http://iamdavidberry.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:34:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For the past week, my sister and I toured Italy, making stops in Rome, Florence, and Venice.  And while I could bore you with the details of the sight seeing that we did, and tell you about how pretty the statues were, or something contrived about the Vatican, I'd rather ... http://iamdavidberry.com/?p=659 BP has got me so pissed off! Don't you think we should all boycott BP? I agree. We need to give our hard earned oil dollars to a company that will be far more responsible, like Mobil. That'll show those BP oil executives that we mean business. At least Mobil ... http://iamdavidberry.com/?p=657 Today's order of business is to discuss pet peeves. One of mine is automated voices that are used to help you navigate the call menus on 1-800 numbers.Case in point - about three weeks ago, I had my debit card stolen. I called the 1-800 number and was greeted by ... http://iamdavidberry.com/?p=655 Kudos to the NFL, who this week suspended Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger for the first six games of the season for his sexcapade with an underaged girl in a public restroom a few months ago.  Big Ben will end up losing $2.84 million for his transgressions, real or perceived.  And you ... http://iamdavidberry.com/?p=653 Seven years ago this week, I was in a car accident that nearly claimed my life. No matter how I lead up to this or what you read in my story, it's going to seem like I'm being dramatic, but I'm pretty sure the story does that itself. To say ... http://iamdavidberry.com/?p=651 What does AWOL mean?  What does RSVP mean?  I bet you use this crap all the time and don't even know what you're saying!  And for the record, I didn't know what "AWOL" was until I Googled it.  Once I did, though, I came away with the only logical conclusion - ... http://iamdavidberry.com/?p=648 After another outburst this weekend, it reminded me that I've deprived my readers of another one of my hate-filled tirades.  But that's not all.  By not writing about this sooner, I may have subjected you to horrendous and emotionally damaging experiences that could otherwise have been prevented.  Who's my target?  ... http://iamdavidberry.com/?p=646 I'm notorious for making things way harder than they have to be.  For example, when someone asks me what I want to eat, I don't tell them what I want to eat.  I present them with a number of types of foods I wouldn't mind eating, then proceed to tell ... http://iamdavidberry.com/?p=644 In the world of dating, it's always the ones you want, and the ones who want you.  And they're never the same.  We're always chasing after the people who don't want us, and running away from the ones who do.  Which logically makes no sense.  But does anything about relationships ... http://iamdavidberry.com/?p=642 HE SAID:  Mandy thinks that guys and girls who are friends cannot have sex because it has the potential to screw up the friendship.  When a guy hears that, he asks himself the question - "How did I screw this up so badly that I'm now just a friend with no chance ... http://iamdavidberry.com/?p=635