Sometimes I really hate the world. Well, not the whole world. Just certain people/entities. Today it's the Marriott Corporation.

Three years ago, a woman was raped at gunpoint, in the presence of her two small children (ages 3 and 5), in a Marriott-owned parking garage. Marriott has decided that *she* was negligent in this matter. See USAToday story ( Read more... )

Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson? And today Billy Mays, although I absolutely do not consider him a celebrity. An annoying pain in my eardrums - yes. An inspiration for me to NOT purchase the stuff he hawked - yes. (My Rule of Acquisition: If you annoy me, offend me or piss me off, I will not buy.) The reason I have hair-trigger ( Read more... )