Even I like to be fair. If I’m not, some idiot sends me an email complaining, so it’s easier for me to just post corrections and updates. So I took the liberty of going back through several years of this blog and posted some corrections, or, more correctly, how my thinking changed. Think of it as a field trip, without the bagged lunches and First Student bus.
Let’s start in 2005, the first year of the Kevin’s Word (back when we were called kevin. word.):
March 23, 2005: Jack of all Trades.com
Thats what Google is becoming. An image sorter, an email service, and now a map service? Remember when it was just web searching? Me niether. There are rumers that they are working on a browser! What, Gbrowser::The searchable way to browse the web? I don’t know, but their becoming a monopoly. Most people will probably disagree. Tell me in the comments. Before Google buys out Blogger. (Wait, they already did!)
Dang, I was angry at a young age. Anyway, this was obviously back during the early days, and when I was covering technology and stuff. And I still agree with myself, although now there might be a phone involved.
April 30, 2005: Bad News…
[Gas prices] The’re still too high!
Suck it up, $1.60/gallon. Now it’s $3/gallon. Dang, what happened to early 2005?
November 4, 2005: Hey, hey, wait no, come back here!
That is not fair. Hey, Coca-Cola, I happen to like Vanilla Coke. You are mean.
Anyway, I’m very upset about the discontinuation of Vanilla Coke, and I am stockpiling from the stores here in Baton Rouge. The’re replacing it with some “Blak Cherry Vanilla Coke”, Supposadly a mixture of Coke, vanilla and cherry soda, with coffee!
OK, this is a a case of bad reporting (and spelling. Firefox didn’t have built in spellchecker back then). Vanilla Coke was really discontinued, and you would have loved to see my closet from the Vanilla Coke I bought after that announcement. But just as a warning to Coca-Cola: Don’t introduce a product called BlaK and Black Cherry Vanilla at the same time! Clearly They both failed and Coca-Cola Vanilla is back on store shelves, but wasn’t that interesting?
Alright. That was a wonderful trip to the past. Now, a little forward, let’s go to 2006. Yes, because didn’t we all love 2006.
(By the way, where was I when I wrote all of 2006’s articles? I went through the list, and didn’t remember any of them…)
First point:
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March 31, 2006: Raise your hand if you like Coca-Cola with coffee…
…hey, I think I see one in the back…
oh, wait, that’s the Coca-Cola product manager. Never mind.
Now maybe I’m speaking too soon, but that espresso I just finished was good. The Coke I had right before was great. Together… CALL 911! When CocaCola Blak reaches stores in Baton Rouge, I’ll try it. Saying that, I just hope I’m in good enough mental condition to right about it here.
I was very critical of Coke BlaK before it came out. If you remember also, I ended up liking it, before it was discontinued.
May 7, 2006: SUSE Ten Point One: Do I have to spell it out of you?
You don’t need to know the details, but I’ll just quote one sentence:
Oh, and ZENworks for updates.
Cool!
No, Kevin, not cool.
Note about the next one: They say, before you write an article, don’t be angry. I wasn’t angry, just bitter.
August 16, 2006: Enough is Enough, the Gloves are coming off, and it’s do or die, First Student!
This is First Student’s second year of contracting bus services here! After the trainwreck that was last year, you would think that First Student would get through their heads that signing the contract and then shooting the parish and school administrators, parents, drivers, and students in the foot would not sit well when their contract is up. Well, they didn’t. Over the past three days, every hope and every little percentage of optimism I had for this year was run over by a bus. Lack of communication, confusion, late or nonexistent service has become the new face of bus services.
On Monday, it started out better than last year. Buses came and got to school on time. But the afternoon was horrible. One kid was told that they would not stop at his house, even though they passed right in front of it, and instead was forced to get off at another street and WALK TO HIS HOUSE! What the heck is that?! This is not a game, as First Student seems to think.
