In this day and age, privacy is a myth.

Today, is February 29th, 2012. Which makes tomorrow March 1st. Tomorrow, Google is implementing their new Privacy Policy and a lot of people are up in arms about it, including the FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz who says that the change forces consumers to make a "brutal choice". But if you actually took the time to read the new privacy policy, you'll notice something odd. You will notice that they aren't really changing anything about what information they collect. Google is taking the numerous different policies for its numerous different services, and combining them into one easy-to-understand policy. The internet giant isn't collecting data any differently than before. Instead, Google is going to store all the info it gets in one place, instead of having parts of you spread out all over the different services. Don't take my word for it, go read it for yourself.

I love technology!

And honestly, who doesn't? Technology has given us the ability to get our messages instantly, instead of waiting days, weeks, or even months for the Pony Express to arrive. In 15 years, we have gone from an era of heavy, expensive, and boring phones with no address book, no email, no texting, and no screen like this one:

I'm tired of it.

A boy and his father are in a car wreck and are badly injured. Two ambulances arrive and take them to two different hospitals. The boy is wheeled into the operating room, the surgeon walks in, looks at the boy and says "I cannot operate on this boy, for he is my son." How is that possible?

The surgeon is the boy's mother.

Old riddle, I know... but there is a point (aside from sexism in this country). The mother cannot operate because there is a conflict of interest, and it is built into their Code of Ethics. There is no hospital that would let her, even if she wanted to. So why are we letting our politicians introduce, or even vote on bills that involve an industry who gives them campaign funds? I'm speaking of course, about Rep. Lamar Smith. The man that introduced a bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and had it shot down by the millions of internet users. Now, I'm not going to beat a dead horse and explain why this bill was wrong, since I've already done that and the bill was squashed anyway. My question is, why are we letting Rep. Smith introduce a bill that involves the industry that gives him the most campaign contributions?

Gifts of Valentine

Today is Valentine’s Day. It’s the day where you must buy something for your significant other, or else you are a worthless human being. You could give your partner a gift on every day in February, but if you neglect giving a gift on the 14th, you are sleeping on the couch, my friend.

Flowers, chocolate, candy hearts, teddy bears, etc. It will all be over priced for today, then marked down 75% tomorrow. The smart couple would do Valentine’s Day on the 15th, while the really smart couple would agree to show their love for each other every day, and not let retail stores dictate how or when to express it. I mean really. Can you put a price on love? If so, my girlfriend and I bought a house for each other. A house! Take that, Russel Stover! It is certainly more expensive, will last longer, and produce more great memories than chocolates, flowers, and teddy bears combined.

It’s not that I’m against Valentine’s Day, I’m just against the fact that it’s a holiday run by florists and chocolatiers. I love my girlfriend, and I love her will all my heart. I tell her so at least once every day. I do not need flowers nor chocolates to express how I feel.

But I will still buy some. Because I want to. Because I love her. And because I don’t want to sleep on the couch.

OK, rant over. Now will someone please explain to me what the hell the card below has to do with Velveeta?!? It’s just…. disturbing.