Likes n' Gripes

Top 5 Superbowl Ads for 2009 (Personal Picks)

It’s that time of the year again – Superbowl 43 has decided its winner and people are voting on their favorite (or least favorite) Superbowl commercials. While I thought that most of them were unappealing or just outright stupid, there were a handful that turned out to be pretty enetertaining.

With that I give you my personal top 5 picks.

Busy People Turning To Online Degrees To Further Education

In our busy lives, time is becoming more and more a precious resource. After juggling work, marital responsibilities, managing a home, kid’s activities and hobbies or interests, there is little time left in each day.

So if you are looking to further your education and obtain some kind of college degree, what is the best way to fit that into a busy schedule? The answer is online degrees.

Bravo TV Sucks!

If you are looking to watch a good movie on commercial-driven television, avoid Bravo unless you want to see just about equal time of commercials as you are viewing the movie itself. Watching a recent airing of the 1995 film “Heat” starring Robert DeNiro and Al Pachino, I literally watched 6 minutes of film compared to 5 minutes of commercials. Add to my negative experience the fact the majority of commercials were for their own shows and were shown over and over and over again.

Don’t Like Property Taxes? Pay Them In Coins

If you are like me and absolutely despise real estate property taxes, why not protest by paying them with coins? That is what one Floyd County man did when he had to pay over $21,000 in property taxes. He paid it with coins – Susan B. Anthony dollar coins to be exact. Frank Alford, who [...]

Boycotting Chrysler and General Motors

The federal government announced Friday that it will help Detroit’s ailing automakers survive at least another few months by offering $17.4 billion in rescue loans in exchange for concessions from carmakers and their workers. $9.4 billion is allocated for General Motors and $4 billion for Chrysler. An additional $4 billion will be made available to [...]

C’Mon Netflix – Increase Your Inventory Already!

I am a long time Netflix subscriber and consider myself to be a brand evangelist (just see the post prior to this one). However I am having an increasingly difficult time convincing my wife to keep our Netflix account open as opposed to switching to RedBox. She argues that RedBox is much more conveinent and [...]

Blockbuster Launches New Set-Top Box – Yawn!

In Blockbuster’s latest move to try to compete with rival Netflix, they have introduced their own set-top box which will bring movies directly to a user’s TV and provide access to on demand content. The MediaPoint digital media player by broadband device maker 2Wire is available to Blockbuster customers for $99 and includes 25 movies. [...]

Canyon Blaster Roller Coaster

While in Las Vegas recently on business, I had the opportunity to ride Canyon Blaster, an Arrow built double looping coaster that sits inside the Adventuredome at Circus Circus. I assumed the coaster would provide a rough and un-exhilarating ride. However the opposite was true.

Manhattan Express Roller Coaster

While recently in Las Vegas on business and being the coaster enthusiast that I am, I took the opportunity to ride two of the three roller coasters that are located on the strip. The Manhattan Express is one such coaster and can be found at the New York, New York hotel and casino. At $14 [...]

Real Estate Property Taxes – Just Not Fair

I just received my annual property tax bill and man am I annoyed. Why should I have to pay taxes on a property that I own? I know that some of our property taxes go to fund education which we need, however all of my kids are out of school. I also am aware that [...]