The overexposure is really starting to rankle my ass, and the pop-garbage media, apparently at a loss of things to talk about (but that's why they're pop-garbage), have latched onto the Miley Cyrus flap over her Vanity Fair photo shoot.

To the pop-garbage media: Stop it. Stop it now. (Read more...)

Daylight-Saving Time begins Sunday at 2 a.m., for which I am glad, because that means I get an extra hour of daylight in the evenings, which in turn makes it seem more like spring (even if the weather isn't there yet) and less like this interminable winter that I've had to endure. (Yes, I said "I" and not "we" because, on IDWID, it's all about me. Maybe IDWID actually stands for "I Do What I Do.") (Read more...)

I'm used to winter. We have it here every year. In the past we've had some mild winters and some average winters — but this winter? It has been a harsh and long, long winter. And I've fucking had it. (Read more...)

I've long known that the FCC — or specifically their censorship arm — is a joke. This was especially confirmed in the months after the 2004 Super Bowl and its crappy MTV-produced halftime show starring Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake and the infamous "wardrobe malfunction." (Read more...)

I watched a "news" video online the other day that framed an absolutely shameful picture. I'll get to the shameful part in a minute, but the video was taken at the scene of the climax of the latest Britney Spears meltdown. (Paging Dr. Phil. Ugh.) Aside: Is it a coincidence that Britney Spears' initials are B.S.? I have my doubts. (Read more...)

For years and years and years, I've been a loyal customer of McAfee for their virus protection and security software. Lots of people swear by Norton, but I've never been one of their customers; just didn't happen that way. There's a saying in retail that if you can get a customer early in their buying days, you can have them for life because they'll practice brand loyalty. I happen to believe that's true, because if you're comfortable with something, why bother changing? (Read more...)

Okay, people. Enough is enough. Every year it starts earlier, and earlier, and earlier. Well, maybe not really — after all, I'm not seeing Christmas stuff in August yet, so there must be some sort of graduated push-back schedule. But I'm pretty sure that at some point earlier in my lifetime, Christmas season did not begin until around Thanksgiving. It has slowly gotten pushed earlier, and now Christmas begins as soon as Halloween ends. (Read more...)

You've got to be kidding me on this. One of my neighbors has put a Halloween-themed doormat outside his door. It has ghosts and bats and jack-o-lanterns and orange and black. It screams "Halloween" — nearly as much as it screams "stupid." (Read more...)

This past weekend — channeling around aimlessly and landing on MTV by mistake — made me a witness to what might be the worst television I've ever seen. It was some cringe-inducing, awful-awful-awful, can't-believe-they-made-this, useless, contemptible garbage. I would've changed the channel, but I was not in control of the remote at the moment. Someone else decided they would see if the show was maybe funny. (It wasn’t.) So, right up front, I'm absolving myself for having been a viewer. (Read more...)

Working in a building where there are still plenty of people who are behind on the whole web/technological curve, one of my biggest pet peeves is when people say "backslash" when they really mean "slash." (Read more...)