Becky the Bitch Banger

Posted on August 3, 2014 by yellowandblackmail

If I were currently playing a video game, this would be my new name of my avatar.  Next time I get handed a name-tag for anything, no matter how formal the event, I might have to write this.

Awhile ago Wisconsin got on board the Gay Marriage train.  Last night I was a hired driver to shuttle people from a reception (at a hotel) to an after-party (at a local gay dance club) for two hours.  Early in the shuttling I was told that the grooms had lined up on the day that the same-sex marriage ban was over-turned (June 6th, 2014) and got themselves hitched. Last night’s party was the big family and friends formal celebration.  I even got to take one of the moms to the dance club!

At the very end of the evening I had the two flushed and happy grooms and one of their very intoxicated friends.  Immediately when the friend got in he said, “Why aren’t you banging bitches?!  You should be banging bitches!”

“I have to work,” I say, with a frown in my voice.
“You should totally be banging bitches!”
“Well, I am Becky the Bitch Banger,” I reply.

There was some really nice, tired laughter, and then the drunk friend went straight to sleep on the 5 minute ride back to the hotel.

There was a load of weddings yesterday.  Counting this guy, I probably had about 10 people fall asleep (under the watchful eyes of friends) in my cab.  Maybe 5 of them were children under the age of 8.  There didn’t seem to be much trouble, people were well behaved, and nothing too exciting happened.  I wish all nights could be this tempered.

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More on Taxi Apps

Posted on July 30, 2014 by yellowandblackmail

I no longer run across cars with pink mustaches, but I think that’s because the people operating with Lyft in Madison don’t want to get ticketed for it… or get the bird and an evil glare from all of the taxis they drive near.

I have seen them and Uber operating, though.  They load 7 people into a sedan (a different level of illegal), have two electronic devices suctioned to their windshield (one the cell phone with the app, the other a GPS device), and park in the middle of traffic to pick people up.

Hey, if you’re going to break one law, why bother dealing with any of them, am I right?

This article does well to capture most of the concerns of the taxi companies in Madison while pointing out the need to keep technology moving forward.  We can’t sacrifice the ordinances in place protecting the public and taxi drivers to do this, but we cannot stunt the growth of industry at the same time.

I still have my doubts that any changes to the ordinances to bend to the will of these bankrolled app companies won’t matter because they still won’t follow the important ones that won’t change.  If they aren’t getting penalized now for disobeying them, what’s the motivation to follow the rules later?

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A Response to ‘Women Against Feminism.’

Posted on July 28, 2014 by yellowandblackmail

Callin’ out the B.S. This article very nicely destroys the “Women Against Feminism” argument.

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Imagine this:

The year is 2014. You are a white Western woman. You wake up in the morning in a comfortably sized house or flat. You have a full or part-time job that enables you to pay your rent or mortgage. You have been to school and maybe even college or university as well. You can read and write and count. You own a car or have a driver’s licence. You have enough money in your own bank account to feed and clothe yourself. You have access to the Internet. You can vote. You have a boyfriend or girlfriend of your choosing, who you can also marry if you want to, and raise a family with. You walk down the street wearing whatever you feel like wearing. You can go to bars and clubs and sleep with whomever you want.

Your world is full of freedom and possibility.

Then you…

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Oh Joy Sex Toy

Posted on July 26, 2014 by yellowandblackmail

Oh Joy Sex Toy – How to be a Good Strip Club Patron.

One:  This is an awesome, fun, and sex-positive comic blog.

Two:  I get a lot of trips to and from strip clubs.

If you like sex-positive information delivered to you in comic format and/or go to strip clubs, you should go to this link!

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The Great Taste

Posted on July 26, 2014 by yellowandblackmail

Beerpocolypse is coming.

There’s an event in Madison every year, unlike any other events.  Or maybe it IS like all of them, only to a magnitude that dwarfs them all.  The Great Taste of the Midwest is like nothing you’ve ever seen before (unless you went to a previous year’s event).  Tickets sellout within minutes almost 6 months in advance.  Try buying a ticket on ebay at ten times the cost if you miss out… or for maybe $5-10 over the ticket value from a scalper at the venue an hour before the event… if you like to gamble. Continue reading →

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