This Is CNN (With Old Graphics)

As some of you may have noticed, CNN changed their graphics earlier this week.  Unlike most graphics changes, be they television, video game or your dentists computer system, CNN decided to actually go backwards with their graphics.  They now look like something from the 1980's and even have a white "crawl" on the bottom.  Not only does the white look really bad, but it also is the worst color to constantly be on TV for those with plasma TV's.  

This all leads me to surmise one thing...

James Earl Jones is in cahoots with the LCD TV people and he wants the plasma people to all suffer from "screen-burn" so we will have to go out and get new TV's.

Damn you, James Early Jones!  I'm onto you!

Circuit City Sucks

Alright, we're back in business, people.  And speaking of business, today's post will be about a company that should be, and is, going out of business.

So, we were doing some holiday shopping yesterday and ended up at Circuit City.  That in and of itself was my first mistake.  I can't tell you the item I wanted to purchase (the receiver of the gift probably will read this), but it was something electronic, over a hundred bucks.  As I was about to pay for it the salesgirl tells me they have a special going and i can get a free gift with it.  I wasn't expecting a free gift, so it was just a bonus, but then she tells me they are all out of the free gift.  I asked her if I could just take something very similar to the free gift, an item that was actually cheaper than the free one, but she said no.  Sooooo, off to talk to the manager I went.

The manager was hiding in the Geek Squad area and refused to come around the desk to talk to me. He said he couldn't offer me anything else and I said that I would just go to the Circuit City ten blocks away but I'd rather just buy it here.  He clearly didn't want to make the sale, so I left.

I get to the other Circuit City and they tell me that they don't even have this free gift sale in their system.  The salesguy calls the original Circuit City and they claim they don't even know about the sale in the first place.   He then tells me there is nothing he can do and walks away.

Long story short, I purchased the item at Best Buy (actually for a few dollars more than the CC price) just out of spite.

Spite, what the holidays are all about.  Right?

(More later, I'm feeling it today...)

Where's the Inspiration?

As you've noticed, Rubinville has been lacking a certain something lately, namely posts. I've sat around a couple times trying to post as usual, but then nothing comes out. Or sometimes something comes out and I just delete it. Or sometimes I just write the whole thing in Mandarin, only to remember that most of you don't speak the language. Anyway, all this adds up to the lack of consistency that you've come accustomed to around here.

Blogging is a strange thing. Sometimes I need it just to get some creative juices out. Lately though, I've been in a really nice groove with stand-up and my podcasts, so blogging hasn't seem as necessary. That isn't it totally though, cuz there are plenty of times stand-up, podcasts and everything else is in the flow and I still am posting around here. So, I'm not exactly sure what it is.

It might have something to do with being only 10 posts away from 1000 and it has caused me to look back a little on how far we've come here and how much further there is to go. And when I say "we" I do mean you too, all the people who read my little musings and especially the ones who comment on them.

Soooo, I promise, promise, promise and super-promise, to get back to regalar, full-time funny postings starting this Monday, December 15th.

And if I don't, I recommend you call 1(800)LAWYER...

(But seriously, I will.)

The Windy (And Corrupt) City

By now you've all obviously heard about the crazy going-ons in Chicago.  While most of the articles I am reading are about his sheer disregard for the law, I would rather focus on two other things, his name and his hair.

Tell me his name, Rod Blagojevich, doesn't sound like the leader of any rebel faction in a country that ends in "...stan."  

And his hair totally matches that look.  People are surprised that he did something un-American?  C'mon.  I think he was the bad guy in "Under Seige 2."

Alright people, my half-assed, random posting is over.  The full comeback is on starting tomorrow...

Another Series Down

If you haven't been watching already, it's probably a little late to tell you to catch the series finale of Boston Legal tonight.  I've only been watching it for the last three seasons (out of five), but I have to say it has been funny, irreverent and probably the most underrated show on TV.  The cast, with actors like William Shatner, James Spader and Candice Bergen were all perfect in their roles and they even made time for fit in guest starts Tom Selleck, Parker Posey, and most importantly Betty White.  

I will miss the offices of Crane, Pool and Schmidt, though I will keep them in mind if I am ever arrested after a bad comedy show in Boston.  

So, yes, I cannot deny that it has been slow around Rubinville lately.  Bailouts, terrorism and a recession clearly have led to a lock of posting.  I have been searching the city for some inspiration though, and I can sense it bubbling.

I must have some kind of lotion for that...

Better Than Nothing

I've been a lil crazed this week. But check out this great video from Funny or Die. Great stuff. I promise I'll try to post later...

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

The City of Brotherly Love

There's a nice interview with me in the most recent "Philadelphia Gay News."  Just like the last article I posted here, if you click the picture above it will get bigger.  I don't know how that happens, but it is a nifty little trick of the internet.  Thank you once again, Al Gore.

More tomorrow.

I know, I know, this really isn't a post.  But I think a pleasant interview is just as good.  Don't you?

Gone Fishin'

Hi everyone.  Hope you all had a good holiday weekend.  I know I said I'd be back starting today but it has been quite a hectic day so I am gonna postpone my grand return until tomorrow.  

In the interest of full disclosure, I have not actually gone fishin', but I am considering having fish for dinner tonight...