I am your singing telegram *bang*

Funny story from work:

The other day, I got this phone call that involved me having to put the caller on hold while I contacted another company for some info. I was, in turn, put on hold by that company. While I was on hold, I decided to be a smart ass and sing along with the muzak. I said something like, "I hope this call is being monitored so people will know what a great singer I am."

Well, turns out the call was being monitored (that is, my supervisor listened to it and "graded" me on my performance -- that happens 6 times a month). I looked at the review she gave me, and this was written in the "comments" section: "You are a good singer."

Today I get an email from this dude who is apparently one of the watchers of the watchers. He praised my upbeat attitude, my committment to providing quality customer service, and my singing ability, and recommended that I try out for Star Search.

Who said big corporations don't have a sense of humor?

Sell out

Hey everyone. Sorry I've been away for a while. I've been busy playing video games and answering questions about 401k's. You know how it goes.

So yeah, had a birthday couple of weeks back. My parents came to visit and pimped out my crib (wow, you'd think I watch MTV or something). Now I've got an XBox. Yes, I've finally given my gameplaying soul to Bill Gates. So for the past few weeks I've been playing Fable and Knights of the Old Republic. I finally managed to beat Fable, but only as a nice guy. As far as I can tell, there's no reason to be Good in that game. You get less money, crappier weapons, and all the villagers follow you around going, "Yaaaayy!" On the plus side, all the ladies (and some dudes) were madly in love with me. And I married the mayor of a town. Now she had a phat crib. Now I've moved on to KoToR (that's what all the cool kids call it). I finally managed to become a Jedi, and I'm kicking ass with my two-lightsaber monkey stance.

As you can see, the big events in my life revolve around video games. Yes, I'm a geek. WooT!

Wish I had more to talk about, but what can I say? I'm boring.

Represent

Normally, I don't talk politics on my blog because that goes against my strict policy of talkin' nonsense. However, I saw something on C-SPAN the other day that is both political and nonsensical, so what's a blogger to do?

Now, lest you think that I'm the kind of guy who sits around and watches C-SPAN in his spare time, I should tell you that the only reason I stopped my channel surfing to watch is because the note on the bottom of the screen said, "Debate over bill to reinstate the military draft". Things that could possibly lead to my being conscripted and sent overseas into "the shit" tend to grab my attention, so I stopped to listen. Most of the debate went like this:

Republican: Why did you guys introduce this bill? You don't support it, we don't support it. Why are you using Congress as a political tool?

Democrat: Well, ain't that the pot calling the kettle black? We know you're gonna reinstate the draft after the election -- Bremmer just said we need more troops, didn't he? Where are we gonna get 'em if not from a draft?

Republican: Look, we're not going to reinstate the draft.

Democrat: You guys suck!

Republican: No, you do!

Democrat: I know you are but what am I? I yield back the balance of my time.

...And so on.

But then Tim Ryan, a Democrat from Ohio, got up and went off the heazzy, as the kids say. I don't think this is a particularly great speech, but it sure is a lot of fun to listen to.