Pile of Crap N° 33
By: SmrtySsa
on Saturday, March 25th 2006 at 5:05pm
She's got something special about her and I can never quite put my finger on it.
When she walks by I get a feeling of suspense, as if I expect her to turn to me and say “hi†or perhaps just smile. I see her every day, and I look at her hoping she won't see me. For if I were caught I wouldn't know how to react. Perhaps she'll take it the wrong way or perhaps I'll stumble and fall onto the subway tracks.
It's likely best for all of us to just leave it the way it is and let me gawk and let her be on her merry way.
But what happens if, just if one day she looks at me and says that ever elusive “hi!†Will I freeze, die, react wrong? That's entirely likely. A combination of those very elements could be the end.
I saw one today, and I smiled. She smirked back almost as if she was asking herself “wtf?†meanwhile I was thinking “ftw!†but hey, things are never as they seem.
In the future, two weeks, my work will be “merging†with another portion of our already existing massive global conglomerate. We will effectively double our workforce and double our client load, although it's not officially a “merge†if you know what I mean. We're still two separate companies. But what I do know is that we will also be doubling, or maybe even tripling my current available eye candy. Yes, oh yes, yes.
For most people this merger... I mean, move, has left a cloud of fear, uncertainty and doubt. Not for me though. In all honesty, I've not been worried one bit since the first crack of news of the potential “move.†Many people have left with just sheer fear in their eyes. But hey, that's their choice.
The only bad thing is it kind of looks bad for clients when a large portion of your company suddenly flees when all we're doing is “moving.â€
Ah well, It's all part of the ever fun and ever exciting corporate infrastructure that drives all of north American and Europe into the depths of hell that we're all in.
Speaking of hell, I was having a drink today at the bar in Union Station and I overheard a guy drinking Budwiser explain to his buddy how bad Labatt Blue was. Personally Labatt has never given me anything, and since I don't bother barging in to other peoples conversations (some people should take lessons on this from me) I refrained from letting him know that Blue is a pilsner, unlike the unrine he was drinking. But hey, that's just my opinion. I finished my Rickard's Red and found my train.
On the train VIA is rolling out this Wireless internet service. It's not really VIA, but it is wireless. It's provided by some company called Opti-Fi Networks out of the USA and it's not really available on all train cars yet.
Me, being the nosey bastard I am, decided to play around and see if I can get free access. No, I didn't, and I didn't break any laws either. However, I did find out that this provider of the service provides service to hundreds of other locations. And you know what? If you can login to one location you can login to any.
So I furthered my research and I found out that, while VIA charges $46/mo for unlimited service or $3.99 for 15 minute blocks, or $8.95 for a 24 hour period – other places who provide the service charge as low as 10 cents per minute on the low end package, and as low as $21/mo for unlimited service. Can you say VIA Scam? I sure can.
I'm thinking of signing up for one of the other resellers and using that account just for kicks. We'll see though.
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Quigley Wrote...
Wednesday, March 29th 2006 at 7:08am
You clever bastard! :)
I did not know that Blue was a pilsner. Now that I do know, it does me little good, not knowing what a pilsner is. Even if I did, would it matter? In recent conversation at the Snooty with some dudes who had been running their own sort of microbrewery for some time, I learned that the differences between types of beer often have a negligible effect on taste. The two confirmed what I've been noticing over time, which is that there are ales that taste like lagers and lagers that taste like ales, and everything else beyond and betwixt. They said that, with all their experience both brewing and as appreciators of a wide and varied selection of beers, they often had difficulty telling what type they were drinking sheerly by the taste, and that really that made sense, since the different types of beers are generally categorized by breweing temperature ranges or chemical conditions of some kind, and thus take very much a back seat in the taste world to the ingredients themselves. Case in point, Dictionary.com defines "pilsner" as "a light, golden lager with a strong flavour of hops." Given my leanings in the beer world then it would follow from that description that I would sheerly enjoy a pilsner. But Blue, to me, may as well be camel spit.
"Ftw!"
Personally I think, instead of stumbling, you should push HER onto the subway tracks. At least that would get her attention. ;)