This rare post and its icon are dedicated to the memory of Jimmy Dean.

Just called Columbia House DVD to cancel my membership (given that it's been at least two years since I've bought anything from them ( Read more... )

I started to make some rice a couple days ago, but ended up not. I put equal parts rice and water in a bowl and put some plastic wrap on top. But before I put it in the microwave, we decided we didn't need more rice after all. (We had ordered Chinese food, and the restaurant didn't give us much rice ( Read more... )

I've had over 25 (25.1, to be exact) Bookmooch points for ages, and they never have any books I want.

This is me annoyed. I wonder how much Bookmooch points go for on the black market.

Yes, I know, I haven't posted in ages. But I felt this was too important not to warn everyone I could. I was just browsing the net on my (Mac-based, naturally) iPhone when I suddenly received the following alert:


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Got this when I attempted to participate in an online survey while using Firefox 3.0 ( Read more... )

Found this little beauty on the threshold of our back door.


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Note to Comedy Central: Don't bother showing a Kat Williams special if you're going to censor every three words. I haven't got a clue what the audience is laughing about.

(And then they're apparently going to show Chris Titus' last special during their uncensored "Secret Stash" time slot -- despite the fact that he hardly swears in it.

Why, when I call the number on the back of this Pier 1 gift card to find out the balance, does the nice imitation lady on the other end tell me the value in Canadian dollars?

(Pier 1's HQ is in Texas, oddly enough. No idea where their gift card division is.)

I find it very annoying that when I (re)search on eBay and Amazon, books that I want to sell either sell for about a dollar or aren't selling at all, but used books that I want to buy are going for near cover price.