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What a great answer…

Posted on Monday August 25th, 2008 | Comments Off on What a great answer…

Torn_Rose

“…Leno came back from a commercial break to ask McCain, “For $1 million, how many houses do you have?”

McCain answered by first citing his time as a POW in Vietnam.

“Could I just mention to you, Jay, that, at a moment of seriousness,” McCain began, “I spent five-and-a-half years in a prison cell. I didn’t have a house. I didn’t have a kitchen table. I didn’t have a table. I didn’t have a chair. And I didn’t spend those five-and-a-half years because, not because I wanted to get a house when I got out….”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/mccain-on-leno.html
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McBush is going to turn what it means to be a POW into what Rudy turned 911 into…. An answer for everything.

Disgusting….How Do I Feel?: irritated irritated

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Bernie Mac dies at 50

Posted on Saturday August 9th, 2008 | Comments Off on Bernie Mac dies at 50

Torn_Rose

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/09/obit.bernie.mac.ap/index.html

Bernie Mac, the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian who worked his way to Hollywood success from an impoverished upbringing on Chicago’s South Side, died Saturday at age 50.
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Dammit, I loved Bernie Mac. He had such a great and strong personality who just took over whatever he was doing. When I heard he was in the hospital I had a “dark feeling” he was going to die and then read everything was fine 2-3 days ago so I just assumed he would be back.

This one hurts.

TOO FUCKING YOUNG!

How Do I Feel?: crushed crushed

 

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Comcast: You so suck.

Posted on Saturday August 9th, 2008 | Comments Off on Comcast: You so suck.

Me(Sat Aug 9 19:08:41 PDT 2008)>No internet connection since Tuesday

analyst Olga has entered room

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:13:01 PDT 2008)>Hello Me, Thank you for contacting Comcast Live Chat Support. My name is Olga. Please give me one moment to review your information.

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:13:11 PDT 2008)>I understand how frustrating that must be. I will do my best to help you.

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:13:16 PDT 2008)>Let me perform a system Health Check on your services.

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:12:30 PDT 2008)>I was just chatting with Jonathan who cut me off as I tried to do as he wanted me too, he gave me less then a min to do it and cut me off, so I am not too pleased right now

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:14:07 PDT 2008)>I sincerely apologize for the unpleasant experience you had with our agent

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:14:18 PDT 2008)>Have you tried to power cycle your modem?

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:13:10 PDT 2008)>We replaced the modem Wed with another comcast modem, this is the first chance I have had this week to deal with this, we move Aug 15 but I need this for work, I am on a phone card now

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:14:54 PDT 2008)>I see. Can I get your modem MAC address?

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:15:09 PDT 2008)>it is 12 digit number on the back of your modem

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:14:12 PDT 2008)>the modem is plugged directly to a pc, no router, the other machins is running Vista, the modems poer light is solid green, recive is solid green, send is flashing green, pc activity flashing orange

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:15:38 PDT 2008)>ok

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:14:35 PDT 2008)>0012c9a9354a

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:16:04 PDT 2008)>Thank you. Let me see if your modem is in the system

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:19:52 PDT 2008)>Hmm… I cannot locate your modem in our database… May I ask you unplug your modem’s power for 30 sec and plug it back

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:19:10 PDT 2008)>ok

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:19:36 PDT 2008)>I just plugged it in

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:21:12 PDT 2008)>ok

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:21:19 PDT 2008)>one moment please

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:20:17 PDT 2008)>k

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:23:03 PDT 2008)>, I cannot locate your modem… Let me check with technician

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:22:08 PDT 2008)>k

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:24:37 PDT 2008)>, do you receive any error message when trying to get online?

