Day 41 of the Verizon Hostage Crisis

Still no pictures... even after I purchased Music Essentials Kit - Software, USB Cable & Headset (Motorola).

What it did get me though, was the ability to charge my battery from any USB port w/out frying the battery. And some neat headphones I'll probably never use.

A list of items in my refrigerator:

1 20 oz. Safeway Bottled Water
1 12 oz. Fat Tire Amber Ale
5 Gatorade Rain
11 pack Lipton Brisk Fridge Mate
12 pack Mt. Dew Fridge Mate
1/4 Jar Spicy Tomato & Pesto spaghetti sauce
1/2 Jar Best Foods Mayonniase
1/2 Bottle French's Classic Yellow Mustard
1/2 Jar Claussen Sauerkraut
1/2 Jar Smucker's Blackberry Preserves
1/2 Block of Tillamook Sharp Cheddar
1/2 Tub T. Marzetti's Caramel Apple Dip
1 Jar Vlasic Kosher Dill Spears
1 Bottle Sun Luck Hot Chili Sauce
1 Bottle Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing (unopened)
1 Bottle Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce (unopened)

Focus on that list. Ponder its deeper meaning.

Day 33 of the Verizon Hostage Crisis

Still no pictures. This is due largely to my own laziness, more than any single thing Verizon has done. They have made it sufficiently hard enough for me to take this long. Congratulations.

However, the more I read on the subject, I think it may be possible to thwart their facist attemepts by using their own hardware. Witness: Music Essentials Kit - Software, USB Cable & Headset (Motorola).

On a mostly unrelated note, let me make something clear. At no point in my last post did I claim that "Stadium Arcadium" was the best album of 2006. I merely stated something I presume to be obvious, that it would win the Grammy for Album of the Year.

To further elaborate... Does anyone actually believe "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" was the best album of 2005? No, they don't. U2 won the Grammy because the best album they ever made ("All That You Can't Leave Behind") got screwed in 2001. Piece of Jeopardy trivia... who won album of the year in 2001? And What album?

That's how the Grammys work. They make ridiculous choices one year, then they make up for it later. "American Idiot" was a better album than U2's "How to...", but Green Day had to settle for Record of the Year because that's how things work.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been around for along time w/ out enjoying too much critical (or commercial) sucess. Stadium Arcadium was their first number one. Ever.

The establishment loves to reward aging bands for past deeds. RHCP is no different, regardless of what you think of the record.

...or Comeback of the Year

This is the 2006 Album of the Year.
Unless Jay-Z decides to release another album from his retirement. (In that case, you're looking at the Record of the Year.)

Run, fly, steal a car, whatever; pick up this album.

Its 28 tracks of pure goodness, distilled for your listening pleasure.