1. Doctors who look at me funny when I ask to get tested for HIV.  I’ve had several doctors poke and prod asking why I wanted tested for HIV.  It disgusts me.  What business is it of theirs?  Hey! at least I’m getting tested.  Don’t ask questions, just order the f-ing test.
2. Prescription drug prices in the U.S.  C’mon… how can I go to Canada or Mexico and pay a fraction of the price for prescription drugs that I do in the U.S.?  Those greedy bastard drug companies are in collusion with the physicians and insurance companies to screw us all.  I take a long acting form of propranolol.  Before it became available in generic my insurance plan would only pay for Inderal LA which is more expensive than InnoPran XL (same thing, different brand, lasts longer).
3. American automobiles.  In the 2 years that I’ve owned by Ford Escape I figure that Ford Motor Company has spent about $7,500+ in warranty repairs!  Can’t any American owned car manufacturer make a decent vehicle?
4. While we’re on the subject of vehicles… if you have a big expensive car, hit the gas!  I hate nothing more than seeing people with $50K cars who are afraid to us the power in them.  Fine, go the speed limit, just get your ass off the line faster.
5. If you purchase a vehicle, use it!  No one should be afraid of getting a vehicle wet.  Don’t buy a sports car (esp. with an automatic transmission) and don’t drive it!  ARGHHH.
6. Windows Vista.  It’s a piece of steaming donkey doo.  They put lipstick on a pig and fattened it… a lot.  At least if you’re going to require gigabytes of RAM and at least 512MB of video RAM, limit the OS release to ONLY 64-bit processors.
7. People who hate iTunes.  Do you know how many songs I’ve purchased for $0.99 each?  I don’t have to buy an entire album anymore!  And guess what?!?!?  The iTunes Music Store has millions of out-of-print recordings of esoteric songs that I just love.  Also, on the FairPlay DRM that Apple uses… I bought the song, so only I can listen to it.  Makes sense to me.  Even then you can burn it!
8. People who don’t drive the speed limit.  In heavy rain, sleet, and/or snow you may want to drive below the speed limit, but in normal driving conditions at least GO THE SPEED LIMIT!
9. Spammers.  Need I say more?
10. People who don’t use condoms.  Please people, especially you straight people out there, protect yourselves!

P.S. New podcast once I get over this nasty cold.

Pope Benedict is following outdated Roman Catholic dogma that places a ban on birth control.  It’s great that he sticks to his beliefs and core values, but sometimes the rules need eased for the greater good.  Allowing the doctrine of condom use to help prevent HIV/AIDS has the potential to save literally millions of lives in the world, especially in places where education is not prevalent and where the Roman Catholic church has the presence and means to help.  I’m talking about places like Haiti and most of Africa.

Isn’t Christianity supposed to be about loving your neighbors as yourself and being kind and benevolent?  When then are we continuing to hurt people by not educating them about the importance of condom use and the spread of HIV/AIDS among other sexually transmitted diseases?  As the leader of the largest church in the world it is time for the Pope to get into the 21st century and realize that helping and caring can include birth control.

When I moved to Pennsylvania and had my PA Driver’s License reinstated (I lived here before), I decided to select the organ donor check mark, not thinking that they might deny gay men.  This worried me for a while, but HEY!, how do they know you’re gay when you’re dead.  I don’t yet have a rainbow flag tattoo, so why not?  The PA Department of Health AND the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services both say that donation suitability is determined after death.

What the fuck?  I can donate by dead heart, lungs, liver, corneas, etc., but not my live blood.  Does anyone else see a problem with this?  I’ll comment more on this later.