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:23:39 PDT 2008)>no, I get nothing

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:24:03 PDT 2008)>its hooked up to another PC now, when I try to go to a website I get “page not found”

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:24:37 PDT 2008)>like if I go to ESPN.com

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:25:48 PDT 2008)>ok

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:24:44 PDT 2008)>”this address not valid”

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:24:52 PDT 2008)>no connection at all

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:26:48 PDT 2008)>I see. One moment please

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:28:40 PDT 2008)>I am running some tests, thank you for your patience.

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:27:40 PDT 2008)>yeah

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:31:14 PDT 2008)>, the technician is working on your account right now. It may take a few minutes…

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:30:15 PDT 2008)>ok

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:30:58 PDT 2008)>just so I know, if I need someone to come here to look at it, can it be Sunday or Monday? I REALLY need this connection this week

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:32:52 PDT 2008)>I do not think we need to schedule technician, this can be resolved remotely

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:31:51 PDT 2008)>ok

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:38:58 PDT 2008)>Thank you for waiting. Technician is still working on your account

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:37:58 PDT 2008)>k

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:41:36 PDT 2008)>, this issue should be escalate to the upper level. Technician tried but couldn’t fix it. I just need your modem’s make and model

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:40:56 PDT 2008)>motorola sb5120

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:42:41 PDT 2008)>Do you know your Comcast email username?

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:41:41 PDT 2008)>      xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:43:36 PDT 2008)>That is not Comcast email address

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:42:49 PDT 2008)>hold on

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:44:22 PDT 2008)>You use Comcast provided modem, right?

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:43:27 PDT 2008)>          user :        x
XXXXXX

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:43:28 PDT 2008)>yes

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:43:36 PDT 2008)>and replaced it w/ another comcast modem Wed

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:47:54 PDT 2008)>, what is a convenient time and reliable contact number to call, should a Comcast technician need to contact you for more information?

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:47:11 PDT 2008)>503XXXXXXX

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:47:16 PDT 2008)>now would be great

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:48:50 PDT 2008)>It may take up to 72 business hours to resolve

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:47:47 PDT 2008)>lol

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:47:48 PDT 2008)>nice

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:49:01 PDT 2008)>Please note that your modem must remain online for troubleshooting to take place

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:49:12 PDT 2008)>Do not turn it off

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:48:28 PDT 2008)>how about we send someone over here to deal with this NOW and not wait for up to 72 hours

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:51:05 PDT 2008)>Most likely, this is a modem provisioning issue and a field technician is not needed

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:50:19 PDT 2008)>I am NOT waiting up to 72 hours for something that may or may not happen

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:52:25 PDT 2008)>But a field technician won’t be able to resolve this issue

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:51:34 PDT 2008)>lol, by all means explain that to me

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:52:03 PDT 2008)>We had connection for almost a year and suddenly we dont, we get a new modem, still nothing, so why would waiting 72 hours “fix it”

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:53:22 PDT 2008)>A provisioning issue is something that should be resolved on upper technical level

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:52:33 PDT 2008)>translate that

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:52:54 PDT 2008)>tell me what the issue is and why a new modem or whatever wont fix it

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:54:57 PDT 2008)>because this is not a modem ( hardware) issue, it is how your modem is set up in our database ( provisioned)

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:55:27 PDT 2008)>It seems that something went wrong when you set up a transfer of service

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:54:35 PDT 2008)>again, I am not waiting 72 hours, We both Need to WORK this week, if I need to take 72 hours off from work I will be happy to go to Verizon DSL

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:54:47 PDT 2008)>NIICCCCCCCCCE!!!!!!!!!

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:54:53 PDT 2008)>so this needs to be fixed NOW

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:55:00 PDT 2008)>and we want credit for the past week

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:56:32 PDT 2008)>Your account will be credited for the downtime

Me(Sat Aug 9 16:56:06 PDT 2008)>you just told me Comcast screwed us over, we spent more time on this then as want and have on this, I am so not wAiting 72 hours, by all means have a supervisor call mee and I will be happy to talk to them

Olga(Sat Aug 9 19:59:19 PDT 2008)>We cannot call you. If you want to speak to supervisor, you have to call in. But he will tell you the same. I’ve reviewed our systems and we’ve performed the necessary troubleshooting. Techniciam tried to fix the problem. Obviously, there is still an issue so the best method is to open a ticket to report this to our technician team.