Yesterday, the bus didn;t come at all, and instead another bus came around 15 inutes AFTER school started! The arrival at school was 30 MINUTES AFTER CLASS STARTED!! And even then, not many students were there. The majority came a few minutes later on other buses.Finally, our not last, but last I will talk about for today, turning around. How can First Student make students wait at the HIGHWAY! Sometimes, not even showing up, claiming they can’t turn around, even though that’s just another one of the FIrst Student Excuses. Ecspecially since there have been buses, both First Student and the previous public bus system buses (Oh, those were the days) have been turning down there for years. And the turnaround at the specific location has even been widened.
My recommendation to everyone who was affected by these non turnaround buses, if you have a turnaround, and buses have turned there successfully before, tell them that, and refuse to get off the bus.
I just hope, that when First Student’s contract is up, Corona and the rest of the school board looks at what First Student has done, and makes their descision on what is best for the students.
Actually, looking back, and at what’s going on now with First Student, I have nothing to correct.
Ah, 2006. Man it sucked. Oh, well, lets to to the current year, 2007. Dang, I’m still writing 2006 for the date…
January 1, 2007: Happy New Year
2006 sucked.
2007? If Vanilla Coke returns, it’ll be the year.Have a Yo New Year.
I am telling you, that was a coincidence.
February 8, 2007: The Krewe of Word
(no, that’s not a real parade) Alright, so Mardi Gras is just around the corner. Or, to be more technical, two down and two to the left. And because it’s been awhile since I’ve given advise in the form of a list (two years, actually), here’s some advise to keep you safe at the parades:
1. Don’t fight with me over beads. (For my Baton Rouge friends, of course.)
2. It’s not nice to call someone fat on Mardi Gras. Even if their name is Tuesday.
3. Don’t drink and drive. Don’t drink and blog. Don’t drink and set shows to record on the DVR.
4. If you’re in the parade, don’t throw your cell phone at someone, even if you don’t like them.
5. Get there early. Not too early, though. You might make someone think the iPhone’s being sold there.
6. Don’t tell DIRECTV. They might lock you in to a 2 year contract.
7. If you see a float that states “Mardi Gras is joining the new AT&T. Your world. Delivered,” you are at the wrong parade.
8. Indulge in what you’re giving up for Lent. If you’re not Catholic, indulge anyway and use that as an excuse.
In reality, I think AT&T, given the chance, would buy the entire holiday of Mardi Gras.
March 20, 2007: Blanco ain’t coming back!
YES! Not that I’m biased, or anything…
The governor of Louisiana announced at 6:00 pm Central that she won’t seek election in 2007. Not that it mattered anyway, who would vote for her, Michael Brown? Maybe if he was a Louisiana citizen. Unfortunately, this won’t help the Katrina/Rita recovery effort, at least not by a noticeable margin. Why? Because, the stupidity wasn’t just in the state government (although Pandora’s Box had to have been somewhere…), it was in FEMA, in the local governments, as high up as Washington, D.C. Of course those brainwashed Americans, ahem, Democrats (and Kanye West),would have liked for Americans to believe that the Source of All Evil(TM) was directly in President Bush’s administration, but, of course, they’ll leech on any bad story or tradegy and spin it to blame everyone else. No shame, Repubs to it to, but for some reason (Iraq?) Americans are believing it this time. What was I talking about? Oh, yeah. Vote Jindal. Not that I’m biased, or anything.
See, things change a lot. By the way, congratulations, Mr. Arrogant.
April 8, 2007: From the people that killed the DIRECTV/Dish Network merger of 2003…
…The Carmel Group, the research firm whose analysis helped kill the 2003 merger of [DISH Network's parent company] EchoStar and DirecTV, will release a new report today that outlines the strongest arguments yet against merging satellite radio companies Sirius and XM. Read the full thing here.Read the last line: With all due respect, this proposed merger [of XM and Sirius Radio] should not be approved – under any conditions – by the U.S. government.”
With all due respect, the US government needs to realize that this is a free and open market… and companies should be able to merge and buy each other out as much as they want and any legislation against that is stifling freedom.
