The marketing phrase for the Starbucks Gold Card is "For People who Love Starbucks," but really, I think it should be "For People who Love Starbucks and Free Wifi!" Right now, I am sitting in one of my local Starbucks locations, trying to burn a few hours while my dog is at the groomers, and using the free wifi that I get for my Starbucks Gold Card membership to access the ATT Wifi Hotspot at the store. It's actually a pretty sweet deal. This Starbucks Gold membership card was one of my Christmas presents this year and I am actually just getting around to using it! The way it works is you pay something like $25 dollars a year for the card which is a refillable Starbucks card that gives you discounts on all your purchases as well as special offers throughout the year on specified days, ect. I was mostly interested in this card because a membership also gives you a free wifi time through ATT Wifi Hotspots. Most Starbucks locations are ATT Wifi Hotspots, although, I have been to some that give you free wifi access via a linksys router :) Since I am someone who believes that places like Starbucks should give you wireless internet access for free just for visiting their store, I am a little ticked that I have to have a paid membership in order to do this, but of course this is better than nothing! I am actually really disappointed that there are no Panera locations around me, because before I moved I would spend hours sitting at Panera, ordering drinks and food and just hanging out doing work online. Panera actually has a really great set up for their customers. They have great food that you can take out or eat in, and when you do eat in, they have a very comfortable venue where customers can sit and eat, refill their own drinks and get the benefits of a dine-in restaurant without having to tip or wait around for a waitress. Of course you clean up after yourself, but that is nothing to cry over, and on top of all that you get wireless internet access for free. It's one of those great places that college students or people who work from home or constantly on the road can go to and do lunch and work at the same time. I think Starbucks should really follow this model and start offering their wifi to customers for free. I mean, it makes perfect business sense to me that if you can keep your customers in your store for more than 5 minutes, they will buy more than one cup of coffee, and really isn't that the point, to sell coffee?!? So, this is my rant, and my plea to Starbucks to put free wifi in all their locations!

{This has been reposted from thepinkmac.blogspot.com}

You Gotta Go Girl?

I hope everyone has seen this already, but in case you missed it, please let me introduce you to the Go Girl, the latest and greatest in female urination devices. This anatomically crafted reusable device can be taken with you anywhere you need to "go" giving a female the ability to urinate standing up. No need to hover or squat, pee on yourself or wet your pants, because now us girls have the equivalent of a removable pink penis! I just can't wait to write my name in the snow!

Currently Making Me Giggle.

What is wrong with her?

Suicide Note.

I am sure by now everyone has seen the dead monkey cartoon that the New York Post published last week. In what I am considering to be an attempt to stimulate the declining readership and advertising sales that have plagued publications during this economic downturn, the NY Post has officially signed, sealed and delivered its own suicide note. I guess they were trying to take a cue from the New Yorker and the anti-Obama Muslim terrorist cartoon they put on the cover of their magazine, however, it looks like the NY Post is going to suffer worse for this one. I mean, it is one thing to personally attack a presidential nominee the way the New Yorker did, but it is quite another to stereotype an entire race of people into a dead monkey being killed BY POLICE OFFICERS. I mean, come on! It's like a domestic terrorist plot! I am so glad someone did this parody below because it truly captures the nature of the situation!

Not for the faint of heart.

For everyone who is a fan of tourturing Ann Coulter, this is a must watch!

My Bad!

Okay, okay...I know I have been MIA for the past 10 days, but I have an excellent excuse! I have been working, very, very hard at my new job. I know I haven't said much about it since I began work in January, but I figure if I am going to be missing from time to time you should know why. So, I am not going to tell you guys where I am working exactly, but I will give you a clue! Oh, by the way... if you ever get to missing me too much, make sure to check out The Pink Mac because I have been spending my free time working on that blog! You will probably want to get yourself over there soon because I have some great tech reviews and giveaways coming up and I know everyone loves free gear!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Just wanted to say Happy Valentine's Day to all my bloggie Valentines! Here are some virtual cookies for you all, and for one special blogger in particular...you know who you are ;-)

Smooches for my Schmoopy!

On Notice.

Remember that iconic image of Barack Obama as a red, white and blue cartoon for hope? Yea, that one that was all the rage during the election, making its way onto posters, shirts, buttons, bumper stickers, etc! Well, the Associated Press is now in a legal dispute with the artist of that image because he admits that an AP photograph was the inspiration for the piece. Basically, the AP wants to cash in on the Obama cash cow, sticking their greedy hands in the way of the wave of change and hope! So, I am putting them on notice! Yea, that's right, AP, you are on NOTICE for impeding the way of CHANGE!

"The DEUCE!"

Missed this last night because I am officially an old lady who goes to bed at 11pm!

Macheads!

I mentioned earlier this month that there were two Mac documentaries that were being screened at this years Macworld Expo. One of them, Macheads, is now available for download on Amazon and iTunes. Of course, upon hearing this news I went straight to my computer and rented the documentary on the iTunes movie store and this morning I watched it, twice! It is only about an hour long, so I thought a second pass would be feasible and I honestly really enjoyed it. The movie basically chronicles the history of Apple and the mac community through the stories, views, and experiences of a number of different mac personalities. You get much of the back history of the Apple community and fan base from the fans themselves and even the self proclaimed Macheads in this documentary give Apple a bit of criticism for their recent disregard for the fan base that sustained them through their darkest hours. If you are a Mac fanatic like me, or just someone who enjoys the history of computing I would suggest that you check this one out!

