Archive for July, 2009
In yesterday’s issue of My City Daily, they had a poll question about Octomom:
“Octomom” Nadya Suleman has recently signed agreements for each of her 14 children to star in a reality television show. Filming is scheduled to begin September 1st. Each child will earn $250 a day, collectively earning approximately [...]
The crash of Felipe Massa during the Forumula One practice today seemed eerily similar to the one that killed Dale Earnhardt–head on into a wall. At least he was on the brakes. At least the wall was made of tires. May he recover well.
Old National Bank likes to tout their “STANDARD UNBEATABLE BENEFITS“, including “Free eStatements with online check images”. Except they aren’t free, because to be able to get them you have to give up the ability to get paper statements in the mail. I could try it out for a month, just to see if the [...]
Apparently all of the “The Simpsons” are the same—Amazon thinks that because I have bought an The Simpsons I am sure to like The Very Best of Ashford & Simpson. Um, yeah.
Thorzdad does a good job of summing up what is wrong with America [in his comment][2b] and why we are in this financial crisis:
And, honestly, you can’t put card problems down just to over-consumption. We always lived in our means.
This starts out good.
But, then I lost my job and, almost [...]
Normally, Consumerist has some good stories about people who were wrong by companies. Unfortunately, they tend to lose this credibility by posting stories like this one.
Man buys piece of equipment Works great through warranty period After warranty, equipment starts goes bad Six months later, equipment is really bad Company selling equipment refuses to help Therefore, company selling equipment is evil
I [...]
Greg says he heard that Quicken for Mac has been delay again. I forgot they were even working on a new version. I guess it’s good to know that they will eventually come back with something new, as opposed to the big bag o’ crap that they had been repackaging year after year. New doesn’t have to mean [...]
I keep thinking that people will stop complaining about Amazon’s “free” shipping. They haven’t. People still want a free lunch.
I got a mailing the other dat from G. H. Hermann Funeral Homes and The Gardens at Olive Branch:
By building a finer more modern facility and providing a caring knowledgeable staff we want to be the honost cemetery to put your trust in
With no less than three mistakes in a single sentence, I’m [...]