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Perhaps you’ve seen the commercials or the ads or you just plain saw one of those storage things out in a parking lot called “PODS”. It stands for Portable On Demand Storage. Well, my parents decided to move from the east coast (NJ) to here (WA) and they decided to have PODS ship their household goods. Yes, that’s right, you can load up a PODS and they’ll deliver it for a fee (in this case about $4,000) for you. They also have people who will pack your stuff for you too. (more on this in a bit.)

So my parents, after closing on their house and moving in after staying for about a week with us, called the PODS people (I keep thinking Invasion of the body snatchers when I talk about these guys) and they told my parents they would deliver the PODS unit on Monday (6/16) and pick it up on Tuesday (6/17). That sounded good, except they didn’t specify a time of when they were going to drop it off. Hmmm.

So come Monday, after Meesh works on Sunday to take off Monday, the PODS hadn’t showed up by 10am. After my mom talked to PODS and with a lot of “Please hold” going on, we finally find out just what happened. At first, the lady at PODS told us that the PODS unit was delivered to the wrong warehouse and was 100 miles away. We were told that it would be delivered to Everett, WA, which is indeed about 100 miles away. So we weren’t even sure what was going on there. But come to really find out, the only reason they didn’t deliver it on Monday was… (drum roll here) all their drivers were out sick, and there were no drivers to deliver it.

What. the. fuck.

seriously. So no one could have called in the AM saying “hey btw, we don’t have any drivers so we’re rescheduling your drop off to another day”? No one could have said something about rescheduling? Don’t they have back up drivers? Come on. That’s totally wrong.

Mysteriously, after my mom complained to them, telling them that Meesh took the day off just because they said they were going to be there, and that no one called for a status update, they were on the phone calling them constantly telling them what was going on. I’m sorry, but the damage is already done. You guys screwed up PODS. I will never recommend your service to anyone. Ever.

I felt the “quickie” or “aside” post I made about Sidney Pollack passing away was perhaps a bit too little. I really loved his stuff. He was also an actor, and did quite a bit of acting. I think that one of the best things I’ve seen him do, however, was the Cingular commercial that you saw while going to the movies, when they tell you “silence your cellphones”. (video after the bump)

Yes, we know he did the movies like “Out of Africa” and “Tootsie” (directed) but he also produced and starred in “Michael Clayton” as well as many other movies and shows you probably didn’t think he was in. Take a look at his IMDB profile and see for yourself. Sidney got around.

It’s just getting sad the people I grew up watching are passing away, like cybr said. It’s just crazy. It’s a great reminder that I’m just getting old. But I’m not even that old! I’ll be turning 40 this year, so this is my “Around 40″ time. Ironically, there’s a Japanese dorama called “Around 40″ but I won’t get into it just yet. Soon.

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So some of you might know that I did a home sleep study, and they found that I have sleep apnea. To be specific, they said I stop breathing on average about 11 times an hour, and 22 times if I sleep on my back. This should tell you that my sleep apnea is a cause of only one thing. Gravity. So Now, I must overcome gravity. To do this, I’m being tested on a CPAP machine. Yeap, this is the dreaded Darth Vaderish machine. So, just like Tiggerprr was mentioning in this post, I too have to wear it.

Yeah. I’m not thinking so. So tonight I tried to sleep with it on, and just about had a panic attack because I couldn’t breath. My nose was stuffed up, and I just couldn’t breath at all, so panic ensued. For those of you not in the know (which is probably all of you, I’ve never told anyone this), my number two fear in my life is to suffocate. Yeah, so you can imagine how this must have been. I felt like I was going to die. Oh and if you’re curious to know what my number one fear is, that’s easy, it’s Clowns. seriously.

So, really, it’s all crazy. I will probably return the machine since it’s being rented right now and just say, “No thanks.”

Do you or someone you know have sleep apnea? How do you/they handle it?

