So here we are in the Spring of 2008 and gas prices are continuing to skyrocket day after day. Just last week here the price of gas went up .15 cents in just 2 days. So that led me to wonder how much am I spending on gas this month? I should have just not bothered figuring it out because it was just depressing, but I figured that I am on track to spend almost $400.00 dollars this month. Yep, thats right.. FOUR HUNDRED BIG ONES. And I don’t even have all that long of a commute. About an hour drive every day plus whatever local driving I do at home to get groceries and whatever else.
Prices of food and everything else are going up too, you don’t need my little blog to tell you this. Because truckers who are hauling all this stuff are paying about a grand to fill their diesel tanks. I personally feel the squeeze of the increased cost because I can’t go out and do the things I enjoy anymore. Jen and I can’t go out and grab a bite to eat at our favorite restaurant because we have zero spending money left. And the sad thing is we are living at home right now to save money. I would hate to have a mortgage or a rent to pay right now, I feel for any of you out there who do.
The big question is this, when are our worthless pandering, fucking idiot elected officials going to get off their stupid asses and do something about this? I am not an economist or an expert on gas and oil by any means but this continuing trend needs to be curbed in some way. The fact that prices are not even being driven up by lack of supply is honestly frightening, what does this mean for the summer season? Elderly folks on fixed incomes can’t even drive to the grocery store or the bank because they are spending all their money on gas.
This is the reality of the situation, the human effect. And don’t tell me we need to “Decrease our dependence on foreign oil” or “Drive a cleaner hybrid car” because those are long term solutions that would be wonderful, but America needs solutions now and that shit won’t help us in the near term. While giving everyone in America some cash this summer was a nice thought it isn’t going to do shit to resolve the current situation. Write your congressmen and let them know that something needs to be done, give them real world experiences and give this situation a human face.
Hamma Bullshit, Rants, politics economy, expensive, gas, gas prices, news, politics, Rants
Not often does a TV show come along that caters to several of my favorite interests. Those interests of course being Booze and Traveling, the first I have quite a bit of experience with but the second not as much. So I am able to live through Zane on Three Sheets. Three Sheets is a great show on MOJO HD where Zane Lamprey travels around the globe experiencing all sorts of different drinking cultures. From drinking exotic beers to even more exotic hard liquors every show is sure to be a new adventure. I would call Zane the Mike Rowe of drinking shows, he genuinely loves his job, he’s funny, and seems like an all around nice guy.
One of my personal favorites was the Belgium episode, I had no idea there could be so many different flavors of beer from Apple to Orange.. another was the Germany episode because really how can you go wrong with Oktoberfest? (The hot beer chicks helped too yikes 
) The episodes are always funny and many feature appearances by Pleepleus Zane’s Monkey sidekick. I challenge anyone to sit through an entire episode without craving their favorite drink or beer I know that I have to crack open a brew every time I watch the show.
If you happen to get the MOJO channel (I get it on Comcast) and want to learn more about booze and be amused at the same time then you should tune into this show. If you don’t get it on cable you can get it either on the MOJO Website or on HULU. The new season just started Thursdays at 9pm EST and tonight Zane heads off to Rio..
Hamma Drinking, Entertainment beer, booze, Entertainment, funny, hulu, Mojo, mojohd, threesheets, travel, zane, zanelampry
Here in New England the Red Sox / Yankees rivalry is the biggest in sports. So when news came out that a Sox fan buried a David Ortiz jersey in the new Yankee Stadium it was top story news. Now one could not be really sure if this was actually done, it could be just some guy trying to freak out the paranoid Yankee fans. But when Yankee’s brass got word that this may be the case they went to the extreme and actually ordered the construction company to start digging (which actually set them back about $50,000). Sure enough after many hours with a jackhammer it turned out that the rumors were true because buried deep in the concrete of the new stadium was a David Ortiz Jersey.
Now I wish the story ended here but look at what the nutjob Yankee’s president said:
“But then we decided, why reward somebody who had really bad motives and was trying to do a really bad thing?”
As if this guy had committed some kind of crime like raping a child or something.. give me a fucking break! Rumors are out there now that the Yankee’s might even be considering criminal action against this guy but seriously, what would you charge him with? Witchcraft for putting a curse on them? String him up from the nearest tree!!!
I know one thing, if I had managed to get a jersey buried I would have kept my yap shut until they were done.. lets see them try and dig it up then!
Hamma Bullshit, Rants baseball, nutjob, red sox, sports, yankees, yankees-vs-red-sox
So it’s that time again and another GTA is on the horizon and this time it’s got what looks to be a pretty sweet ass multiplayer complete with co-op mode, racing mode, and even rival gang mode. Normally I’d be pretty excited to get into this game and kick some ass, the GTA series is always good for hours upon hours of fun. The problem? The PC platform once again gets shafted on release day. Now I am normally not one to whine about these sorts of things but come on give me a break…
Why do we have to wait 6 months to enjoy this game? Why should I go out and spend 400 bucks only to have an Xbox sit in the closet after about a month of playtime? I picked up the original XBox and a PS2 back in the day, played games on them for maybe a month a piece and now they are just sitting in the closet collecting dust. I used to enjoy consoles I mean who didn’t? Super Mario brothers started it all, Final Fantasy, Contra.. just to name a few. But then I got myself a PC and broke away from the cage of being stuck on one platform. PC’s can do everything from MMO’s (unfortunately) right to word processing. I just cannot get myself to play an FPS on a damn console a joystick and a keypad to aim and shoot?? Give me a break.. mouse and keyboard for the win.
I will probably buy the game when it comes out on the PC, but I think its ridiculous these studios continue to shaft the PC.
Hamma Gaming, Rants
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