Dunkin Donuts sucks!

It’s 0613 this morning when I went through the drive thru at the DD in Mechanicsville, MD. I decided not to drink the last Dt Pepsi in our refrigerator so the wife would have one when she woke up. So I decide to go through DD….mistake! I pull up to the speaker, two cars are ahead of me in line, and the worker says “how can I help you?” I said “can I have a #9 with bacon and a half sweet, ha……” She breaks in while I am ordering “Can you hang on a minute I’m not ready!”

WHY? WHY THE FUCK DID YOU SAY “how can I help you?” Obviously you didn’t mean it! So I wait….20…19…18…17….16……..3…2…1. And nothing. So I just drove off. For 20 seconds I sat there waiting for what? You said can I help you, then you cut me off, then you don’t talk to me. Is that good customer service? Is that how people communicate with each other? We ask a question then don’t want to know the answer then don’t talk? Thanks DD for nothing! Except for hiring people then not training them on customer service basics…like talking!! Had she been busy helping someone that is awesome I can understand that, I’m not an asshole. 20 seconds seems like no time at all to wait and it’s not, except in a fast food drive thru line!! Next time you go through a drive thru, I challenge you to start the conversation then wait 20 seconds and see what happens from their end!

Dunkin Donuts sucks!

Power Hour!

Alright settle down! Today is like the 97th day of vicious working out. And all I have to say is…if you don’t get a sweat ring you aren’t working out hard enough!!! And my nipples hurt from the wet sanding they took from my shirt!

Power Hour!

Robin Williams: A Hero beyond words!

Nothing I write here will ever come close to expressing the man that Robin Williams was, at least to me. It takes a very very special person to stand up, make a conscience decision to go to a war zone and in the face of all the fickjngb worst humanity has to offer, stand up, put a smile on your face and bring people back from the brink! I met Robin Williams in 2007 while in such a place, and with him, he brought other great Americans, Lewis Black, Lance Armstrong, Kid Rock and the Miss USA at the time. He was amazing! They all were, but if not for him, none of them would’ve been there, they all said so. They said Robin was the type of guy who gave back, who gave of himself and created a feeling in others to follow his lead. That is so true. Very few have had or will ever have the respect and admiration I have for him. I didn’t see Bush out there, I didn’t see anyone from Washington out there, in the cold desert, standing tall, bright and hilarious(there is no word to describe the ultimate joy of seeing Robin Williams live). When it was my turn to get my picture taken, I could’ve given my patches to any of them, but Robin was the logical choice, and I wasn’t the only one. By the time I got on stage he had a pocket full of patches and now I am sure he has boxes full of them. Still though, I took off both my squadron patch and name tag from my flight suit, which I had worn flying hundreds of hours into combat, and they meant something to me as part of my uniform and a piece of personal and family history, but not as much as seeing someone leave all else behind, to wish me and the rest of us there happy holidays, so I gave them to him, and he was humbled. Of course he is a great actor so who knows but he shook my hand, said thank you, made a funny joke about my call sign being Droopy and put them in his pocket. I am sad today to know he is gone, he is gone for what we couldn’t save him from. Why? I hate that people kill themselves, for the simple fact that we, none of us, are alone. We all live here, we live with family and friends. Some we like more than others but in the end we are all the same. If God is just he will forgive Robin for taking his own life, because Robin sacrificed himself his whole life for the enjoyment of others.

You will be missed more than you can ever know! I pray for his family and friends, it never makes sense…

Robin Williams: A Hero beyond words!

The 28 Day Challenge: Day 1

It is 10:19am.  I have had nothing to eat and only water to drink.  My body has tried to tell me twice that I need to go get a donut!  I have denied it twice.

Before I started to embark on this new me I was terrible at eating things that I should not be eating.  Every morning I would stop at the local donuts store and get a coke and 2 blueberry donuts.  Sometimes I would even add a dozen donut holes to that order just to make sure I would survive until Lunch.  For Lunch I would go to a variety of places to eat but everywhere I went I would buy the large size of everything.  Looking back I am very happy that I actually do have a very good metabolism or based on the way that I generally eat and drink I would be in a world of a mess.  I am kind of like the skinny chick that other woman hate because they can eat anything without working out or dieting.  Seriously I can eat anything and basically maintain the weight that I am now.

So on this new journey I hope to train my body to crave good things and not bad things and I want to learn Portion control for my body.  I think that is a major issue for Americans because every restaurant that you go to fills your plate up as high as they can.  I vote we cut the food in half along with the prices of that meal.

Time to go. Ill report back later.

The 28 Day Challenge: Day 1

Tropic Thunder Movie Review!

Tropic Thunder is a dog terd of a movie.

Tom Cruise is the only thing about this movie that makes it even remotely worth watching.

I’d give this movie a 2.

Tropic Thunder Movie Review!

Kindle Fire HDX Review.

Listen, I know I am a huge fanboy of Apple, but I am going to show you and explain my reasoning in this review of the Kindle Fire HDX that I received as a bundle with the FireTV.

 

This is a non-edited photo of the Kindle Fire HDX screen that I just took.  Notice the blue bands around the edges, yeah that is there all the time.  It is coming from the LED lights they use to edge light the display, and this demonstrates to me a lack of quality control at their factory, OR their design is flawed in constructing the Kindles as a whole.  Either way, this is total crap!

You know what sucks most about it?  I really really enjoyed this thing and so did the kids.  They have this app called Freeplay, it’s for kids, and the app loads all of the music, movies, books and apps that are for kids.  The greatest thing of all, the kids cannot exit the app unless a parent puts in the password!  My kids loved the thing, but I am not going to pay $300 for this POS when I could very well pay the same amount for an iPad mini, that I know will be a great product and the quality of which is not compromised by cheap costs in manufacturing.  I really wish someone could make a product that was on par with Apple, but no one can.  If Apple is in the market, they have the best quality and products your money can buy, period!

I was hoping to switch to amazon would have its shit together, but that would be too much to ask wouldn’t it.  They can just keep selling these POS’s to people who think they are getting a deal on the price and who think that somehow Apple is the devil, and Amazon can still make boat loads of money!  Good on you Jeff Bezos for being third or forth…whatever this turd of a product is!

 

 

Kindle Fire HDX Review.

Windpact...the future of helmet technology!

I have a friend, Maurice Kelly, who is leading the way in impact protection technology, and their first offering is an industry disruption technology for football helmets!

According to Windpact’s Fundable page there are 3.8 million sports related concussions in the US per year!  That is insane!  160 concussions happened last year in the NFL, and for an organization that has had more media coverage on the topic of concussions than Lance Armstrong’s drug habit and Tiger Woods sex habit combined, what Windpact brings to the table should be implemented immediately, if not sooner!

I’ll let them do the talking in the video below, but I can say from the perspective of someone who wears a helmet flying into combat I would love to have this technology protecting my brain when it counts, during an emergency!!!  If you are interested in seeing the future now watch their first video and leave a comment with a thumbs up!!

Windpact - Sports Helmet Technology

Windpact...the future of helmet technology!