So TGIF, right? I’m so happy it’s the end of the work week. But what will happen this weekend? I guess for me, there could be a lot of sleeping going on, but I doubt it. I always try to sleep in, but I end up waking up earlier than I thought I would, only because I felt like I was wasting the day away. Sometimes I wonder why I waste so much time sleeping, when I could be doing something productive, but honestly, even if I was awake, what else would I be doing except wasting time playing with some movie quiz or something on Facebook. Talk about wasting time!

Today though, I had to wonder why people don’t listen. Like today, I went to KFC to get lunch, which is always a 2 piece thigh/drumstick combo. So I ordered a “number 2 with diet pepsi”. Did you just hear me? How could the girl at KFC mistake that for “medium diet pepsi”? How? Let me repeat that. “Number 2 with diet pepsi”. Say it out loud yourself. Does it sound like I just said “Medium diet pepsi”? WTF? So I got to the drive thru window and I told her, I wanted a number 2. (let’s just skip over the fact that it sounded like I needed to go to the bathroom and take a dump for a second.) She nodded like she was saying, “Ohhh, ok, that’s what I thought you said.” Which pissed me off more. Why don’t people listen?

Then there’s this stupid driver. We’re driving through a school zone. The light is flashing, that means kids are bound to be around, since school is letting out. This means you slow down to 20 mph. Nope. This guy is weaving through traffic passing everyone that’s going slow, acting like he couldn’t understand why everyone slowed down all of a sudden. He obviously has no kids and doesn’t care about kids, or he’s a kid himself. Ugh. Where’s a cop when you need one? I know the defense to this one too. “Yeah, but there’s no kids anywhere!” Yeah yeah, but did you know that kids are good at not being seen? You never know when a kid is going to jump out at you. It’s happened before. Fuckers.

So how’s your day?

You might recall a past post where I say, “Why people shouldn’t drive ginormous trucks”. Yes, that’s right, people have no idea how to drive big-ass trucks. I’m serious.

The other day while going through the Taco Bell drive-thru, a lady in her big-ass truck was waiting in line. In front of her, another person in their big-ass truck were ordering. I think the space between the two trucks was huge enough to actually fit Meesh’s Mini-cooper in there. I mean seriously. I understand that I need to give some leeway concerning trucks. But honestly? If you can’t at least move as close as a car-length to the car in front of you, you should not be driving that vehicle.

I honestly think that I would just love driving…if I was the only driver on the road. seriously.

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Remember when I wrote that post about Hoax Craigslist ads? Well, turns out, the police say it wasn’t a hoax after all. What apparently happened was a couple in the area had stolen some horsing gear from the gentleman and to cover it up, they made the craigslist ad. That’s right folks, to cover up their own crime, they made everyone else come and take stuff. How crazy is this? I have to admit, it’s pretty sneaky, but they probably needed to cover it up a bit better since they got caught.

Sadly enough, the gentleman has not received all his items back. I’m still floored that people thought it must be real because it’s on the internet. It just makes me sick!

I read this news article today and was just appalled: Hoax Craigslist ads cost man huge property loss. Which brings me to my point. Since when was it true because something is on the Internet? And knowing there are so many hoaxes on craigslist, why would you not question it? seriously. What was that saying? “Never believe everything you read”? Yeah, this definitely should go into effect for anything on the Internet. You really need proof.

What does Craigslist do about it anyways? The most they could do I suppose is find out who supposedly posted the ad, and give the data over to the police. I really hope they get caught. Because seriously, that’s just not right to do. I suppose this is a good method to get back at someone. As a revenge thing.

But could Craigslist prevent more of this happening? Should they be forced to screen every single ad on their site? That’s a tremendous undertaking and honestly, it doesn’t sound probable or practical. But if Craigslist were held responsible for all their ads, now that’s a different matter. Of course, they would probably be taken down faster than you could say “Craigslist?” and go out of business. And you know they have a disclaimer which protects them in such cases for legal reasons.

