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Monday, February 28, 2005
Brown Metropasses? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
These things are seriously fugly. I used to ride the subway with pride. Knowing that at any moment I could get on a TTC bus, subway, streetcar, or helocopter without paying any manner of fare really made me feel special. Like I was better than everyone else. But now I will feel embarassed everytime I show it. This compounds the previous issue of the crappy drivers license photo, which I must display when using the aforementioned pass. I guess I'll need to come up with a better status symbol...
Speaking of credit, MBNA or "The Man" gave me a ring on the telophone today. Wanted me to activate my card. Needless to say I told them what to stick where. That would be the dialtone in their ear. 'Cause there ain't no way I'm activating one of those. I just wanted a free T-Shirt to give to my sister. Is that so wrong? Is it?
Current contents of my backpack:
7 Newpapers (Metros, Varsitys, 24hours, etc.)
1 Clipboard with Notes
8 Pens
1 Calvin+Hobbes Anthology
2 Dead Batteries
An assortment of tiny pieces of scrap paper
Something to ponder: before Windows 95, there was no "Windows"/"Start Menu" key on a keyboard. Does anyone else find it odd that this was just empty space, in the middle of a row of keys? Why did they not put something there before? I find this really disturbing. I want to meet the designer of those particular keyboards so I could ask him. Is this a common industry standard? "Let's leave a space in the middle of this thing so we maybe can possibly add a button later!"? I'm sorry, but that just doesn't fly. And this is really, really bothering me. I'm actually losing sleep over this.
These things are seriously fugly. I used to ride the subway with pride. Knowing that at any moment I could get on a TTC bus, subway, streetcar, or helocopter without paying any manner of fare really made me feel special. Like I was better than everyone else. But now I will feel embarassed everytime I show it. This compounds the previous issue of the crappy drivers license photo, which I must display when using the aforementioned pass. I guess I'll need to come up with a better status symbol...
Speaking of credit, MBNA or "The Man" gave me a ring on the telophone today. Wanted me to activate my card. Needless to say I told them what to stick where. That would be the dialtone in their ear. 'Cause there ain't no way I'm activating one of those. I just wanted a free T-Shirt to give to my sister. Is that so wrong? Is it?
Current contents of my backpack:
7 Newpapers (Metros, Varsitys, 24hours, etc.)
1 Clipboard with Notes
8 Pens
1 Calvin+Hobbes Anthology
2 Dead Batteries
An assortment of tiny pieces of scrap paper
Something to ponder: before Windows 95, there was no "Windows"/"Start Menu" key on a keyboard. Does anyone else find it odd that this was just empty space, in the middle of a row of keys? Why did they not put something there before? I find this really disturbing. I want to meet the designer of those particular keyboards so I could ask him. Is this a common industry standard? "Let's leave a space in the middle of this thing so we maybe can possibly add a button later!"? I'm sorry, but that just doesn't fly. And this is really, really bothering me. I'm actually losing sleep over this.
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