128 Beats Per Minute

If you are talking loudly on your cellphone (on speaker phone no less) in Subway, you should not be allowed to obnoxiously complain about noise when the manager and a fellow employee are having a bit of fun and joking loudly.

I swear, for all the complaining people do about the lack of good customer service these days, I would say the lack of good customers is a lot worse.

On the train back from the Pearl Jam concert at MSG (woooo!), I had the pleasure of overhearing a very loud conversation between two long lost friends, a male and female, maybe early to mid-20s. Actually it wasn’t so much a conversation as it was the guy trying his damnedest to impress her with how he’s spent his time since he last saw her. Bless her heart for being so patient and polite with him.

Guy: The funny thing is I used to be, like, the quintessential jock in high school, but now I play guitar.
Girl: Oh, cool.
Guy: Yeah, I realized I was really good at air guitar so I decided to try the real thing.

Guy: I’ve been listening to these history books on my iPod from like the University of Michigan.

Girl: I can never really sleep on the train.
Guy: Me neither. I get up really early in the morning, and as soon as I get out of bed I’m like “All right, let’s go! I’m ready to go!” I get on the train and listen to my history books. I’ve learned a lot!

Guy: Now I listen to all my books on my iPod. The first one I got was Stephen Colbert’s book about America. That shit is hilarious. I recommended it to all my friends. All my friends on Facebook. And all my roommates on Facebook.

A few school chums and I write another blog where we post an idea a day. It keeps us sharp. Or it just shows the world how dumb we are.

http://ihaveanidear.blogspot.com/

Mercer Consulting released their annual list of the world’s best cities to live. I have visited five of the top 10 two years ago while in Europe. Technically I have been to six of those cities, but I was only in airport at Frankfurt so it doesn’t count.

The Top 10:
1. Zurich, Switzerland
2 (tie). Vienna, Austria
2 (tie). Geneva, Switzerland
4. Vancouver, Canada
5. Auckland, New Zealand
6. Dusseldorf, Germany
7 (tie). Munich, Germany
7 (tie). Frankfurt, Germany*
9. Bern, Switzerland
10. Sydney, Australia

Some people build model cars. Others restore old cars. Does anyone ever restore old, model cars?

“Baby Hold On” is a better Eddie Money song than “Take Me Home Tonight.” More people need to realize this.

That is all. Thank you.

…and Yahoo! Sports usually has the worst.

(Woo! Go Pens!)

And speaking of puns…

I’m having a hard time deciding if I want the shirt that says “Irked neighbor saws off left half of tree” or “Tree halved to satisfy irked neighbor.”

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A morbid ad, with increased morbidness given its placement.