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20080522 Thursday May 22, 2008
TV Filler == TiVo FF Workout Entertainment

TiVoIt's finale season for reality shows, so that means tons of filler, and time to give your TiVo's fast forward a workout.  Who knew it took two hours to read one name off of a card?

Watching these shows really make me love my TiVo even more.  The joy of fast forwarding through commercials is nothing compared to the joy of fast forwarding over the Jonas Bothers or some enless montage o' crap.

Sadly, filler is not limited to reality shows.  Sports is now loaded with filler.  If the game "starts" at 7pm, that means I tune in at 7:45, skip the 15 minutes of pregame hype, and then gradually catch up as I skip the commercials, halftime (more hype) and other fluff.  If it's a hockey game, then I get to skip both intermissions!

The events with the most filler, however, are the big horse races.  They are nothing but hours of pure filler, followed by two minutes of actually racing, followed by another hour of follow-up filler and pictures of rich ladies in big hats.


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20070201 Thursday February 01, 2007
Wastes Of Money Humor

People waste money.

I'm not talking about spending money on frivolous things or simply paying too much.  I'm talking about spending money on things that they think they need, but really don't.  Here is my list of things that people should never spend money on:

  • Weed Mats - They don't work and make things worse.

  • Extended Warranties - Just donate the money to charity.  The karma will protect you better.

  • Sci Fi Channel Movies - Mansquito, Sasquatch, and a host of snake movies.

  • Microsoft Office - Open Office or Star Office, baby.

  • Paris Hilton - People actually pay for her to appear at events.  I'll pay to have her stay under a rock for a year.

  • Windows Vista "Speech Recognition" - Are you kidding me?  Read the slashdot comments for some funny stuff.  Reminds me of an old Dilbert cartoon where Wally yells "DELETE ALL FILES" at Dilbert's new computer.
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