Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Riding The Subway -- Fun!

New York City has a wonderful public transit system. If you've never been to the Big Apple, the city has several convenient subway lines, which you can ride by purchasing a MetroCard. You can choose to pay per ride, or you can obtain an unlimited ride MetroCard. I highly recommend the 1-Day Fun Pass. It is SO MUCH FUN!

The 1-Day Fun Pass allows you unlimited subway rides until three in the morning the following day. That means you can ride the subway as many times as you like for hours and hours. It's really fun! If you've never stood on a steamy subway platform for several minutes, waiting for the next train to pull in, you're in for a real treat! And when you step onto a bustling subway car and some guy with a guitar is moved to drown out your iPod with a song he wrote five minutes earlier, it's fantastic!

The 1-Day Fun Pass...fun!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Smile When You're Shaving

I mentioned before how confused I was by the "Teach Your Baby To Read" commercials I often see on TV. Well, I'm now puzzled by another set of ads. There are several commercials for electric shavers, and while the brands and functions may vary, they all seem to include a scene with a man staring into the mirror, caressing his cheeks and chin, and smiling widely, proud of himself after a nice, clean shave.

What is this guy so happy about? All he did was shave. It's not a rare skill. In fact, virtually every man on the planet shaves every day. And I can't speak for all of them, but I'm never happy when I'm shaving. It's an annoying chore. Any activity that can lead to bleeding can't be all that fun.

I have one more bone to pick with these commercials: I've never, ever had a woman put her arms around me in the bathroom after I've shaved because she's so darn happy that I have a smooth face. Seriously, who out there is in this kind of relationship? I mean, I've never hugged a girl because she shaved her legs. But then, I've never seen a woman stare at her legs in the mirror after she's shaved them, either.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Pick Up The Phone And Call A Senior Citizen Today

I've been researching the smartphone market as of late. Currently, I own a basic cell phone, and quite frankly, my hand feels naked without a phone that allows me to surf the Internet, listen to music and play games whenever I'm walking on the street. So I may buy a smartphone in the near future.

I find it odd that the phone companies I looked into offer a limited plan specifically for senior citizens. I didn't realize that a person begins to lose interest in making phone calls once they turn 65. Either that, or the phone companies somehow came to the conclusion that no one wants to talk to a senior citizen. "They don't need the minutes. Who's going to call an old guy anyway? He'd just tell boring old stories and fall asleep in the middle of the conversation." It's not like he won't have the ability to tell his stories on his phone; he'll just have to save minutes by sending really long text messages.