I Don't Care...

There are so many things that are coming on the "news" shows that I see during my lunch hour that I just don't care about. The televisions have the sound off so I'm stuck readng lips or looking at headlines and CC. Half of the peope on there I don't recognize. The shows use first names so I usually have no clue who they are talking about.

I don't care about Jon - Kate + 8..... I don't care about American Idol, Survivor, Lost, Dancing With the Stars and just about most popular prime time television show. I don't care about any "reality" show. I don't care about Conan O'Brian or Jay Leno. I have very little television watching time and I use it to watch things I care about. I like a lot of Discovery shows to include Myth Busters and How It's Made. I like the CSI's, Law and Order's and NCIS. I'm a huge superman fan and follow the Smallville series. I like working on cars/trucks so I watch the PowerBlock on Saturday or Sunday. I watch NickJr for a couple hours a day for my daughter and I REALLY don't care about those shows and tend to tune out.

I could care less about stars and people in entertainment. I don't even really like sports. I watch the SuperBowl and if I'm bored I watch a college football game. It doesn't really matter who's playing as I find the college players play harder than the NFL players. Enough is enough, there is too much fluff in our society.

Sexism In Restaurants

I'd like to vent about something that not a lot of people seem to care about. Before I vent let me explain, I'm a doting father. I love my daughter and am VERY active in her life. We regularly go out together just the 2 of us while mom hangs out with friends, gets a haircut or has an appointment. As you would expect we go out to eat a lot just her and I. Here is where the sexism comes in. 7 out of 10 times when I go to a restaurant there is a Changing Station in the women's restroom but not in the men's restroom...... When you cater to one sex, or provide a benefit to one sex and not the other, that's sexism and that's wrong. Now the when I make a suggestion to the Manager of the restaurant their typical reply is, "Well I never thought of that...." So I suggest they spend the $50.00 and install a changing station and "Oh, by the way will you clear the women's restroom and stand guard so I can change my daughter's diaper in there on the changing station?" Sometimes they ask me if I'm serious. Of course I'm serious.. My daughter needs to have her diaper changed and you put the Changing Station in the women's room and I'm a man. Would you rather I change her out here on one of the benches for everyone to see/hear/smell?

On a related note I'm also tired of men being portrayed as in so many negative ways in advertising. I'm very disppointed in my fellow men on this point as they don't seem to care. If commercials were portraying women as inept, bumbling, poor housekeepers or oblivious parents they'd be up in arms and complaining to the television stations for running the ads as well as the businesses that the ads are for. Step up here Gentlemen please.

PrepLogic Won't Leave Me Alone

So YEARS ago when I was desperate to get my 1st IT jog I bought some Audio Cd's to help me study for my Comp TIA A+ certification ... or was it Comp TIA Network+.... either way I got it because I had a long commute to Raleigh and thought the Cd's would be a good way to learn during my 1+ hour drive each way. The information was pretty basic and I can't really recommend their products... I did pass but it was more from the Exam Cram books than the Cd's I think.

Fast Forward to now, SEVERAL years later and the company must be hard up for money because they've been calling my cell phone for the last several DAYS!!!! I just let it go to voicemail and the only thing the person keeps saying is, "This is *** at PrepLogic and we need to speak to you about your A+ certification." Well I already have that cert, and they aren't the governing body for that cert so they don't need to talk to me.

I mistakenly picked up in the early part of last year when I was job hunting thinking it was a call about my resume and told them I'm not interested but they haven't gotten the message. I'm about to find a way to report them for harassment if they don't leave me alone!