Not too long ago, Verizon took aim at AT&T’s spotty 3G coverage with a clever add: As an AT&T customer who lives in one of the 10 most populous metros in the United States, I found it amusing because my coverage — even inside the perimeter — is fucking atrocious. There’s really no reason that, standing [...]
This bothers me a bit every time I hear it. It seems that every auto insurance company has been trumpeting a relatively useless statistic. “Drivers who switched to _____ saved an average of…” and then they give some large-sounding number. You want to save hundreds of dollars, right? Of course you do. Who doesn’t? The claim is [...]
Today I walked down the street to Quiznos (They have a pepper bar) for lunch. This is a pretty happenin’ place most days. Lots of business folks, bums, college students, etc. The line can be long, but it tends to move pretty quickly. Today the line did not move as quickly as it should. This [...]
Today was the first weekend of AFDC Spring League. Lots of fun. I ended up landing funny during the first game and doing something bizarre to my (right) shoulder. Smart Pete would have stopped playing, iced it, and rested. Smart Pete doesn’t play ultimate frisbee, though, so he was at home. Instead, I played the [...]
I think we’re about to enter Get Off My Lawn territory here, but some things just need to be said. Specifically, I think it’s time that we pare down the definition of cyberbullying. is when someone repeatedly makes fun of another person online or repeatedly picks on another person through emails or text messages, [...]
If you’ve been a PeteHoliday.com reader for any appreciable amount of time, it should come as no surprise to you that I am not a member of PeTA. In fact, while I love animals1, I do not labor under the assumption that they are people nor that they deserve the same rights as people. [...]
There is a blurb in the AJC today about an 11-year-old boy who walked from Tallahassee to Atlanta… for the homeless. The first thought that went through my mind when I read the blurb (and I use that term in the most disparaging possible sense) is… who lets their child walk hundreds of miles for ANYTHING? [...]
(I am a FanHouse author, but the views expressed in this post are only my own, not AOL’s) On Monday, a deal between AOL and Fantasy Sports Girl was made public over at FanHouse. The basic gist? Tarted-up actresses are going to be reading cue-cards about fantasy football every week. There are so many terrible things [...]
Listen, I understand. We as law students are taking out tens, sometimes hundreds, of thousands of dollars in loans. We want a payout and we want it now. But wanting something and thinking you’re entitled to it are two wholly different things. Take, for example, this Ask Metafilter question on getting a “good” job: [...]
An open letter to a stupid woman Dear Moron, The main drag in town has a speed limit of 20 miles per hour – a completely reasonable number, and one which I follow quite strictly. It would be embarrassing to have to explain to my boss why I was speeding down main street. This morning was quite [...]