EY's Rants and Raves

As I'm browsing through all the apps in the iTunes App store, I'm drawn to the shopping list apps. I used to create my shopping lists on my PDA of the moment and loved the convenience of not having to remember to write something down or where my "current list" piece of paper was. However, those devices had disastrous end of life issues when they met the floor of the local Kroger. I've grown attached to the iPod and would hate for it to die in such a fashion. I do have a case for it, but I'm not sure that it provides adequate protection for a 4 1/2 ft fall onto linoleum.

sigh.....I'm still app-searching

From a WaPo article today "operating an extremely lethal Gatling gun" Really? "Extremely lethal"? As opposed to just "marginally lethal", "slightly lethal" or what the Girls Gone Wild Dude and Hugh Hefner would probably like, "barely lethal"?

I've always been under the impression that lethal = dead and dead was dead with no modifiers or intensifiers needed. But what do I know....?

• Missing the first 20 minutes of an episode of House. This wasn't intentional--the cable folks were doing something that for whatever reason, couldn't be done between 8 and 5. Since USA has turned into the "L&O, NCIS and House" channel, I'm sure I'll see the beginning in a few weeks.
• Shopping for an Easter dress after you work out. Actually, this one wouldn't have been bad, had I changed back into my "street clothes". You'd be amazed at how a sports bra really doesn't work with a v-necked top.
• Bringing a can of beer to a funeral visitation (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30091125/?GT1=43001). Notice, my description of the event is different from MSBNC's. This is Arkansas. We don't have "wakes". If we did, beer would be not only acceptable, it would be required. I'm sure lots of people read that article and wondered why you'd fight over having beer at a wake.
• Oh and Superman's cape? Just leave it alone, dude.