http://www.furiousfrank.com The Angry Blogger Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:57:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just finished reading "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (yes, furious Frank enjoys a good book every now and then). And, I gotta say that I'm a little bit disappointed. It's not that the book wasn't good. It was actually pretty darn good. But I expected it to be great. ... http://www.furiousfrank.com/franks-fury/the-alchemist.html In Ontario, a $3.5 billion lawsuit was filed against the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation on behalf of thousands of self-proclaimed addicted gamblers. Three and a half billion fucking dollars! Apparently, these addicts have had themselves put on an exclusion list from the casinos which is basically a self-banning program ... http://www.furiousfrank.com/people/addicted-gamblers-sue-casino.html My girlfriend and I went grocery shopping this evening and as we were going through the snacks isle, she decided she wanted to try these new 100 calorie snack bars from Quaker Oats. Now, I prefer the regular kind because they have Apple crisp flavored ones. So I grab my ... http://www.furiousfrank.com/scams/100-calorie-bars.html Well, today was garbage day for me but I regretfully slept in. Man, did I ever sleep in. I didn't get up until almost noon. Yeah, it was that good of a night =) Anyway, what woke me up was the garbage truck going by. Crap. And, last night's shindig ... http://www.furiousfrank.com/franks-fury/garbage-day.html Why do women do this? If you do it to make a point; we don't get it. If you do it as an attempt to resolve some kind of issue; it doesn't work. And, please don't give us that "You should know what I'm angry about" bullshit. We fucking hate that. ... http://www.furiousfrank.com/women/the-silent-treatment.html So I'm driving down one of the main streets of the city during a reasonably busy time and I get stuck behind some moron that decides to drive almost 15 km below the speed limit. Thats fifteen fucking kilometers below the speed limit!! I have the patience to stay behind ... http://www.furiousfrank.com/on-the-road/slow-ass-drivers.html I am really, really, loving Google Maps. It's so easy to use and efficient to use. When I was house hunting not too long ago, I used Google Maps whenever I needed to find an address given to me by my real estate agent. I was even able to bookmark ... http://www.furiousfrank.com/random-stuff/google-maps-love-it.html Here's a story that absolutely disgusts me. There is an off-leash dog park in Toronto called, appropriately, Dog Hill. Apparently there was some soggy bread and a drinking bowl that was left lying around the park. Being an off-leash part of the park, a number of dogs freely wandered over ... http://www.furiousfrank.com/franks-fury/dogs-poisoned.html What a beautiful day it was, today. The sun was shining. The birds were chirping. The breeze was cooling. All in all, a perfect summer day. After work, today, I decided to just chillax; relax and chill for those not-in-the-know. I popped open a nice, cold bottle of Guinness beer; my ... http://www.furiousfrank.com/random-stuff/summer-is-here.html Has anyone seen the latest KY Jelly commercial? It's the one where they show a couple making out at 9PM, a disorderly bed at 11PM, and the bathtub at 3AM. You must have seen this commercial because I saw it at least a dozen times while watching a movie on ... http://www.furiousfrank.com/franks-fury/ky-commercial.html