Airing of Grievances: Ariel Gates
You think you got away with it, Ariel, but I’m on to you. No, I don’t have any proof that your last name is really Gates. Maybe you’re on his mom’s side of the family, so your surname is something else.. Or maybe you’re not related to the Bill at all, but have pictures of him in a compromising position. That’s details. The big picture is that one way or another, you’ve managed to convince the most powerful man in the world who isn’t named after an Iraqi dictator to force a horribly lame and amazingly awful font down everybody’s throats. OK, maybe not everybody, but who are we kidding? OS/2 went the way of the dodo a long time ago, as did PC-DOS, DR-DOS, and every other credible (note to Mac users: I did say “credible”) alternative to Microsoft. Now I get friggin’ nightmares over that horrible font, and you expect us to believe you have nothing to do with it just because it’s spelled “Arial” rather than “Ariel?” Give me a break. I may be stupid, but I’m not that friggin’ stupid. I mean, seriously. Courier was lame but at least all the characters lined up in nice arrays. Times New Roman looks much better, which is probably why just about every newspaper with the name “times” in it uses some variation of the same. But Arial? That font is just awful. Yes, I know it’s flattering to see your name on a consumer product, no matter how asstastically bad that product may be. I’m sure Edsel Ford felt the same way, but they didn’t go on cranking out those crapmobiles for all eternity, did they?
Ariel … um, I mean, Arial … whatever scores you have to settle with Bill are between you and Bill. Take it outside, and leave the rest of us alone! Plea-ease! Leave us alone right now! I mean it!
February 27th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
ok, now I’m curious – was this aimed at my sister, some other Ariel (with the same last name?), or were you just being cute (I google stalked my sister’s name, so I haven’t read your blog in general – I will read further)
Ariel’s sister
February 27th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Probably not the same Ariel – unless you’re related to Bill Gates, and then only if she actually had something to do with that dreadful font.