As some of you may know from my Twitter updates, I’ve been recently receiving emails intended for NY Governor candidate Carl Paladino.
The amount of email I’m receiving is rising each day, so I started responding in a horrible, sarcastic manner. I will be posting these emails.
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Robert Cull wrote:
Sir, I am currently receiving public assistance through no fault of my own. I am 61 years old and prior to this have never asked for any kind of aid. I feel I am only getting back some of what I contributed for many many years. I certainly do not need you or any of the other un-American tea partiers to tell me where I should live nor am I in need of any instructions as to “personal hygiene” thank you very much. Looking forward to your defeat, Robert cull
Dear Mr. Cull,
While you may not be in need of “personal hygiene” instructions, how do you feel about grammar lessons? That paragraph was a mess.
Do you know about the Enter key? It’s on the right side of your keyboard, above Shift, and under the backslash key - wait, if you don’t know what Enter is, you surely won’t know what a backslash is.
The sentence you had hoped would deliver an impactful, disgusted end to your email was ruined by your choice of punctuation - or lack thereof.
I too am looking forward to your defeat, Robert cull (with a lower-case “C”.)
C. Paladino
“I only want your vote if you know what a backslash is.”
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Yes, it’s 12 year old humor, and yes I lol’d.
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Maybe it’s just because it’s early, but I LOL’d.
Some people would think that I travel differently now that I own my own business, and I’m not expensing it all back to Microsoft. Believe it or not, that isn’t the case.
I am a frugal guy by nature. This is different than cheap. I waste $70 per meal on The Rock, but won’t buy shoes that cost more than $40.
When I worked at Xbox, I used to go through the list of flights, and pick one of the cheaper ones. I used to look at local hotels and stay at the Marriott across the street instead of the W 20 miles away. I’d eat a Subway sandwich instead of getting room service.
That said, I want to be clear in my point - spending lots or being frugal should be a desicion - not a standard.
If spending $80 more per night means that you can rest easier the day before your presentation then do it. If you want to splurge and get that Lobster dinner once per year on the road - indulge.
It’s not smart to be wasteful, but take a look at the big picture. What are your costs when you factor in time, effort, stress, and worry?
I do, however, have one regret from my years of travel with Xbox. I’d like to apologize to Quinn Edamura who had the pleasure of coming with me during December to Ensemble Studios, where we stayed at a Marriott, ate at what was basically a hospital cafeteria, and walked through the slush with our camera gear - all in an effort to save money. I owe you a steak dude.
Being a business owner means that my schedule is a bit more flexible than that of my wife and friends. That said, it’s nice to feel somewhat normal, and sync my schedule with that of the rest of the world.
It was great to catch up with some friends that I hadn’t spent time with lately, and I got to take in a few new games, and movies.
Here are some brief reviews of the non-gaming entertainment bits that I injested this weekend:
Our 10 day trip to Orlando, Florida has come to an end. We’ve done the theme parks, the water parks, the heat, and the expensive hotel food. Now it’s time to get back to reality.
It took us (literally) 17 hours to arrive in Florida, and mid-day on the 29th we’ll be home in Seattle, awaiting real life to happen on the 30th.
With the iPhone 4 launch taking place while I was gone, I didn’t pre-order one, so I need to hunt down and make a purchase. I also have gaming withdrawl, and need to get back to work planning my next business trip down to San Francisco.
It’s good to be back home, off of vacation.