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:00:04 PDT 2008)>I am really sorry for all these troubles. I can understand how frustrating it can be. I wish I could help you more

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:01:29 PDT 2008)>you said “It seems that something went wrong when you set up a transfer of service”

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:01:32 PDT 2008)>explain that

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:01:39 PDT 2008)>you tell me how we got screwed over

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:03:33 PDT 2008)>I cannot tell you that, if I knew it I could fix it. That is why I am escalating this issue

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:02:43 PDT 2008)>so 72 hours it may or may not be fixed

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:02:57 PDT 2008)>and since we both work 100% via the internet, how are we suppose to work?

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:04:32 PDT 2008)> The problem will either be fixed internally, or you will be reached by a technician for further information. It may take from 24 to 72 business hours to resolve.

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:04:38 PDT 2008)>I apologize for the inconvenience.

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:03:43 PDT 2008)>and whats wrong with NOW

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:03:51 PDT 2008)>you just admited this was Comcast fault

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:03:58 PDT 2008)>so I think it should be fixed now

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:05:40 PDT 2008)>Standard time frame for any escalation on residential accounts is 72 business hours

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:06:00 PDT 2008)>We have tried to fix it NOW but were not able to, sorry

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:05:05 PDT 2008)>we have a residentail account since we couldnt get a bussiness account for some stupid reason, so that excuse doesnt fly with me

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:06:58 PDT 2008)>I am sorry, I am not the one who set up Comcast policy for residential accounts

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:06:22 PDT 2008)>ok, so in short we should just say to hell with Comcast and go to Verizon DSL. Is that what I am being told?

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:08:31 PDT 2008)>, I understand your frustration, an I have done my best to help you

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:08:47 PDT 2008)>All I can do now is escalate the issue

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:08:01 PDT 2008)>why 72 hours

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:08:05 PDT 2008)>I want a real answer

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:09:38 PDT 2008)>Please refer to my explanation above

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:08:47 PDT 2008)>yeah, you sure have done your “best”

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:10:19 PDT 2008)>I am sure, no need to be so sarcastic

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:09:24 PDT 2008)>If I thought what you said was a real answer I would not have asked the same question again

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:10:48 PDT 2008)>Your ticket number is CR134145715

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:10:55 PDT 2008)>use it for your reference

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:09:50 PDT 2008)>you can use all the big words you want, but I still dont know why or how Comcast screwed us over and I deserve a answer

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:10:57 PDT 2008)>While you have me here, was there anything else I could assist you with?

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:10:14 PDT 2008)>yes there is

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:10:23 PDT 2008)>answer my questions w/o tap dancing

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:13:05 PDT 2008)>A modem provisioning is something that is performed on upper technical level, so how it was screwed up ? I have no answer to this question because I have no access to that information

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:12:08 PDT 2008)>ask

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:13:46 PDT 2008)>That’s what I have just done – escalated the ticket

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:14:43 PDT 2008)>Ok, it looks like Verizon may have just gained a new customer, Comcast has 24 hours

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:16:41 PDT 2008)>I will add this statement to your ticket. I hope it will speed up the resolution.

Olga(Sat Aug 9 20:16:49 PDT 2008)> If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to chat back for more assistance, we work 24/7. For additional assistance, our FAQ section is a great resource; just visit www.comcast.net and select help. Thank you for choosing Comcast. We appreciate your business. Good bye.

Me(Sat Aug 9 17:15:46 PDT 2008)>by all means add the whole chat

I am posting this in hopes Comcast will realize how bad they screwed up a customers livelihood over their mistake, The only things edited was my name, phone number and email, and I would love to have Comcast try and respond to this and if they dont than I gusse we will go to DSL.

