Glad I don't pay more....

So on my walk home tonight, I passed this building that looked way nicer/newer than mine, possibly condos. (Keep in mind, I live in a studio in a rent-controlled place not in the nicest part of DC, and still pay like $1200 a month [fuck you all who live in Albany or Philly or something and pay way less for way more])

And there was caution tape strung across the entrance.

For one thing, I'd been drinking, and needed to find a bathroom like it was my job. If this had been my ridiculously overpriced home, I would have been PISSED that i could not get in and take a piss.

But that brings up a good point. What DO you do when you arrive back at your place and find the telltale "police line do not cross" there? I was pretty sure I would just duck underneath that shit, but I do not want those CSI bastards counting my footprints as evidence...

Also, if i'm paying that much for a place, there should not be crimes committed in my lobby. For $2,000 a month, even loiterers should be somehow incinerated where they stand to avoid the paperwork and possibility of me encountering them.

Someone get on this.

Meanwhile, my much less fancy apartment building had easy front door access.

Suckers!!!

Great PA Streets

Some streets I crossed under on my way through Pennsylvania yesterday:

Blueball Ave
East Texas Road
Bustard Road

Another Good Gmail Link

The Original Hamburger Phone

Count me out

A political action committee called WomenCount ran full page ads in newspapers across the country saying "Not so fast...Hillary's voice is OUR voice, and she's speaking for all of us."

It's fine if you prefer to allow Hillary to speak for you, but please do not imply that she's speaking for me simply because we have the same equipment.

I'm also fairly certain that Clinton and Obama's views on issues that would actually make change for women or preserve our rights are exactly the same, so please stop whining that you're being ignored and get behind the candidate who will run a government that will actually help you instead of the one you want to support out of pure spite. P.S. Being a sore loser and vowing revenge is pretty darn unladylike.

Come on, commercials

I've had a few issues with commercials I've seen tonight.

First off, why did Special K have to cast a super skinny girl in a commercial that's main point is you should drink their 5 calorie protein water instead of eating so you can lose weight... I hate complaining about this because it's always whined about, but seriously. What were they thinking?

Second, these pharmaceutical ads are getting even more ridiculous. One of them is for some bowel disease and warns that side effects include flatulence. I so did not need to know that. It also seems to suggest that the medication might not work all that well. Also, can this prostate medicine please think of a less gross motto than "It's your growing problem, shrink it"? Please?

Finally, I just saw a public service ad in Spanish while watching Colbert, which is, 90% of the time at least, in English. Why are all those people who need to get their public services in Spanish even watching it...