12 November 2010

11 November 2010

DOES ANYONE USE A PHONE BOOK ANYMORE? APPARENTLY NOT


Regulators have begun granting telecommunications companies the go-ahead to stop mass-printing residential phone books, a musty fixture of Americans' kitchen counters, refrigerator tops and junk drawers.

In the past month alone, New York, Florida and Pennsylvania approved Verizon Communications Inc.'s request to quit distributing residential white pages. Residents in Virginia have until Nov. 19 to provide comments on a similar request pending with state regulators.
Telephone companies argue that most consumers now check the Internet rather than flip through pages when they want to reach out and touch someone.
Phone companies note that eliminating residential white pages would reduce environmental impact by using less paper and ink. It also can't hurt their bottom lines to cut out the cost of a service that rarely gets used and generates little beyond nostalgia.

The first telephone directory was issued in February 1878 — a single page that covered 50 customers in New Haven, Conn. That sheet grew into a book that became virtually a household appliance, listing numbers for neighbors, friends and colleagues, not to mention countless potential victims of prank calls.
Fewer people rely on paper directories for a variety of reasons: more people rely solely on cell phones, whose numbers typically aren't included in the listings; more listings are available online; and mobile phones and caller ID systems on land lines can store a large number of frequently called numbers
well goodbye phone books, now what am I going to do with all that paper.

-AL

IF YOUR A DEER AND YOU ARE THIRSTY JUST GO TO YOUR LOCAL BAR


Watch as a deer breaks through the wall and enters a bar. Hey maybe he wanted some Grey Goose or some Wild Turkey, ha ha ha ha

-AL

KANYE STOPS BY THE TODAY SHOW


Kanye West stopped buy the Today show to put Matt Lauer in his place abouit rolling video and speak on George Bush's comment that the being called a racist was a low point in his Presidency. Wow Kanye has that much clout that what he says can upset the President? Hip hop has come a long way. Also Bush accepts Kanye's apology after the jump.

-AL

10 November 2010

OBAMA HAS A NEW WEBSITE


It's called: www.whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com so check it out.

-AL

NOT MY KIND OF CRUISE


A crippled cruise ship stranded off the coast of Mexico with nearly 4,500 people onboard got some additional help for its journey toward San Diego, California, on Wednesday morning.

A second tugboat joined in the effort to tow the Carnival Splendor to land late Tuesday night, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Rachel Polish said.
A third tugboat was also assisting in the escort, she said.
The Splendor had been stranded about 130 miles west of Ensenada, Mexico, on Tuesday, a day after it lost power following an engine-room fire, Carnival Cruise Lines said in a statement. The ship has almost 3,300 passengers and about 1,200 crew members onboard.
A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier resupplied the cruise ship Tuesday evening. Sailors stood on the deck of the USS Ronald Reagan in 50-yard lines, handing off boxes of water, frozen bread, sandwich meats, granola bars, paper plates and more for the Splendor.
Well I guess if you wanted to do nothing that was your chance.

-AL 

ASTON MARTIN CLUB LOUNGE


Aston Martin Club Lounge in Singapore.The space is a new lounge for Aston Martin owners and fans alike. Located at The Prime Society in Singapore's Dempsey Hill neighborhood, the club recently opened its doors as the first location of its kind in the world, and as you might have guessed, the decor is thoroughly Aston Martin, from the pictures of the sportscars lining the walls to the coffee tables made from Aston wheels. Macallan is the whisky on offer and Grande Annee is the champagne of choice, and you can surely specify exactly how you like your martinis, but something tells us the bartenders already know.

I'm there on the next flight.

-AL