Guilty as charged…

[Stuff White People Like - #95 Rugby]

I’m heading to the MBA Rugby World Championships at Duke tomorrow, because that’s what we white folk do.

No, not this one, although it is pretty sweet.

Yes, this one.

And with that, I depart for the Eastern Bloc.

Good luck translating that one. I’m off to the Russian Federation in 72 hours. I’ll send you a postcard. Nyet.

Did Chris Columbus slam on the breaks, haul anchor, when the iceberg popped out of the Atlantic?

No. He discovered America… shortly thereafter.

[Clark And Michael]

As if you needed more proof…

… That’s right, my armiger … I give you Don Felipe el Magnifico …

As much as I’m going to hate hearing “World Champion New York Giants” and “Superbowl MVP Eli Manning” for the next year, I think it’s better than having to hear “The Greatest Team of All Time” for the rest of eternity. There’s some consolation for Pats fans however: in Nicaragua, they’re the greatest team of all time…

New York Post

I’ve consulted the judges…

… and after much consideration, I’ll be rooting AGAINST the Giants. In no way do I condone rooting FOR the Pats. As much as those smug sports fans in Boston drive me crazy, nothing would be worse than seeing Eli winning the trophy.

That being said, Philadelphia can claim one minor championship… best mascot in sports.

This could not be better illustrated than in the following clip featuring Ukee Washington, cousin to Denzel, getting served by the Phanatic… then getting his ass slapped.

I may only have 4 months of business school education and 6 years of work experience, but something about this scenario just seems to scream “ridiculously poor business practice”:

Jan 12th: Lose cell phone in the city by the bay-ay-AY-ay. (After the lights… went down… in the cit-ay)

Jan 14th: Stroll into AT&T Wireless store, drop $200 on a “smart” phone. UPGRADE service to include unlimited data usage. In addition to the $49.99 per month I was being charged for voice services, I’m now going to pay another $29.99 for data services. Does my original voice service stay the same? To quote Joey Tribiani, Supposably….

Jan 21st: After numerous SMS messages over the course of a week are lost in the ether, wait on hold for 40 minutes to speak to a service representative while being assured roughly 90 times that my call is important. When I finally speak to a representative, I’m informed that text messaging is not part of my current plan.

“You’re not signed up for a messaging plan.” Of course not! Why would I be? All I did was give you more money to upgrade! I didn’t explicitly say “don’t take away my text messaging”! Why would text messaging be standard these days anyway? Who doesn’t know that when you add unlimited websurfing, it’s standard practice to turn off text messaging… on a SMART PHONE NO LESS? What kind of fool am I?!?

Well, I’ll tell you what kind of fool - the kind of fool that just upgraded again. “Sure, AT&T, here’s another $10 a month for text messaging. Let me know how I can be of further service for the next two years while I’m stuck in another terrible one-sided contract. By the way, I’m only using one kidney.”

And technology marches on!