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Las Vegas…. FUCK WAS IT HOT!

Posted on Monday July 14th, 2008 | Comments Off on Las Vegas…. FUCK WAS IT HOT!

 

Torn_Rose

Greetings all 2 of you who read this +/- 3, I have returned from our trip to Las Vegas for business and I am still recovering from the entire ordeal.

We had a perfect trip to the airport, left the house and were though security all in less than 55 minutes which I just loved. We flew into a area of the Las Vegas airport I didn’t know existed, it took over 20 mins to taxi to the terminal, the flight staff pooped off “we landed in Reno and now will be driving to Las Vegas” which got a large laugh. And they redid the entire terminal since the last time we was there that I couldn’t find the right baggage carousel and kept walking from 1-8 and back for about 5 minutes until I saw the tiny ass sign saying baggage claims 9-18 was on the other side…. Grrrr…..

Hard Rock gave us a double instead of a King, so that sorta irked me and the room wasn’t as nice as the Fort Lauderdale one, but it was ok. We hooked up with some friend’s right off the bat, so that was really cool catching up with people we haven’t seen in 2 years or longer. We headed over to the Pink Taco for lunch and I bought a round of Cabo Wabo which I wasn’t allowed to pay for since our pal had comps from the Hard Rock. Had I known that at the time I would have ordered a few more rounds.

We than went to the registration desk where I ran into even more old friends that have been 2-6 years since we have seen each other and in one case we have known each other for over 8 years and never met face to face until we ran into each other in a hallway and our first meeting lasted all of 1 minute and we never saw each other again.

Ya gotta love Vegas.

We didn’t do too much the first night, just did some talking to old and new friends around the circle bar and I think we was in bed around 11PM but I got no sleep thanks to the construction site next to us using a air horn to signal the cranes, why not use a walkie talkie I will never know, but the first night it lasted literally all night, I was awake until 530-6am and we got up at 7 since our sinus’s was killing us both, and the room was either too hot or way too cold, why they don’t put in a room temperature controlling device that turns off/on the cooling/heating unit but keeps the fans going and save a Billion $ ‘s a year in power bills, I will never know.

Day two was hot, Pauline and I had a few banking errands to do and grabbed some water for the room, $4 for a 24 pack is cheaper than $4 a ½ bottle at the bar. We walked around the cabana’s and pool which is where they decided to put the booths, which was “brilliant” considering it was only 114F outside.

Pauline  had work she had to do and I was getting on her nerves so I went downstairs where I ran into a friend playing slots, so I sat down in front of another slot machine and talked to him as he played his $200 or so of credits over and over. I opened my wallet and had $254 in cash in 7 bills… so I had only 4 $1 bills to play with since I wasn’t going to put a $50 in the machine, I have such terrible luck I’m not throwing away $50.

I hit spin the wheel two times and get nothing, all the while I am talking to my friend not really looking at my machine when he cuts me off and says “look what you did” and I look and see nothing until he tells me I just hit $1350.

So that was cool.

Later that night was a party we helped sponsor at a friend’s suite so we got to meet a lot of new people and catch up with old friends some more and even talk business which is always amazing to do at these things.

Day Three we basically just hung around the casino and talked all day. A group of us all went to Ago’s for dinner and we all collectively had 5-$50 coupons and we talked the waiter into letting us use all 5 since the hostess told us we could only use 4 of them, which is good since the bill was almost $500.

Our last day we had brunch with our main group of friends there and said our goodbyes and Pauline and I had a meeting we needed to have which lasted about 90 minutes and we got our stuff and got to the airport about 2 hours before our flight, we had a relatively easy time with security and grabbed some food at one of the restaurants and even went to a oxygen bar since there was no booze bars near us.

