You ever been out in public and you run into a fuck buddy while he's got his wife latched onto him? Do you say hello? Did he acknowledge you? Here are a few clues you might be one of these guys your fuck buddy might never greet out in public.
1. You're wearing a rainbow t-shirt and neon Lady Ga-Ga sarong.
2. You know what a sarong is.
3. His wife and you are both wearing the same blouse.
4. You sold his wife the blouse she's wearing.
5. His wife greets you as "the gay guy" from her Tupperware parties.
6. You've got the starring spot in this year's Gay Pride float.
7. You wear more jewelry and make-up than his wife.
8. You sell jewelry and make-up to his wife.
9. You scream a cheery hello at your buddy as you're being arrested in the park.
10. You're in a restaurant loudly discussing moisturizing secrets with friends.
Got any more? Lemme hear em.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Getting Today's Gadgets
Whew! Just went out to look at some new electronics since I haven't really bought anything new in a couple of years. I had that "get me a new toy" itch, and I thought I'd go out and price a few things to see what I could find and afford.
Well, the good news is there's a lot of new stuff out there that I'd love to get. Most of it just for play, and a bit of it could be really useful at home and on the road. The bad news? The shit is stupid expensive!
I wanted to get a smart phone. I'd have to pay at least $100 bucks and sign up for a 2-year contract. At about $60 bucks a month (and that's being cheap) I'd end up paying $1440, $20 activation fee, $100 for the phone - I'm looking at spending at least $1560 total. If I get the phone by itself with no contracts, I could spend anywhere between $350 to $600 bucks. Just for the smart phone. Doesn't sound too smart to me.
Another toy I wanted to look at that would be good for both home and on the road, would be one of those new tablets. No way I'm getting the I-pad. It's too strict about using its own software and its own applications. Good luck trying to get all my Windows shit to work with that i-pad. So that's out. I just saved myself at least $500 bucks.
A few decent tablets start out at around $200 bucks for some very basic stuff. The more fancier ones go up to about $650 and up. Some of them will drop a hundred bucks or so if you sign up for a year's contract with the phone company. I might go for a basic one for about $170 that I can use around the house and anywhere there's wi-fi. It's an Android based tablet, so I'm used to that.
For a long time I'd been wanting a PS3 because I've had a PS2 since the days of disco. I'm still happy with my PS2, and thought the PS3 would be the shit because of all the commercials. Not. I liked the fact it also doubled as a blue-ray dvd player, and somehow that justified my wanting to blow $300 bucks on one.
The first and biggest turnoff about the PS3, though, - it won't play PS2 games now. If you'd bought one when they first came out (for about $600) you might have gotten one that played the PS2 games, but no more. A PS2 runs for about $300 bucks now. Games average at about $60 bucks each. Want more than just the one controller that comes with the game? Another easy $60 bucks or so. The shit just adds up, don't it? (console+controller, extra controller, game = $460)
A friend of mine really put it in perspective yesterday when he said - "Man, for the price of the PS3, you can buy an ipod-touch (around $230) AND a blue-ray DVD player(around $100)." Excellent point.
So I hit the big box stores, everything averaged about the same price except for maybe a couple dollars difference. I was hounded by enough pimply-faced, barely awake sales folks asking me if I'd found everything I needed, then I packed up my shit and came home for the day. Window shopping can be really depressing, but it puts things in perspective.
Well, the good news is there's a lot of new stuff out there that I'd love to get. Most of it just for play, and a bit of it could be really useful at home and on the road. The bad news? The shit is stupid expensive!
I wanted to get a smart phone. I'd have to pay at least $100 bucks and sign up for a 2-year contract. At about $60 bucks a month (and that's being cheap) I'd end up paying $1440, $20 activation fee, $100 for the phone - I'm looking at spending at least $1560 total. If I get the phone by itself with no contracts, I could spend anywhere between $350 to $600 bucks. Just for the smart phone. Doesn't sound too smart to me.
Another toy I wanted to look at that would be good for both home and on the road, would be one of those new tablets. No way I'm getting the I-pad. It's too strict about using its own software and its own applications. Good luck trying to get all my Windows shit to work with that i-pad. So that's out. I just saved myself at least $500 bucks.
A few decent tablets start out at around $200 bucks for some very basic stuff. The more fancier ones go up to about $650 and up. Some of them will drop a hundred bucks or so if you sign up for a year's contract with the phone company. I might go for a basic one for about $170 that I can use around the house and anywhere there's wi-fi. It's an Android based tablet, so I'm used to that.
For a long time I'd been wanting a PS3 because I've had a PS2 since the days of disco. I'm still happy with my PS2, and thought the PS3 would be the shit because of all the commercials. Not. I liked the fact it also doubled as a blue-ray dvd player, and somehow that justified my wanting to blow $300 bucks on one.
The first and biggest turnoff about the PS3, though, - it won't play PS2 games now. If you'd bought one when they first came out (for about $600) you might have gotten one that played the PS2 games, but no more. A PS2 runs for about $300 bucks now. Games average at about $60 bucks each. Want more than just the one controller that comes with the game? Another easy $60 bucks or so. The shit just adds up, don't it? (console+controller, extra controller, game = $460)
A friend of mine really put it in perspective yesterday when he said - "Man, for the price of the PS3, you can buy an ipod-touch (around $230) AND a blue-ray DVD player(around $100)." Excellent point.
So I hit the big box stores, everything averaged about the same price except for maybe a couple dollars difference. I was hounded by enough pimply-faced, barely awake sales folks asking me if I'd found everything I needed, then I packed up my shit and came home for the day. Window shopping can be really depressing, but it puts things in perspective.
Saturday, January 01, 2011
Favorite Pics of 2010?
What were your favorite photos of 2010. (Either yours or you saw on the web.) Send them to me here and I'll post them for everyone to see.
If you don't want them posted, please let me know, and I'll just mention or describe them. I'd love to see what you guys enjoy, and start on getting more photos for 2011. Hope to hear from you. Email me at truckchaser@gmail.com. Remember you can follow TuffHawl on Twitter. @tuffhawl on Twitter. Follow him and say hello!
If you don't want them posted, please let me know, and I'll just mention or describe them. I'd love to see what you guys enjoy, and start on getting more photos for 2011. Hope to hear from you. Email me at truckchaser@gmail.com. Remember you can follow TuffHawl on Twitter. @tuffhawl on Twitter. Follow him and say hello!
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