Model Citizenship

This morning, I ran into a neighbor who was walking his dog. He’s a nice guy, and I enjoy chatting with him. In regards to his dog, though, he is certainly not a model citizen.

Now, before I get started on my little rant, let me get my biases out of the way (so at least you know I’m fair-minded): Basically, I’m not an animal person. There, I said it. Now, before you send me hate mail, realize that I don’t hate animals. I just don’t love them enough to make the necessary sacrifices of time, expense, and cleanliness to have one. Plus, everyone has their thing, right? So, bottom line: no hate mail from the animal crowd, OK? So, now that my disclosure is out, let me get back to my rant. Read the rest of this entry »

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Whenever I am in London I always have to step in for live music at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. This trip was no different, and on Thursday night I found myself with my girl at Ronnie’s listening to the Reggae inspired jazz music of Monty Alexander and the Concrete Jungle.

Now it’s not often that I have an opportunity to kick it at Ronnie’s, so for those rare occasions that I am there, I would like to enjoy the show without unwanted distractions. Thus, my annoyance should be warranted, and even somewhat expected, when a group of loud and inconsiderate patrons sit down at the table in front of me. My agitation was further justified, as the waitress must have noticed their disruptive behavior, and on two separate occasions asked them to please keep it down.

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Our day-to-day lives are full of tasks that we know we should do - we need to do - yet, we let these things slip on by for no apparently good reason - often resulting in some lop-sided consequence. There are plenty of examples of this:

• Ignoring your alarm in the morning for one extra snooze session resulting in an extra 45 minutes in traffic
• The $35 late fee on the $10 credit card bill you paid a day late
• The $10 stock you hesitate to buy that rockets to $50

Oh yes, there are plenty of examples that invoke that churning feeling in your stomach - the anger that is just as much your fault as it is justified…Yet, there is one oversite that screams “IN YOUR FACE” a little more than the rest of them:

The overcharges associated with using more minutes than your cell phone agreement allows!

Oh yes - make no mistake - these charges are the worst of them all - there are no simple penalties like 10 or 20% of your monthly bill. No-no, these charges often result in a payment 2 to 3 times more than your standard monthly bill.

So why are we talking about this in the context of model citizenship, you ask? Well there is now technology to help you with this issue - an application that runs on your computer and alerts you when you are getting precariously close to going over your allotted minutes.

So do yoreself a favor, even the field a bit and exert a little contol over your cell service provider! You can find all the details on this service at watchmycell.com . If you are skeptical, Curt the Cyberguy with KTLA News ran a story on the service.

Here’s the best part of the deal: It’s free!!!! No Jack, no Clams, no Moolah, no Dough!!!! We have a concerned citizen that is giving away the means to control what you thought couldn’t be controlled - Your cellphone bill!!! The only thing they are looking for is a simple thank-you!

Now that’s Model Citizenship!!!

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Women, transvestites, etc shall not be permitted to apply any and all facial substances to their faces while driving. The sun visor shall only be used to block sunrays and/or for emergencies.

Let’s rid the roads of the oblivious!

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