I am slowly being convinced that humor predicated entirely on a stranger’s discomfort is not the most laudable avenue of wit.  I was shopping at Borders today, a practice I normally avoid but engaged in today for a long and too-boring-to-recount reason. So, when a cute, twentysomething woman helped me check out, I self-censored twice.

Cashier:  Would you like to donate a pound of coffee to the troops?

Response I considered:  No way!  I saw The Hurt Locker!  The last thing those guys need is another cup of coffee!

Actual response: Not today.

… and then …

Cashier:  You have a good night, Mister McGee.

Response I considered:  Oh, no no no, please!  Mr. McGee is my father.  [smile]  I’m Doctor McGee.

Actual response: Thanks, you too.

(Seriously, though, a pound of coffee for the troops?  WTF?)

This, ladies and gentlemen, is mcgees.org‘s 2000th post!  Wow!

I think this deserves celebration.  Here are some ideas for celebrations:

1. Fancy graphics and clever witticisms.
2. A survey of the last ten years, choosing excerpts from my 10/100/1,000 favorite posts.
3. Asking readers to choose their favorite 10/100/1,000 posts, bugging them for it repeatedly, and posting the results here.
4. Extensive thanks of my regular readers, including suggestions that there are way more of them than there are in actuality.
5. Admitting that this is just a dumb blog, and that I should just fucking get over myself already.

Suggestions?  Please vote!  All 30,000 of you!  I’ll reveal my choice when I get twenty submissions.  And my favorite 1,000 posts.

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Short review: The LG GT365 mobile phone fucking sucks.

Long review: Upon careful review and extensive (theoretical, attempted) use, mcgees.org has determined that the LG GT365 really really really fucking sucks.

Summary: Figuratively, the LG GT365 “phone” is a “fucking piece of shit”.  Literally, the LG GT365 is a bundle of electronic components that, one assumes, is supposed to do something useful, but may beneficially be replaced by an actual piece of shit, which at least has the advantage of not costing eighty motherfucking dollars.

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