Today is the day that everyone has been waiting for. Everyone went to sleep last night at a leisurely 8 o’clock, with stomachs stuffed with pumpkin pie and turkey, to prepare for the havoc that has already broken forth today. Sadly, I am not a participant (I have an appointment to get an ingrown toenail cut out, hey; someone has to make sure the hospitals make a profit to right?) However, the thing I’m sure of is that at 5:00 this morning, all hell broke loose in what is known as consumer and retail heaven: Black Friday. Black Friday gets it’s name because the day after thanksgiving is generally the day that puts retailers out of debt (the red) and into their profit margins (the black) thus: Black Friday. Here are just a few of the things that might be making stores go black today.
Xbox 360 – Remember that other console…? That one that people can still buy… yeah, that’s the one.
The new Tickle Me Elmo – For some reason people still buy this confounded thing year after year…you can get the same responses from a newborn-child. And those are a lot easier and more fun to get.
Gift Cards – For some reason, people go to the store early to get some great gifts, realize that they are already sold out, and buy gift cards…
Notice, the PS3 and Wii are not on this list. The only people they’re making money for is people selling them on Ebay.
My favorite part of Black Friday is the fact that you can watch on the news people fighting over “must have” items. And it’s sort of funny really. These people want to save an extra 10% on an item that they could just buy next week, and then they end up paying a couple of grand in hospital expenses because they broke their nose fighting over said item. Of course, none of that really matters because all of it’s on a credit card that they’re never going to pay off anyway. Gotta love America!
Myself, I think I’m going shopping tomorrow…
~ The Wonder Waffle
Letterman rocked black friday oh it was so great no I mean great I gave a big huge smile. I got flash drives, a deep fryer (wonderwaffle we will soon commence deep frying experimetns, a blender, a hard drive some 1 gig disks, a black eye i got from the guy from the labeler. Laughs at the people waiting in the best buy line that went aroudn the store and half way into the next store overs parking lot. A lot less sleep then I should have. The mad rush into stapples. If you were not at some shot gun start this morning I do piddy you.
~Letterman
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Friday, November 24, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Top Ten Things Letterman is Thankful For
This years list as follows
10. The local News at Nine- That way I can watch the news at nine and when ten o'clock rolls around I am all freed up to watch oh yeah the news on every other network
9. The Nintendo Wii- Now we are letting even the most lazy overweight video game addicted kids feel quardinated and sporty
8. Thousands of shades of off white- White is no longer just white anymore now you pick the white that matches the room the best opposed to white
7. Hypothetical numbers- I am very glad we pay mathematicians millions of dollars a year to calculate hypothetical numbers . You know what we are able to do with those hypothetical numbers- calculate more hypothetical numbers
6. The Daily Beef- just kidding I am not thankful for that
the real 6. People who spray milk out of their nose when they laugh- Where else would 4th grade boys find comedy
5. Freak Shows- so always remember how disgusting humans really are.
4. Antique Lamps- SO we have another barometer on how to look down on others
3. Carpeted bathrooms- Where else would we grow new diseases to study and you go to just love the feel
2. Ghost Whisperer- Hey Jennifer Love Hewet needs to work some where to
1. Pizza Places that are open on Thanksgiving- For when you inevitably ruin the turkey
~Letterman
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10. The local News at Nine- That way I can watch the news at nine and when ten o'clock rolls around I am all freed up to watch oh yeah the news on every other network
9. The Nintendo Wii- Now we are letting even the most lazy overweight video game addicted kids feel quardinated and sporty
8. Thousands of shades of off white- White is no longer just white anymore now you pick the white that matches the room the best opposed to white
7. Hypothetical numbers- I am very glad we pay mathematicians millions of dollars a year to calculate hypothetical numbers . You know what we are able to do with those hypothetical numbers- calculate more hypothetical numbers
6. The Daily Beef- just kidding I am not thankful for that
the real 6. People who spray milk out of their nose when they laugh- Where else would 4th grade boys find comedy
