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I’m giving it a 10 out 10 on my completely imaginary and arbitrary scale of video game awesomeness.  The controls are easy to master, the puzzles aren’t overly difficult to solve and the arsenal you have available makes me cry tears of joy.  You know a game is good when it leaves a lasting impression on you.  For example, if I ever hear a chainsaw in the distance again, I will probably drop to the ground, curl up in a little ball and weep uncontrollably.  It’s that good.

Second movie: Meh.

Third movie: WTF? How many different guys is Keira Knightley going to kiss?

They really went out of their way to kill this franchise. (And yes, I only just got around to seeing the movie.)

Let me digress for a moment by saying that Handy Manny makes everything look easy.  I mean, for him everything is easy and I hate him for it.  Seriously, an elevator breaks down, apparently due to one solitary faulty fuse, as if elevators are no more complicated machines than a wheelbarrow.  Manny gets stuck in the elevator so how does he get the fuse?  His freakin’ tools run to Kelly’s hardware store for him.  Does Kelly have an obscure fuse to an elevator?  Apparently, yes.  Why wouldn’t she?  A simple storefront in a small-town has anything this guy could want, but I doubt Home Depot carries elevator parts.

Anyway, so we flip the couch and there are two cross beams that just came loose.  No problem.  I can wedge them back in there, screw them back to the frame and I don’t even need a talking hammer to get it done (though it would be nice).  We tried to wedge them back, but they wouldn’t budge, since much of the wood is bowed.  So I decide to get some more stuff together and try the next day.  So last night, I get the couch flipped again and I push and tug and get that wood back to where it goes.  And then the beam splits.

At this point, I’m not so happy, so I rip both beams out of the couch.  Luckily, Erica had saved a 70″ 2×4 that I used to create new beams.  I even needed both of them to be 34.5″ so it was a close to perfect as possible.  My wife is so smart!  Anyway, to make an already long story a bit shorter, the couch is now sturdy and supportive, albeit a little less comfortable than when it was newly purchased.  I should have taken some pictures so I could share my experience, but I was too busy cursing Ashley Furniture to think to do that.

“I’m getting a flash!”

“Animal? Vegetable? Mineral? or Unknown?”

Awesome.

1. Jack-in-the-Box drive-thrus who make you pull around before you get your food.
You’re not fooling anyone.  I know you’re trying to put up some artificial drive-thru stats. What would you do if my response to the “Can you pull around?” query was “No, I won’t.”  I’m guessing you’d give me some tacos with some extra saliva.

2. Alltel Chad ads.
Yeah, I get it Alltel.  You think every other cell phone provider is a Dungeon’s & Dragons geek.  That’s great.  But guess what?  You’re hardly a company anymore since Verizon bought you.  So stop advertising and put some energy into getting the freakin’ iPhone.

3. Limited Flash support on the Wii
Really? I think the first thing I’d have said when developing the browser for the Wii would be “I’ll bet people are gonna want to watch Hulu on this thing.”  And I get the whole “Flash SDK not being available for non-computer browsers” thing, but really, Opera and/or Nintendo couldn’t persuade Adobe to release a modified SDK for them?  They’re freakin’ NINTENDO.  The largest software entertainment company EVER.  I’m thinking they didn’t even try.  Which brings me to my next complaint…

4. Limited Flash support for the iPhone
I don’t even own an iPhone and this problem irks me. *shakes fist at Apple*

5. When Twitter loses my tweets
I realize Twitter is a free service.  But it’s awesome.  And I demand perfection from my free, awesome web services.

To make this post less boring for most of you, I’ll try to get some pictures of the enhancements later since I didn’t think to snap any.

Google Image Search… you have failed me for the last time.

Thanks, Dockers.  You’re a true pal.  In case I haven’t told you lately.  Thanks for the support.

1. No iPhone on Verizon.
The rest of the world recognizes “teh suckage” that is AT&T.  Why can’t Apple?

2. Microsoft.
When everyone else in the world is criticizing your crappy products, it’s time to stop thinking that it’s everyone else who has the problem.

3. Contaminated fruits/vegetables/peanuts.
Dear Tomato Growers,
I love your product. Please stop dragging them through horse manure.
Thank you.
Regards,
Erik.

4. Jack-in-the-Box Restaurants who don’t sell 3 tacos for $1.
The rest of you need to stop the madness and get with the program.  This ulcer won’t rip itself open.

5. Under-documented aspects of .NET
You know who you are.

Ummm, no.  The RSS icon does not mean wireless people! Come on!