{This has been reposted from thepinkmac.blogspot.com}

Domino has fallen.

Well, today I got the terrible news that Domino Magazine has folded and I, along with many many other bloggers, am ripping the hairs out of my head! I hate to see a magazine go under, but particularly this magazine because it has been my interior design bible since Blueprint went under! I really wonder who is going to fall next?

Caffeine High.

Well, well, it looks like the economic meltdown has officially moved past banks and auto makers and has hit the cappuccino market! Yes, that's right, Starbucks is officially feeling the pinch on their customers wallets-- I guess it was bound to happen with all those high power Wall Street types getting laid off and all, they obviously lost most of their customer base! So, to fix this problem, the company has decided the solution is to get rid of decaf coffee! Well, they aren't nixing it all together, just limiting the brewing of the non caffeinated libation to before noon! I guess most afternoon customers need their caffeine fix! You can read about it more, here. Enjoy!

The Following is Rated R for Adult Content and Language.

Okay, right now I am very upset. I am a combination of fucking going to kill someone angry and I want to drown myself in a river of tears upset. There is a good reason for this. Today, some motherfucking asshole thought it would be a good idea to insult a very very dear friend of mine via comments on their YouTube video. The comments, which I will not repeat here, were not only ridiculously outlandish, but also completely fucking evil. People are such fucking assholes behind the invisibility shield which is there computer screens and will say anything and everything they feel regardless of fact or truth or integrity. But really, I am mostly upset right now because my friend has decided to take down their YouTube videos to prevent comments like this in the future. To me, that is the ultimate travesty, that someone who was having fun on the internet, posting videos for fun has been discouraged in their efforts and ended a perfectly entertaining hobby. I am 1. Upset that someone would be such a fucking pussy to make such ignorant remarks unprovoked and 2. upset that my friend was soo upset about this that they decided it was necessary to remove their videos because of this. I mean, lets be honest, this person who left the comment is obviously a fucking complete looser who sits in front of the computer watching YouTube videos all day but probably doesn't post any of himself!

I need to take a time out to calm down.

High Five for President Obama!

HIGH-FIVE INAUGURATION! - watch more funny videos

Happy Inauguration Day!

Sorry, but I am busy celebrating the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama! I will be back to posting after the fun has died down!

{Image via Doug Mills/The New York Times}

SNL Ann Coulter.

This is pretty funny, especially if you dislike Miss Coulter as much as I do!

At Home with Zooey.

I knew there was a reason I loved Zooey Deschanel, and perhaps this months Domino magazine feature on her home is evidence of that. I am absolutely loving her blue and while walled artist's retreat as seen on page 44 and 45 of the February issue! You can check the article out for yourself, but I took a few pics to share with you, and also grabbed a few online extras from Domino. I really love her outfits for this photo shoot as well! Unsurprisingly, her fashion sense is as adept as her design sense, and both are a modern twist on traditional! Hope you enjoy this as much as I do!

Bush's Farewell Live Blog!

Okay, so I am sitting here about to watch the Bush farewell address, so I figured I should live blog my sentiments as he talks to the nation.

8:15 pm: Now, let us rejoice that this is the final time we will see Bush on tv as the leader of this nation! PEACE OUT BUSHY, you have officially ruined the letter W for me!

8:14 pm: Good days... hmm, Monday will be a good day! Tough days... hmm, let's see, 9/11, Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, yea, I would say those were the tough days!

8:12 pm: Now, my favorite part of any of Bush's speeches, the name dropping of certain extraordinary men who are basically being pimped out to sit in the front row of this little chat so that Bush can salute them. These men deserve better than this.

8:11 pm: Okay, why does Bush get to define good and evil. Bad- not sending young soldiers to foreign lands in the hopes of carrying out a confused and underfunded plot. Good- talking to foreign nations instead of turning your back on them and pissed them off, even more!

8:10 pm: We need to continue to engage the world with confidence, aka don't give two shits about what we do outside our own borders and give foreign nations a list of reasons to want to kick our ass.

8:09 pm: Apparently Bush has a conscience, wouldn't have thought so, but okay!

8:08 pm: What are with his facial expressions. It's like he is drunk hitting on a woman at a bar. Gonna miss those crazy eyebrows of his, they have a mind of their own!

8:07 pm: I heard another buzz word-- TERROR! The only thing terrorizing me right now is the fact that Ugly Betty was bumped for this!

8:06 pm: He totally just said germatically different, instead of dramatically different- anyone else catch that one?

8:06 pm: Wait, he just said patriots. I wonder how many more times he will use that buzz word?

8:04 pm: Now he is talking about how the last 8 years hasn't been that bad because now we have a super hyped up military and a new department of homeland, not so much thinking about security.

8:03 pm: September 11th is mentioned within the first 2 minutes, neo con agenda lives another day!

8:02 pm: He is talking about how in a few days we will have a historic president. 

8:02 pm: He apparently has thoughts on the future of our nation! A future without you, Bush, thank God!

What is the World coming to?

This is either the sweetest thing I have ever seen, or the most rotten. I can't make up my mind, but I might want one for Valentines Day!

{Choc-O-Bama, $20.}

How to Pay for College.

I just read this article about the 22 year old graduate student who is selling her virginity. She apparently has had offers up to $3.7 million dollars for basically a one night stand. I am totally thinking college girls are idiots for not banking in on this sort of thing. I mean, if you can give it up in one drunken back room horizontal polka lesson, why not get yourself some sexy shots and ebay yourself out to the highest bidder? Apparently you don't even have to be that pretty!