rubinville

I've officially cancelled AOL and along with it the days of Comedyguy2 are over. In case you missed it, my new e-mail is TheDaveRubinShow@gmail.com, or as always dave@rubinville.com.

Cancelling AOL took me about 45 minutes on the phone with a very pleaseant Indian fellow who claimed his name was Josh. I've never met a Josh with such a strong Indian accent, but I guess that's just how integrated to America people are becoming these days. Unless he is actually in India because it is cheaper to outsource our jobs to a foreign country, but that would be completely absurd.

The conversation with Josh was completely insane as he kept trying to convince me to stay with AOL. He kept dropping the price from 23.95 to 14.95 to 9.95 to 4.95 and then to completely free for a few months. He said that the last one was as a courtesy to me since I've been such a loyal customer. As tempting as his free offer was, cancellation commenced and I'm now free of America Online. I guess al-Queda wins this round.

So anyways, now that I no longer have AOL, I also have a new Instant Messenger screen name. It is, drumroll please....

Optimus Hilarious

Yes, that is a nod to my favorite transforming robots, and no, I'm not talking about the Go-Bots. So bud list Optimus Hilarius if you want to talk to me online, but remember, I'm more than meets the eye. Much more.

NBA trading deadline is Thursday. Rumor has it I'm getting traded to the Knicks for a second-round pick and cash considerations.

Speaking of hoops, got a playoff game tonight. I've been on a nice little run the last few games so we'll see how it turns out. I'm a little concerened about my play because of the long lay-off since the All-Star game, but I'm a pro, so I should be able to shake it off.

Did you see this videotape of a pizza place brawl in Ohio? If you haven't basically a camera in a pizza place caught a huge, fat, and apparently hungry man, beating the crap out of another guy after the fat guy's girlfriend had cut-in line and spit in the face of the guy behind the counter. Now, I wasn't there so I don't know what was said before the melee, but lemme say that fat people are usually hungry, and contrary to popular belief, not as jolly as they would have you believe. So, if one cuts you in line at a pizza place, just let them do it. Most likely they will die of a heart condition relatively soon, and they need to max out their eating time here on Earth.

There is also some great video being shown on CNN of a man in China who apparently had some sort of breakdown and began beating up his own car from the inside with a baseball bat. Cops surround him and ask him to stop, but instead he gets out of the car and chases the police officers who run away like little girls. I'd write a joke about that, but I think it wrote itself.

Playing Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance 2 on PS2. It's the follow up to the first Baldurs Gate which me and my roomate made quick work of. I purchased this game at Circuit City instead of the local Gamestop because of the nerd-comment incident that happened there about a month ago. For more info on that debacle, check the Daily Dave archives.

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