I think personally, I’m just appalled at the evil that people do. Because make no mistake, this is evil. There is no quality of practical joke there anywhere. We’ve seen or heard about all the hoaxes on Craigslist, and it just makes me ashamed to be human. Personally, I don’t think they could be prevented. People are evil by nature. It’s what we do that makes us good people.

What do you think? Do you think more should be done to prevent such hoaxes?

So according to a recent study, happily married couples have lower blood pressure than single people and unhappily married people.

Huh? How is this a scientifically sound study? How do they know that the married people are happy or unhappy? Are they asking them? If they are, is the couple being honest? seriously.

I’m not sure that I can buy this. While I can totally buy that a happy marriage does help with health to some degree, and I’m a firm believer in things like touch therapy (no, don’t let your mind go in the gutter people). I’m not sure if I can buy that just because the blood pressure was a little lower on some couples who said they were happily married, that is sound science.

There are plenty of single people who are quite healthy and they are happy too. Being single does not mean you are not happy. I wish people would get that through their heads. While there is a kind of loneliness sometimes to it, it does not mean you’re unhappy. By on means! Ugh. Some of these scientific studies just upset me.

So what do you think? In general I agree a happy marriage is healthier, but what about happy single people?

Have any of you heard of this? ocB alerted me to this phenomenon. There are apparently companies out there that are screening people for smoking. That’s right. They’re testing to see if they have nicotine in their system. Apparently, they’re concerned their health benefits will go up, and they want to keep the costs low. I’d like to think that they want to provide a clean environment for their workers, and don’t wish to endanger them, but I’m pretty sure (and ocB assures me) it’s because they want to keep the health costs down.

There is also the mentality that a non-smoker will not take as many breaks as a smoker. Then on top of that, they are saying that the mentality of a smoker could be worse than that of a non-smoker. Meaning of course, if the smoker doesn’t get to smoke, they get really agitated. While I can’t say this never happens to me when I did smoke, I have to admit that when I did smoke, I took a lot more breaks. But I’m not defending the reasoning here. I’m just stating a fact. Are non-smokers more productive than smokers? I doubt it. Non-smokers just find other ways to pass time. That’s my opinion.

What’s your opinion? I personally don’t care either way. I think the reasons might be a bit questionable. It could go either way. So I’m presenting you with a poll! What do you think?

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So maybe you’ve heard of it, but maybe you haven’t. There is a company that manufacturers “dolls” that are very very realistic. They’re known as Real Dolls. This is apparently a very lucrative business. But it might surprise you that not everyone buys these for the apparent reason. They have them for companionship.

Perhaps you have seen the movie Lars and the Real Girl where Lars brings home a new girlfriend from the internet. The only thing is, she’s not real. But Lars treats her like she is. This is pretty much what many people are doing out there.

I know what you’re thinking. It’s sick, right? It’s just downright crazy? I mean, they’re not real! seriously. They probably need to have their heads checked. While I agree with some of that, you can’t help but feel bad for some of them. ocB sent me a link to a video (after the bump - this is not safe for work!) that documents a few guys with their real dolls.

Wow! I have to say that I’m disgusted, scared, and petrified. And yet, I can’t help but feel a little sorry for them. But watching this video really opened my mind up a little too much I think. I like to think that I’m very open minded, and this documentary really pushed them. I’m really glad that the guys in the documentary realize that the dolls are exactly that, dolls, and they weren’t thinking they were real. Because that would just totally creep me the hell out.

But honestly, what I think really creeps me out is how real the dolls are. They are almost too real! I think that might even be the problem people have with certain CGI type films. It’s too real. We know it’s not real therefore we must reject it as fake. It could just be a human flaw, but honestly. It’s still a bit creepy to me.

Oh and the ladies looking for men? Yes, they have Real Doll men. Although I don’t think they have quite the variety.

What do you think of all this?

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