Monday, June 22, 2009
Beefs again
I am really ticked off by great books printed in an impossible small font. These publishing houses must work closely with opticians, otherwise I cannot fathom the fascination for tiny letters on a tiny page.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Long time...
... not written.
But I managed to collect some beefs while I was away.
In no particular order:
- Germans have no idea of personal space. None whatsoever. They breathe down your neck whether you're queuing for coffee, the loo, to get on the tube or you're speeding 200 km/h on the highway. People, THIS IS ANNOYING!
- Another driving trick I do not get in Germany: why do they speed up when the light is obviously red? What is the use?! The breaking space get shorter and the risks of accident get higher. Germans usually plan their holidays two years ahead, still they have no foreseeing capacity to lift the foot from the gas pedal and hit with it the bloody breaks in time?
- Radios play silly music. Music nowadays is silly. Lady Gaga gets steadily on my nerves and I don't know if you have noticed, but in 'Poker face', there is an extra 'ma' in the second line of the chorus, or whatever that is, with 'my, my, my poker face', the second time there is an extra 'my/ma' that is definitely asymmetric and spoils the rhythm. Not that I care, but I am bothered by it every time it's on the radio. I tried switching the radio to another post, the bloody thing is too popular, it is practically impossible to miss it if one chooses to listen to the radio.
- In the same musical category: lyrics are either silly or depressing. If they are not silly, they are smart, and if they are smart, they are implicitly depressing. Happy and smart do not go together as far as lyrics are concerned. Which is depressing. Although my algorithm may not be all that smart. Perhaps because it does not rhyme.
- What's the use of paying 35 euros for private cable and have absolutely nothing worthy to watch on telly? How pathetic it is to zap all Friday night and end up blogging? This is pure rhetorical, I expect no answer.
- When you look for some recipe on the net, you find some with pictures, and you think they are helpful. They are not, because no matter what you do, whatever you are cooking will never look as the pictures posted with that recipe. I am not talking about the taste, I am talking about the looks. Yes, I have starting trying my hand at baking cookies.
- Wordpress is a bit cooler than blogger, but my biggest beefs with wordpress concern the font style and font, which are unchangeable and once you choose a theme, you are stuck with the puny little font that strains your eyes.
My crème brûlée must have cooled down by now.
But I managed to collect some beefs while I was away.
In no particular order:
- Germans have no idea of personal space. None whatsoever. They breathe down your neck whether you're queuing for coffee, the loo, to get on the tube or you're speeding 200 km/h on the highway. People, THIS IS ANNOYING!
- Another driving trick I do not get in Germany: why do they speed up when the light is obviously red? What is the use?! The breaking space get shorter and the risks of accident get higher. Germans usually plan their holidays two years ahead, still they have no foreseeing capacity to lift the foot from the gas pedal and hit with it the bloody breaks in time?
- Radios play silly music. Music nowadays is silly. Lady Gaga gets steadily on my nerves and I don't know if you have noticed, but in 'Poker face', there is an extra 'ma' in the second line of the chorus, or whatever that is, with 'my, my, my poker face', the second time there is an extra 'my/ma' that is definitely asymmetric and spoils the rhythm. Not that I care, but I am bothered by it every time it's on the radio. I tried switching the radio to another post, the bloody thing is too popular, it is practically impossible to miss it if one chooses to listen to the radio.
- In the same musical category: lyrics are either silly or depressing. If they are not silly, they are smart, and if they are smart, they are implicitly depressing. Happy and smart do not go together as far as lyrics are concerned. Which is depressing. Although my algorithm may not be all that smart. Perhaps because it does not rhyme.
- What's the use of paying 35 euros for private cable and have absolutely nothing worthy to watch on telly? How pathetic it is to zap all Friday night and end up blogging? This is pure rhetorical, I expect no answer.
- When you look for some recipe on the net, you find some with pictures, and you think they are helpful. They are not, because no matter what you do, whatever you are cooking will never look as the pictures posted with that recipe. I am not talking about the taste, I am talking about the looks. Yes, I have starting trying my hand at baking cookies.
- Wordpress is a bit cooler than blogger, but my biggest beefs with wordpress concern the font style and font, which are unchangeable and once you choose a theme, you are stuck with the puny little font that strains your eyes.
My crème brûlée must have cooled down by now.
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