Harold Sipe's Blog, page 691

"Daphne: Welcome to AT&T online Sales support. How may I assist you with placing your order..."

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Daphne: Welcome to AT&T online Sales support. How may I assist you with placing your order today?

Laura: Hi, I was looking at the iPhone 3Gs and the system tells me that I cannot order one in my ZIP code. My zip code is 11231. (Brooklyn, NY) Is this true? Are iPhones no longer available in New York City?

Daphne: I am happy to be helping you today . Yes, this is correct the phone is not offered to you because New York is not ready for the iPhone.

Daphne: You don't have enough towers to...

"Justice League of America #40: On the other hand, this issue WAS approved by the Comics Code..."

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Justice League of America #40: On the other hand, this issue WAS approved by the Comics Code Authority, which means that spinal flogging is out with the CCA, but pervasive suggestions and threats of rape are in. The upside of that is that if you ran cabling to Wertham's grave, his spinning corpse could power the West Coast. At any rate, this issue concludes the recent ignominious run of JLA as what remains of the team gets their asses handed back to them by the ghosts of a previous...

The 15 Worst Comics of the Decade - ComicsAlliance.comThey...

The 15 Worst Comics of the Decade - ComicsAlliance.com

They ain't kidding… 

Fantastic write-up, but that should be no surprise as the list of contributors includes the amazing Chris Sims  and Caleb Goellner. 

It told a million couple hundred thousand eager fans what they...

It told a million couple hundred thousand eager fans what they wanted to hear: You can rape/murder your cake and have it too. (via The 15 Worst Comics of the Decade - ComicsAlliance.com)

"First hitting shelves way back in 2002, "Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do"..."

"First hitting shelves way back in 2002, "Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do" starts off innocuously enough, with Spidey and Black Cat teaming up to take down a heroin pusher named Mr. Brownstone. Okay, red flag number one. If you're going to do a serious story about the drug trade, don't name your villain after a Guns N' Roses song. For someone whose entire shtick revolves around being a pot smoker, Smith sure likes his dated drug references. Another red flag? Mr. Brownstone supposed...

"Though the government should hold off on immediate tax hikes and spending cuts to avoid harming the..."

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Though the government should hold off on immediate tax hikes and spending cuts to avoid harming the fragile economic recovery, it will need to make such painful changes by 2012 in order to keep debt at a manageable 60 percent of GDP by 2018, according to the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform.

Without action, investors could lose confidence in the United States, driving down the dollar and forcing up interest rates, said the former lawmakers and budget officials who crafted the...

The historical "reason for the season," for many of...

The historical "reason for the season," for many of these celebrations can be indirectly traced back to the 23.5º tilt of the earth's rotation axis relative to the plane of the ecliptic (via What is the real reason for the season?)

Please, let's all remember the reason for season.

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