The Usual Dosage

Its too cold in here,
To attempt to put words down.
Think I’ll drink instead.

For anyone wondering, yes, I have deactivated my Facebook account. I have personally found Facebook to be a time consuming exercise, one which attracts time away from more useful things. That being said, I plan to keep this site up to date with my writings and observations, but nothing else. Those seeking updates can follow me on Twitter (Usualdosage). Those wanting pictures and such know where to find them. If you don’t know and think you should, contact me.

I knew there was something bothering me about that box of York peppermint patties.

“As always, 70% less fat!”

The red badge is emblazoned on the upper left corner of the box, touting it’s “healthiness”.

70% of what? Of 100% fat?

Nope. Turns out, it’s 70% less than the “leading candy”. What is the leading candy? I’m left to guess, and hope their figures are correct, which they probably aren’t, since no one investigates that stuff anyway, do they?

It’s not that though. It’s that first sentence. “As always”. They’re gloating.

They are that kid in grade school.

“As always, I beat your ass in kickball.”

“As always, I’m taking the girl you wanted to the prom.”

“As always, I got an A on my physics exam.”

Makes me want to smack that box.

Little sandy asshole.

The new AIG CEO is fightin’ mad. Sitting atop his fortress overlooking the Adriatic, this guy, the former CEO of MetLife, retired from MetLife in 2006, and was invited back into the insurance game very recently. He’s slamming “lynch mob” style attacks on AIG’s cred, or, more specifically, AIG’s grossly overpaid executives who, with their company, took huge draughts from the public tit after nearly collapsing last year.

Ok, so this guy may be a really great CEO. However, his primary argument is that he can “work from [his house in Croatia] as well as any office in New York”. That’d be great if it were true, but anyone who has telecommuted knows it’s a bunch of bullshit. There’s no exchange for “face time”, that time you get to be present, in the room with people. True leaders need to be amongst their followers, not a zillion miles away in a vastly different time zone.

So, this guy is calling us a “lynch mob with pitchforks”. Guess what? As a shareholder and taxpayer, you’re damn right I’m holding a pitchfork. So, I say this to Mr. Benmosche: “You better make good on my investment, or face the mob…”