Matt's Ruminations



There are 8 million stories in the naked city, I'm Matt and this is my story. I'm just not naked...not at the moment anyway.

I have a computer repair and technical consulting business called Matt Will Fix It and I can also be hired via CrossLoop.

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What It Takes To Panhandle On The New York City Subway

Amid the Subway Shtick, a Panhandler’s Appeal

He started out the usual way, stopped and started over with the same exact words. Then he announced that he would “murder” anybody who messed with him — and report that person to the police. After asking for small change, he tossed panhandler demurity out the window. “Anybody got a 20?” he asked.

Uh NO, GOD NO, I don’t want my soul shipped to New Jersey!


I personally wouldn’t want to send or receive anything from New Jersey either but we can’t all get what we want (at least through Amazon anyway).

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Clear Evidence That Sallie Mae Is Fu*king Everybody!

Even Potential Future Lawyers Are Getting Screwed Out Of Work By Gigantic Student Loans

I’m reminded of a joke that a comedian once told,

Johnny loved weed, he loved it so much that in school he studied very hard and aced all his classes. He aced all of his classes so he could get into a good college. He wanted to go to a good college so he could graduate and get a good job with a good salary…so he could buy more weed.

The point is, Mr. Bowman accumulated almost $250,000 in loans so that when he finally became a lawyer at a top firm he could finally pay all of it off. Because the system is so incredibly fuc*ing backwards, they won’t let him get past point B to get to point C.

Anybody else see the seriously flawed logic in that?

David Pogue rants about how fake laptop battery measurements really are!

The Much Desired Health Insurance Reformatting

Many With Insurance Still Bankrupted by Health Crises

This says it all in my opinion,

if people like Mr. Yurdin are to be protected from financial ruin. They also call for a new layer of federal rules to correct the current state-by-state regulatory patchwork that allows some insurance companies to sell relatively worthless policies.

I always thought Cricket was just a retarded form of Baseball, but it’s becoming more and more popular so I think I might look into it.


I’m still inclined to agree with the young gentlemen at the end of the video touting that Basketball is the best sport,

If you don’t know it, you better get on it.

That is correct sir.


Have A Terrible 150 Years Madoff, You Scumbag, Heartless Piece Of Shit

Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years for Ponzi Scheme

The hearing opened shortly after 10 a.m. with statements from victims of the Madoff scheme, who stood at a lectern and told wrenching stories of how they had lost everything, and were now working several jobs and living hand-to-mouth.

Too bad they can’t send him to OZ:

Social Networking is the work of the Devil!

Social Networking is the work of the Devil!

I Wonder If I Can Get A Reduced-Rate Gym Membership With This Plan? Hello Sir, Does Your Gym Allow Payments By The Minute?

Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week?

Hell I’ll go to the gym and nearly kill myself if it means I can leave after 10 minutes. Who the hell wants to spend 7 hours a week in a gym? I sure don’t.

Update: Lots of information to be found on the comments underneathe the article, I found one in particular that’s very useful:

The Truth About How To Lose Weight

One person in the comments section said “there are no easy shortcuts”, very true. I”m sure the 6-minute workout can be done, but you’ll feel like complete sh*t when you get done with it. So it’s a trade off like everything else in this world. There’s Oppurtunity Cost in all things.