I'm really getting tired of the people over at Wienerville.

I'm not sure why I bother to keep going there. I think if it were up to me, the board would be closed down now. Either that, or I would be banning about half of the people that post there.

It's not the fact that I disagree with a lot of them. It's the fact that they are prick bastards that are more interested in calling people out or flaming, than in having a discussion. I can understand dissenting opinions - it's important to have some people on all sides to get a full view of the issue at hand. What I'm sick of is the constant heckling, namecalling, and general bastard level of the WWE apologists.

I really don't get it. I've tried so hard, for so long, to convince people that there was more to wrestling than their perceptions - that it wasn't a show for hicks and imbeciles - and I'm rewarded with this CRAP that WWE is putting on TV right now. Yes, there are obviously some people that like it. I can see that from the reactions on the board. It still doesn't mean that it's a good thing to have on TV.

Do they have to pander to the lowest common denominator? Is this really the group of people that they think are their bread and butter? Are they trying to get me to turn off the TV and stop watching their product?

Maybe this will turn out to be a brilliant move by Vince. Maybe he's tired of intelligent viewers and is taking wrestling back for the unwashed masses.

I sure feel like an ass for supporting them.
posted by Zim at 10/22/2002 06:24:00 PM

All sorts of stuff going on. Where do I start...

So. I finally called the Doctor about my sleep apnea. I really had to, as having Lis move in with us has taken away the spare bedroom, so there is no longer an option for one of us to change rooms if my snoring is keeping someone up. I really didn't have a choice - it was either do this, or go crazy.

I checked Aetna's web site and found a sleep clinic in the area. I emailed them to make sure that it was the right place, and after getting a confirmation from the web site called up and set up the appointment. Last tuesday I went in and spoke with the Dr. about my problem, and after a short consultation, he advised me to get a sleep study done.

The appointments were all booked up until December 21, so I had them put me on the stand-by cancellation list. My chance came up this last Saturday night.

I was really nervous about the whole thing. I don't deal well with doctors - it's a situation where I don't like being helpless and percieved as ignorant. I really resent when medical experts treat me like I'm a moron - maybe this is just all in my head, but it has stopped me from seeing the doctor on more than one occasion. Knowing this about myself, I was worried that I was going to hate the entire experience. Well, it turns out that it wasn't that bad after all.

It was definitely wierd having the 20 or so sensors hooked up. It helped that the people there were kind of new at what they were doing - in fact, I actually had to help them with their computer system at one point (they had the task bar at the bottom of the screen expanded past where they could see the numbers on their software app - it was easy enough to fix) so they didn't take attitude with me. I think if they had, it would have been a lot more difficult to get comfortable. Leave it to me to want incompetent or bumbling medical help! The guy actually wasn't incompetent - he just was really laid back about everything, so it went well.

I slept from 11:00 pm until 3:00 am until they woke me up to try out a CPAP. I'm assuming this means that I have sleep apnea, but I haven't had confirmation yet from the Dr. I assume this will come later this week.

Now that I've done it, I wish they would hurry up and call me back so I can get started using the thing. From everything I've heard it should really help out . I'm anxious to see if it makes a difference for me. I hope it does.
posted by Zim at 10/21/2002 04:24:00 PM