Hot Tub Time Machine & Craigslist

John Cusack has a new movie out called Hot Tub Time Machine where he and his friends go back to the 80′s.  This cartoon was inspired by a conversation with a friend who wanted to know if someone would buy a used mattress on craigslist.  Craigslist is an online classified ad site.  I figured anyone would buy anything on craigslist and a quick search proved me right.

Which suggests many questions:

-  What is the weirdest thing you have bought online or saw for sale online?
-  If you could go back in time, what year would you go back to?
-  If you could go back in time, what would you tell your younger self (and no using the obvious around giving yourself ways to make easy money like lottery numbers, stock tips, etc)?

Editorial Cartoon – Toyota Prius Acceleration Problems

In the market for a new car?  This is a great time to buy a used Toyota and especially a Prius.  Sudden acceleration problems have been blamed in over 100 different crashes.   But it seems people are blaming Toyota for their accidents, even when it is driver error. 

So now, if you are the owner of one of these gems, you have a window of opportunity to blame Toyota for your crash, even if your dumbass shouldn’t be behind the wheel of a car in the first place.

A Day in My Life

Noel over at DJBogtrotter and Miltons Life has decided to issue a challenge calling May 14 Dialogue Free Webcomics Day.  Well I know I am 6 weeks early but I couldn’t resist this image because it reflects my day last Sunday.

The day started with me waking up to find that one of our cats had puked in 12 different places all over the house.  I am squeamish when it comes to this stuff so I have to choke back my own vomit whenever I clean up vomit (or change the cat litter).  Usually if it was in one place I would act like I didn’t see it and wait for the wife to clean it up.  But in twelve spots, I knew I had to man up and make it a team effort.

Afterwards, I went about my day eating breakfast, showering (which is important to note as we will come back to this later) and then going shopping.  I got a new workout shirt and a new belt.  I needed the belt desperately as mine was falling apart so I wasted no time putting it on in the store.

Early in the afternoon, as I tend to do several times a day, I sat down on the toilet to do what men do when they sit on the toilet.  Suddenly I was overcome by the atrocious smell of putrid salmon.   Covering my face with my shirt, I looked all around the bathroom to see if we possibly missed some cat vomit in our clean up efforts.  I knew the smell was somewhere in the bathroom but I couldn’t figure out where.

All seemed normal until later that day I had to go again; this time I went into a different bathroom.  Once again the smell overcame me.  As I leaned over toward the air-vent the smell become stronger.  I called out to my wife to stick her head in the air-vent and see if the smell could be coming from the furnace.  She said no. 

To my horror, I realized that if it wasn’t the cat and it wasn’t the furnace, then it must be me.  It can’t be me.  I just showered that morning.  Yet here I was leaning over on the toilet trying to smell my crotch to determine if indeed it was.   I feared I had some form of Salmon Crotch Disease.  Was it curable?  Would I smell like this the rest of my life?

I tore off each piece of clothing to get a better smell and lo and behold it was my DAMN NEW BELT.  Yes folks my brand new Gap belt smells of salmon.  I’ll be taking it back this weekend and hopefully it was a one time thing.

A day in my life.

Editorial Cartoon – Healthcare Costs

So the Healthcare Reform Bill was passed into law today.   Now as Nancy Pelosi said we will finally figure out what was in it.  But I wonder while everyone will now be insurable will it do anything to really lower the cost of healthcare.  And do we as Americans really care?

I put myself in this camp.  If I had a shoulder problem and the doctor suggested a $500+ MRI, I would make a different decision if I was footing the entire bill.  But with insurance, it is a no brainer to pay the $25 copay to get the MRI.

It used to be I would pay my copay to the dentist, he would submit the claim to insurance and they would only pay their negotiated rate.  Well the dentist got wise to that and now he requires I pay the entire bill upfront.  He still submits the claim to insurance but now they send their negotiated rate check to me.  So he gets what he asks for and I get stuck with the leftovers.  All of the sudden I started making different choices for my dental care including asking how much the insurance company would cover for procedures beyond cleaning.   If I feel insurance doesn’t cover enough, I will look at different options including other dentists.

We all want the sports car but only want to pay for the smart car.

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