Flight home was good, got somewhat hot I just watched my IPod after I woke up “sleeping”. We got home around 8pm and just tried to unwind. The Hard Rock Vegas is so fucking loud and constant, we had fire alarms in the hotel so many time they canceled some seminars, the a/c went out in the casino, and we all lost our voices since we had to talk loud for over 3 days straight.

Over all a good time.

How Do I Feel?: tired tired

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How to spend $ Millions

Posted on Wednesday July 2nd, 2008 | Comments Off on How to spend $ Millions

 

Torn_Rose

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3469271

Ten essentials, just to get you started:

1) Screw up, deny it, then fight by using every lawyer and dime you have. Roger Clemens just sold his Bentley, reportedly to pay legal bills. Marion Jones lawyered herself broke before she finally copped and went to prison. Paging Mr. Bonds, Mr. Barry Bonds.

2) Buy a house the size of Delaware. Evander Holyfield was in danger of losing his 54,000-square-foot pad outside Atlanta, and it’s a shame. He had almost visited all 109 rooms! FROM $300M UP TO $27M DOWN? EASY.

3) Buy many, many cars. Baseball slugger Jack Clark had 18 cars and owed money on 17 when he went broke. And don’t get just boring Porsches and Mercedes. Go for Maybachs. They sell for as much as $375,000—even though they look like Chrysler 300s—and nobody will ever know how to pronounce them, much less fix them.

4) Buy a jet. They burn money like the Pentagon. Do you realize it costs $50,000 just to fix the windshield on one? Scottie Pippen borrowed $4.375 million to buy some wings and spent God knows how much more for insurance, pilots and fuel. Finally, his wallet cried uncle. The courts say he still owes $5 million, including interest. See you in coach, Scottie! (For that matter, why not a yacht? Latrell Sprewell kept his 70-foot Italian-made yacht tied up in storage until the bank repossessed it, in August 2007. He probably sat at home and cried about that—until the bank foreclosed on his house, this past May.)

5) Spend stupid money on other really stupid stuff. In going from $300 million up to $27 million down, Mike Tyson once spent $9,180 in two months to care for his white tiger. That’s why Iron Mike’s picture is on our logo!

6) Hire an agent who sniffs a lot and/or is constantly checking the scores on his BlackBerry. Those are the kinds of guys who will suck up your dough like a street-sweeper. Ex-Knick Mark Jackson once had a business manager he thought he could trust. Turned out the guy was forging Jackson’s signature on checks—an estimated $2.6 million worth—to feed a gambling jones. “And it wasn’t like I was a rookie—I was a veteran,” Jackson says. The only reason he says he’s getting some money back is because he didn’t …

7) Sign over power of attorney. What’s it mean? Who cares? Just sign! The guy you’re signing it over to knows. And while you play Xbox, he’ll be buying large portions of Switzerland for himself. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar let an agent named Tom Collins have power of attorney once, and it cost Kareem $9 million before he figured it out.

8) Spend like the checks will never stop. Also known as the Darren McCarty method. Despite earning $2.1 million a year, Red Wing McCarty, who started a rock band called Grinder, went splat by investing in everything but fur socks ($490,000 in unlikely-to-be-repaid loans) and gambling large ($185,000 in casino markers). In other words, a Tuesday for John Daly.

9) Just ball. Don’t write your own checks. Don’t drive your own car. Don’t raise your own kids. Just be a tall slab of skilled meat for others to feast on. Not to worry. It’ll be over before you know it.

10) Most of all, set up a huge support system around you. It’ll be years before you’ll realize they call it a support system because you’re the only one supporting it. They’re all on full-ride scholarships at the University of You. “Guys go broke because they surround themselves with people who help them go broke,” says ex-NBA center Danny Schayes, who now runs No Limits Investing in Phoenix. “I know all-time NBA, top-50 guys who sold their trophies to recover.”
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#10 I have seen too many times with my own eyes… Sadly…

How Do I Feel?: contemplative contemplativeI be jammin to: Elvis – Suspicious Minds

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