Category Archives: Rants

Treasure among trash: the London Symphony Orchestra in Daytona Beach

Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 by Avitable

Saturday night, as Amy’s birthday present, I bought tickets to go see the London Symphony Orchestra perform in Daytona Beach, during the Daytona Beach International Festival. The show, called “LSO Pops! Celebration of Speed”, took place at the Ocean Center, … Continue reading →

Posted in Rants | Tagged avitable, daytona beach, daytona beach international festival, dbif, london symphony orchestra, lso, rant, symphony, white-trash | 35 Comments

It’s all relative

Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 by Avitable

Just an excerpt of a frustrating, hair-rending, exasperating, interminable instant message conversation with a close relative of mine: Me: you have some type of spam on your computer Me: every now and then i get a random IM from you … Continue reading →

Posted in Rants | Tagged anger, avitable, instant message, rant | 27 Comments

A cat named Twitter

Posted on Thursday, April 9, 2009 by Avitable

About two months ago, I was suffering from some serious Twitter fatigue. Since then, I’ve learned more efficient ways to use programs like TweetDeck and use filters, groups and other techniques to alleviate the pressure I felt. It’s worked great, … Continue reading →

Posted in Rants | Tagged avitable, humor, mundane, rant, tweetdeck, tweets, twitter | 58 Comments

What else do I dislike?

Posted on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 by Avitable

Yesterday’s post got me thinking. Even though a lot of people, both in the comments and via email, communicated that they agreed with me (and it was weird how many of them were mothers), I still wondered if maybe I … Continue reading →

Posted in CYR, Rants | Tagged avitable, bullies, bullying, creepy, CYR, dislikes, hate, humor, likes, rant, talkshoe | 67 Comments

Breastfeeding is creepy

Posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 by Avitable

One childless man’s opinion on breastfeeding in public: A huge issue among mothers is their freedom to feed their babies in public. In some locations, public breastfeeding has been banned, and in others, it’s been welcomed with open arms (and … Continue reading →

Posted in Rants | Tagged avitable, babies, boobs, breast feeding, breastfeeding, breasts, comedy, humor, infants, lactation, tits | 132 Comments

Why I will never use 1-800-FLOWERS again

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 by Avitable

1-800-FLOWERS can suck a disease-ridden wart-covered oozing dick. About ten days ago, before Valentine’s Day, Tanis (aka Redneck Mommy) adopted a son. She’s been trying forever to find a disabled child who needs a family, and after a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Rants | Tagged 1-800-FLOWERS, avitable, companies that ship to canada, complaints, customer service, flowers, gift basket, stores that deliver to canada | 84 Comments

It is my goal to disagree with everyone who reads this post

Posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 by Avitable

With only around 20 people caring about the date of the Halloween party, I’ve decided that my blog is experiencing a recession. And like Black President Jesus said, it’s going to get worse before it gets better. So I figured … Continue reading →

Posted in Rants | Tagged avitable, birthday, jesterturnes, rant, recession | 96 Comments

Playing with my new toy

Posted on Saturday, January 10, 2009 by Avitable

Direct link. I’m just taking a minute to play with my new Bamboo Fun Wacom tablet that I got for Christmas. Well, I got something else for Christmas that I returned, got a credit, and then got this.

Posted in Rants, Vlog | Tagged avitable, bamboo fun, Vlog, wacom, wacom tablet, youtube | 28 Comments

The stupidity of random anger

Posted on Friday, January 2, 2009 by Avitable

Does anyone else go to a movie, enjoy said movie, and then subsequently read movie reviews for that movie and get angry at the critics who give bad movie reviews of the movie that you just enjoyed? What kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Rants | Tagged avitable, brad pitt, cate blanchett, critic, curious case of benjamin button, jay sherman, movie critic, movie review, rotten tomatoes | 29 Comments

Pathetic end to a miserable year

Posted on Thursday, January 1, 2009 by Avitable

Pathetic: It’s 10:30 and I’m thinking about going to bed. Amy went to bed a little while ago, and I’ve actually turned up my music to try to drown out the obnoxious noise of the fireworks going off behind us. … Continue reading →

Posted in Rants | Tagged avitable, cranky, pathetic, rant | 43 Comments