5. Freak Shows- so always remember how disgusting humans really are.
4. Antique Lamps- SO we have another barometer on how to look down on others
3. Carpeted bathrooms- Where else would we grow new diseases to study and you go to just love the feel
2. Ghost Whisperer- Hey Jennifer Love Hewet needs to work some where to
1. Pizza Places that are open on Thanksgiving- For when you inevitably ruin the turkey
~Letterman
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Monday, November 20, 2006
People who hate life
I'd say the most "life hating" thing you can do is conduct a "socialogical experiment". We all live in society, we all experiance society. We don't need someone to tell us what exactly society does in a situation. It doesn't matter. Because if we ever end up in a situation where we would need to know what society would do in said situation, we will already know because that would be reacting to the situation in real time. I think that was a run-on sentance. Oh well, TDB's never been known for being correct. About anything really... (Letterman says this was unfunny and garbage)
In other news, the Wii launched today. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure there aren't going to be any riots about this one. Every Best Buy store had at least 15 units, and although they may or may not have sold out their launch shipment today, Wii's will definately not be fetching two grand on ebay.
Yeah, after a long night of gaming, this Waffle's pooped.
~ The Wonder Waffle
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In other news, the Wii launched today. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure there aren't going to be any riots about this one. Every Best Buy store had at least 15 units, and although they may or may not have sold out their launch shipment today, Wii's will definately not be fetching two grand on ebay.
Yeah, after a long night of gaming, this Waffle's pooped.
~ The Wonder Waffle
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Friday, November 17, 2006
Wii
Wii
Yeah you read it
Read it again.
Wii
This is nitendos. Latest master peice. Maybe its no "god" machine. It is also not a complete turn.
But playing it you may. Motion sensors action baby. Box, fight as Link, oh it will be the new nitendo. We all know Nitendo is now just a a concept company.
But here I am about to give it a little plug. If after the Wii comes out and you are using somethign else
You are emo.
You read it.
Read it again
You are emo.
~Letterman
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Yeah you read it
Read it again.
Wii
This is nitendos. Latest master peice. Maybe its no "god" machine. It is also not a complete turn.
But playing it you may. Motion sensors action baby. Box, fight as Link, oh it will be the new nitendo. We all know Nitendo is now just a a concept company.
But here I am about to give it a little plug. If after the Wii comes out and you are using somethign else
You are emo.
You read it.
Read it again
You are emo.
~Letterman
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
A TDB Retrospective
A TDB Retrospective
Last year around this time, there were a few major news events, both nationally and here in Wisconsin. Today, I’m going to go back and take a look at those events in a special post I’m calling “A TDB Retrospective” (for those of you who are too lazy to read the title).
The two topics I am going to discuss are: Xbox 360 Launch, and Phillip Schuth.
Xbox 360 Launch – Around this time last year, we were all enjoying a nice chuckle at Microsoft’s expense. There weren’t enough 360’s to go around and the one’s that did make their way into people’s living rooms were buggier than the potato salad at a Fourth of July picnic. I even went so far as to make this bold statement:
"The worst launch in console history."
Good luck to Billy and all the other folks at Microsoft, I'm getting a PS3!
Well, this year, I am forced to resend that statement. I don’t believe I’ll be getting a PS3, I guess I’m a Microsoft fanboy this season. There are many reasons, but the main reason is cost. I don’t want to pay $600 for a console that I can’t even use most of the features of right now. Maybe in the future when I have a Hi-Def monitor…but why spend money now on something you don’t need now. Spend money later on something you need later.
Phillip Schuth – This is the man who put LaCrosse, Wisconsin on the map for freezing his dead mother in his basement deep freeze for months. As it turned out, he was doing it because he thought people would think he killed her (I wonder why…?) and he was collecting her social security checks. She was discovered after a complaint by someone who he shot at led to a search of his house. He is currently serving jail time I believe. However, there was one good thing about this situation: T-Shirts like this:
“My mom is cooler than your mom.”
And
“What do you have in your freezer?”
Ahh, the good times.
Well, that concludes my TDB Retrospective for today. I’d like to take this moment to let you know about the TDB podcast at audio.xanga.com/the_daily_beef or for download at www.myspace.com/tdbpodcast. Check out our myspace profile at www.myspace.com/the_daily_beef and you can email us at thedailybeef@gmail.com.
Wow, I’m writing this in Word and it’s onto it’s second page. This is defiantly one of my longer posts…
Waffle out-
~ The Wonder Waffle
www.xanga.com/the_daily_beef
Last year around this time, there were a few major news events, both nationally and here in Wisconsin. Today, I’m going to go back and take a look at those events in a special post I’m calling “A TDB Retrospective” (for those of you who are too lazy to read the title).
