Cool stuff in the mail.
You know, a lot of people badmouth the U.S. Postal Service. They complain that they're slow, that they're unreliable, that they lose people's packages, and soforth. Well, many of them are the same people complaining that the people they voted for are stupid (why did you vote for them?) and complaining that a 1040EZ is so nightmarishly difficult to fill out. (You add, you subtract, and you look stuff up on a table - it's fourth grade math!) I suspect that they or their correspondents are simply using the postal service incorrectly. In other words, UR doin it rong!
I get nothing but reliable, prompt, courteous service. The only exceptions are the times when someone moves and doesn't tell me, and I end up sending things to an address that is either empty or occupied by some puzzled postcard recipients.
That brings me to today's topic: I got some cool stuff in the mail, and it all arrived yesterday.
Good things come in small packages.
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You no doubt remember when I mentioned the Dollar Shave Club before. I did this so that I could get a fresh supply of face hair razors every month for just a buck (plus $2 shipping), without having to worry about the availability of my "old man" shaving tech. Well, I was getting my stuff super cheap, so I decided to splurge an extra $8 and get some of Dr. Carver's Easy Shave Butter. They sent me a sample once, and MAN, does it make my face nice and slick for the face-bladers. I figure the tube will last me a couple of months, and it's a nice little treatment for my skin.
I don't see much reason to order the One-Wipe Charlies, though. It's cheaper to get baby wipes from H-E-B, and I don't see the need to make my butt smell like peppermint when I wipe it, no matter how much cucumber extract and vitamin E the wipes may contain.
One last thing: I would be remiss if I didn't remind all the gentlemen out there that if you sign up for the Dollar Shave Club using my referral link, I get a six dollar credit. That means two months of shave stuff for me, for free!
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From street tough to retiree in twelve hours.
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Amazon.com was having a ridiculous daily deal: 75% off Rocky: The Undisputed Collection on Blu-Ray. It retails for seventy bucks, but I swept it up for about twenty, once you figure in shipping and handling.
It's all there: Rocky Balboa realizing his dream of "going the distance" against the champion Apollo Creed, winning the title, recovering from complacency as he regains the "Eye of the Tiger," everything. The commentary on the Cold War (which features a robot for unknown reasons) is there. The one where his son grows up to be Peter Petreli (or is he Jess from "Gilmore Girls?") is there. Even that one we'd rather forget about and want to pretend isn't there is there, all in fully restored, high-definition video.
Fortune smiles upon thee! Thou has backed a Kickstarter!
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A while back, I backed a Kickstarter project started by the Descendants of Erdrick. Surely, you can remember all the times on this blog when I have mentioned them. Surely. Of course.
Well, they wanted to make a second album. They started a Kickstarter for it. As part of the information package of their proposal, they stated that there would be a very limited number of physical copies produced, and the focus in distribution would be digital downloads. Frowning upon the ephemeral nature of digital downloads as I do, I wanted - no, needed a physical compact disc to hold in my hands, lest I pay money for 1's and 0's that have no substance. What did I do? I funded the Kickstarter at a level that would not only get me one, but TWO CDs, both autographed by the whole band. (Don't ask if I can give/sell you the second. It's a gift for my best bud Moses.) It also came with some neat buttons and stickers and the like.
They also thanked me real big in the liner notes, 'cause I'm special.
