UPS, Round 3: They paid up! (2006/09/13)
Okay, so, here’s the story. Two months ago (on July 12th), a computer I shipped via UPS showed up damaged. We filed a claim. I received a check on September 12th for an amount close enough that I don’t know exactly what they were paying, but they clearly paid the claim in a reasonably fair manner. (I honestly don’t know how the number was arrived at, but I think they reimbursed some portion of the shipping costs. Or the insurance. Or something.)
[read more...]We miss you, August Moon (2006/08/31)
Back before Big Bowl popularized the notion of pick-and-mix stirfry, August Moon was letting you pick your protein to go with any of their stir-fry sauces. They were a local place which reviewers described as “fusion”, with such fascinating concepts as “Scandinasian Stirfry”. They had an astonishing variety of interesting foods, and combinations of foods. We went there to celebrate when Spider bought his house. We went there when people visited from out of town, or for any other occasion we could think of. It was at August Moon that a waitress identified a particular piece on the stereo as Herbie Hancock, leading me to expand my musical horizons quite a bit. They had local art on the walls, and lava lamps on the tables.
[read more...]The spousal book is now available (2006/08/30)
Wow. I mean, in theory, we knew this would happen, but it’s still sort of weird. But, apparently, The God Eaters is now available for sale. That’s the Powell’s link. According to Bookfinder4u, it’s available all over. Note that there’s two different ISBN numbers for this book; one starts with “978” and ends with “3”, the other omits the “978” and ends with “0”. (That is to say, the last digit is a check digit; casting out nines will explain how it works.)
[read more...]UPS: We only pay for parts (2006/08/24)
This may be of some interest to folks who are inclined to ship things that have actual value.
[read more...]Smashing! Hand!! With hammer!!! (2006/08/23)
One of my favorite cartoons, Bob the Angry Flower, turned out a bit of political commentary:
[read more...]Baen Books made my day. (2006/08/08)
So, I finished reading some books I had lying around. And I realized that I wanted sequels.
[read more...]How I stopped liking the Red Cross (2006/06/29)
Okay, so a while back, Studio Whipping Boy did a charity drive. We picked the American Red Cross, because hey, everyone knows they’re legit, right?
[read more...]The statute of limitations. (2006/04/15)
Sex allegations oust Gloucester Catholic teacher, read the headlines, and her heart skipped a beat. Had he finally been busted?
[read more...]Ready-made child-sized coffins. (2006/04/13)
That’s the Problem of Evil, right there, in a nutshell: Child-sized coffins are ready-made. They don’t need to be specially commissioned.
[read more...]Woo! I'm high-functioning! (2006/04/11)
So, a friend of mine recently put up some self-scoring Asperger’s tests, implemented based on some tests he foeund as PDF documents.
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