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jaunthieWarning: The following entry is even more random than is my usual wont, probably due to the fact that I'm really really tired at the moment. Read on at your own risk.
Sometimes things come in twos (or more) that when taken together, just make you go "hm". I had two of those overlap tonight.
The first is a truly inspired bit of art deliberately imitating life, in the latest Doonesbury strip. The character Duke is reacting quite spectacularly to the death of Hunter S. Thompson, who of course is the basis and origin of the Duke character. It's pretty funny and quite ingenious in a twisted sort of way. Check it out here and here if you're curious.
The second is a truly heinous bit of price-gouging from that master of marketing muscle, TicketMaster. I was pricing a batch of baseball tickets for a group of friends, and came to the startling realization that it would cost me the price of an entire extra ticket for the "convenience" of ordering the tickets online and printing them out myself, compared to the cost if I just went down to the stadium itself and bought them in person. Now it's not like TicketMaster being evil is news, but this seemed rather extortionate even for them. Needless to say I have been motivated to plan a trip to the local stadium this weekend.
Funny the lengths we'll go to in order to try and address the things that disturb us, isn't it?
Sometimes things come in twos (or more) that when taken together, just make you go "hm". I had two of those overlap tonight.
The first is a truly inspired bit of art deliberately imitating life, in the latest Doonesbury strip. The character Duke is reacting quite spectacularly to the death of Hunter S. Thompson, who of course is the basis and origin of the Duke character. It's pretty funny and quite ingenious in a twisted sort of way. Check it out here and here if you're curious.
The second is a truly heinous bit of price-gouging from that master of marketing muscle, TicketMaster. I was pricing a batch of baseball tickets for a group of friends, and came to the startling realization that it would cost me the price of an entire extra ticket for the "convenience" of ordering the tickets online and printing them out myself, compared to the cost if I just went down to the stadium itself and bought them in person. Now it's not like TicketMaster being evil is news, but this seemed rather extortionate even for them. Needless to say I have been motivated to plan a trip to the local stadium this weekend.
Funny the lengths we'll go to in order to try and address the things that disturb us, isn't it?
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Date: 2005-03-10 07:02 am (UTC)Yeah, I can't remember when I last bought from TM(tm), but the charges were 10% of the total price. Not a big deal for cheap shows, but (for example) Singin' In the Rain was $70 a pop, and I bought two tickets, so...