do they feel the [...]
1 Feb 10
Taboo – American Health System
Introduction here: http://theromaniandream.com/blog/2009/07/17/taboo/
Today’s topic: American Health System
To put it short the system is as crappy as it seems viewed from outside the US. Even crappier.
Health care is a business in the US. It’s not about the patient anymore. It’s about the profits of the Health Care “Provider”. Anything and everything will be done to save [...]
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28 Jan 10
Shallowness
Here is the ultimate expression of shallowness:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Shore_%28TV_series%29
Enjoy
http://www.mtv.com/videos/jersey-shore-ep-4-fade-to-black/1627937/playlist.jhtml
Who would want to watch this dumbed down version of Big Brother? And Big Brother was a dumb show to start with. 3 f’n million viewers per episode.
26 Jan 10
Change of address
When you’re moving you get a new address. Here in the US there are a couple of places which need to know your new address. Here is a list of them, to serve as my external memory when/if we’ll move again:
the Bank(s) – where you keep your money
your Employer(s)
Postal Service – set up mail forwarding [...]
25 Jan 10
Park it like a car
Today’s “praises” go to one of my lovely neighbors who although has a motorcycle, chooses to park in a car spot. He also chooses to park it badly too. Every time you pull in in the spot near his precious bike you’re afraid that you’ll knock it down. To add insult to injury his bike [...]
24 Jan 10
Taboo – US as the most beautiful country in the World
Introduction here: http://theromaniandream.com/blog/2009/07/17/taboo/
Today’s topic: US as the most beautiful country in the World
Here in the US everybody likes to think in absolute term. Something is either the BEST or the WORST thing. Same applies when we’re talking about geography. And when you apply the absolute thinking terms to the way people here think about their country’s geography [...]
20 Jan 10
Deadliest Warrior
Lately I’ve been watching The Deadliest Warrior on spike.com. The show is kind of interesting and reminds me about another show I used to watch: Battle of the Beasts.
Basic idea is to answer a question like: between a pirate and a ninja who would win a fight? Now, the creators of the show cannot simply [...]
7 Jan 10
On New Year’s Resolutions
I ranted before about New Year’s Resolutions and how lame it seems to me to set some goal at this point in time each year just because everybody else is doing it. Also it’s well known that most of those goal will go down the drain very fast so…
Today’s annoyance is related to one of [...]
5 Jan 10
‘Experts’
I like people who know what they are talking about. People who can teach you a thing or two if you have the time and can read between the lines.
On the other hand, I don’t like people who can do one thing right in their area of expertise and think that this entitles them to [...]
28 Dec 09
Avatar
So I finally saw Avatar.
Seeing the movie started as an idea somewhere the previous week. We went to the cinema to find out that all the shows were sold out. Crap. With our lesson learned, the second time we bought the tickets online. We went to the cinema 1 hour before the movie started to [...]
22 Dec 09
The Wait
There were some times when The_Wait used to by the drive label for the E drive for my desktop computer. This was derived from a Metallica song (actually a cover) that you can listen to here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8t2dJZRRW0
This is not about either of these. It’s about an actual wait in line at Best Buy. So it’s [...]
18 Dec 09
Do you know what “to google” means?
Once again, a wonderful story about human interaction, this time with someone in the leasing office of the apartment complex I live in.
Couple of days ago, I got a bill [water and sewer] and after a short decision making process I ‘decided’ I should pay it. Easier said than done. I had, of course the [...]
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