And if you’re going to bring up the 1980’s AT&T breakup, may I remind you how well that went?
Of course, considering how much I hate AT&T, I guess I still stick to what I originally said about the Federal Government keeping their hands out. Remember: Companies do learn.
June 29, 2007: The iPhone…
OK, I know that if I say that the iPhone sucks here, then the Apple fanboys will go “Oh, but Kevin, you haven’t even played with the phone.” So, I have refrained from criticizing the phone until I had one in my hands and played with it for myself. I did just that at the Mall of Louisiana’s AT&T store today, so now that I’ve played with the phone for about 9 minutes, I would like to tell you what I like and hate about it.
I didn’t copy the whole thing, because who cares, but anyway. One reader commented to me through email that “u didnt really twxt it cause u treid a demp phone”. I”ll presume this guy was using the iPhone keyboard, so I’ll excuse his horrible spelling, but if you wish for me to have an unbiased review of the phone, send me one.
September 1, 2007: Go to jail, Go directly to jail, Do not pass Go, do not pull up your pants…
I realize that there is a reason I get up in the morning. Why? Well, aside from the fact my iHome clock blaring Evanescence off my iPod at seven o’clock hampers my sleep, it the knowledge that there will always be stupid laws made somewhere in the world. Today’s comes from our friends in Mansfield and Delcambre, Louisiana. (Somehow I knew the first stupid law of the month was going to be from here, I just figured it would be south Louisiana)
There shall be no sagging pants.
Yes, for those not familiar with the United States, we have nothing like education or drugs or a war to worry about, so we like to regulate pants. The International Herald-Tribune has this to say on the issue:
Behind the indecency laws may be the real issue — the hip-hop style itself, which critics say is worn as a badge of delinquency, with its distinctive walk conveying thuggish swagger and a disrespect for authority.
I really hate hip hop, but I like disrespect for authority. Escpecially when authority is taking advantage of power and money to help themselves.
Also at work is the larger issue of freedom of expression and the questions raised when fashion moves from being merely objectionable to illegal.
Sure, sagging pants could be construed as indecent exposure. But then, if that’s true, then wouldn’t current indecent exposure laws take care of this? I agree (remember that, I don’t say it often) that there should be a line from where it goes to making you look stupid to making you look stupid, and indecent exposure; but then current laws should fix that right up.
I should mention, and I really hate saying this, because I say it so much, but this is America (make yourself a note, lawmakers). What does that mean? You have a right to look stupid! Is this fad harming our children? Well, think about it this way, now they think real hard as to whether to choose boxers or briefs (Because that just isn’t right.)
I also want to make one other law: White guys can’t have sagging pants. Seriously.
September 24, 2007: John Georges: You ARE a politician, Get over it!
The governor’s race in Louisiana is heating up. It should cool down once Blanco figures out how to turn that crawfish boiler in her office off, but the election ain’t over ’till the fat lady sings (not that anyone will hear her, since she won’t get out of her recliner to go vote). One of the not-so-front runners is an ant, but also John Georges. Unfortunatly, I do believe his campaign ads might be misleading. In these ads, he says to “save Louisiana” we need to not elect another politican. Well then Georges, who do you suspect we should elect? A shrimp? Fred Thompson? The Mac guy in those commericals? Because you ARE a politican. How do I know? Well, since my Yo Dictionary is gone from the top of the page until Get It Straight gets it legs, this is the definition of politician
One primarily devoted to his own advancement in public
office, or to the success of a political party; — used in
a depreciatory sense; one addicted or attached to politics
as managed by parties (1913 Webster)You are devoted to your own advancement in public office, right? That’s what I thought. You, my friend are a politician.
Finally, let’s look at it this way: If you stubbornly refuse to market yourself as a politician, are you sure businessman is the best way to go? I mean, people hate politicians, but boy do they hate businessmen too.
I just wanted to say: I’m surprised that picture of him in front of the Coca-Cola sign didn’t at least get him into a runoff.
So, as you can see, I have a lot of corrections. Now, don’t bring them up again.
