• Sarah Palin loves The Constitution, as it guarantees her freedom of screech.
• I like it that a person can doodle or scribble and no one ever complains about wasting ink.
• On a related note, when is the last time you saw a kid with chalk drawing on a sidewalk?
• As an American in good standing, I drank 23 barrels of crude oil last year. Mmm, sweet.
• What household item gets used most often for some secondary purpose? I’d say knife, followed by vinegar and scissors.
• Use of the Oxford comma is a matter of taste; I intend to use it again, again, and again.
• My mess is work-in-progress; your mess is clutter; his mess is a real eyesore.
• The 537 people we elected to office in Washington, D.C. are not exceptional, and we should stop pretending otherwise. They are just like us and they prove it every day.
• Worst orchestral instrument in the world: wood block. No one wants to hear wood block.
With the latest price increase, I am now paying $100/month for service from DirecTV™. DirecTV is my only option here in the mountains if I want to watch more than one channel. Since DirecTV does not offer a la carte service, I have to pay $60/month for a package with more shopping and infomercial channels than actual content, $6/month for each TV, plus extra charges for HD and DVR. I intend to cut back on services, and the thought has entered my mind of cutting the cord completely, Daily Show or no.
This I find odd: In the past year, DirecTV reported revenue of $26 billion but profits of only $1.97 billion. According to their website, they have 28 million subscribers in the US and South America. This works out to $943 annual income per subscriber, from which they make $70 profit. That’s it. You pay through the nose and DirecTV makes $70. Someone, if not DirecTV, is making a pile of money on a product of overstated value.
Soon, the pile will be a little smaller.