The two topics I am going to discuss are: Xbox 360 Launch, and Phillip Schuth.
Xbox 360 Launch – Around this time last year, we were all enjoying a nice chuckle at Microsoft’s expense. There weren’t enough 360’s to go around and the one’s that did make their way into people’s living rooms were buggier than the potato salad at a Fourth of July picnic. I even went so far as to make this bold statement:
"The worst launch in console history."
Good luck to Billy and all the other folks at Microsoft, I'm getting a PS3!
Well, this year, I am forced to resend that statement. I don’t believe I’ll be getting a PS3, I guess I’m a Microsoft fanboy this season. There are many reasons, but the main reason is cost. I don’t want to pay $600 for a console that I can’t even use most of the features of right now. Maybe in the future when I have a Hi-Def monitor…but why spend money now on something you don’t need now. Spend money later on something you need later.
Phillip Schuth – This is the man who put LaCrosse, Wisconsin on the map for freezing his dead mother in his basement deep freeze for months. As it turned out, he was doing it because he thought people would think he killed her (I wonder why…?) and he was collecting her social security checks. She was discovered after a complaint by someone who he shot at led to a search of his house. He is currently serving jail time I believe. However, there was one good thing about this situation: T-Shirts like this:
“My mom is cooler than your mom.”
And
“What do you have in your freezer?”
Ahh, the good times.
Well, that concludes my TDB Retrospective for today. I’d like to take this moment to let you know about the TDB podcast at audio.xanga.com/the_daily_beef or for download at www.myspace.com/tdbpodcast. Check out our myspace profile at www.myspace.com/the_daily_beef and you can email us at thedailybeef@gmail.com.
Wow, I’m writing this in Word and it’s onto it’s second page. This is defiantly one of my longer posts…
Waffle out-
~ The Wonder Waffle
www.xanga.com/the_daily_beef
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
PS3 Launch Approaches
And if you have the means, I'd highly recommend you pick one up...and then sell it on ebay. The common thought among the gaming websites this week is the idea that if you are able to get your hands on a PS3, you should sell it on ebay (for prices somtimes exceeding double what you paid for it) and then use your actual profit to purchase a console for yourself later.
The fact that Americans are willing to pay double retail price for an untested, brand new console is quite interesting. One can look back and remember what happened last year with the Xbox 360 which was also making enormous profits for people selling it online. As it turns out, there were funamental flaws in the firmware and patches were required to stop games from freezing. And people were paying upwards of a thousand dollars for this.
One can only assume that the PS3 will have the same problems, sure they will be fixed...but it will have problems. And people are still willing to pay this much money.
The funny thing is, these are the people who are complaining about the PS3's base $500 price point. And yet they will pay $1000 for the console....me, I think I'll stick with my Xbox for the time being. Maybe when they lower the price, I'll pick up a 360. But it's not really that big a deal anymore. Graphics in my opinion don't really make games more fun anymore.
But that's just me...
~ The Wonder Waffle
www.xanga.com/the_daily_beef
The fact that Americans are willing to pay double retail price for an untested, brand new console is quite interesting. One can look back and remember what happened last year with the Xbox 360 which was also making enormous profits for people selling it online. As it turns out, there were funamental flaws in the firmware and patches were required to stop games from freezing. And people were paying upwards of a thousand dollars for this.
One can only assume that the PS3 will have the same problems, sure they will be fixed...but it will have problems. And people are still willing to pay this much money.
The funny thing is, these are the people who are complaining about the PS3's base $500 price point. And yet they will pay $1000 for the console....me, I think I'll stick with my Xbox for the time being. Maybe when they lower the price, I'll pick up a 360. But it's not really that big a deal anymore. Graphics in my opinion don't really make games more fun anymore.
But that's just me...
~ The Wonder Waffle
www.xanga.com/the_daily_beef
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Welcome to TDB on Blogspot
We plan to post our "high quality" posts on here, but for the true TDB experiance, check out www.xanga.com/the_daily_beef.
But reading here is fine too...
~ The Wonder Waffle and Letterman
But reading here is fine too...
~ The Wonder Waffle and Letterman
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