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Thursday, 1/1/2015Received an email from Jessica at Sears Blue Ribbon Service, which included a case number and a friendly offer to personally assist me in resolving my issues. I'm not sure whether it was prompted by one of the various callback promises, the FaceBook post, the online feedback, or the certified letter, but I'll ( Read more... )

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Submitted online feedback via Contact Us on the Sears website with the short version of the issue, and a statement that I would be sending a letter to corporate.

Sent a letter of complaint via certified mail to Sears Holdings Corporation. ( Text reads... )

[Originally posted on FaceBook]

I have now spoken with four separate people at Sears Home Repair (and, I think, one contract subsidiary) with ZERO resolution ( Read more... )

Rock: My phone's software is now up to date.

Poop: It took ~2 hours, so now I'm way late for something I was actually looking forward to, and I lost all my contacts in the process.

So, if you want me to ever be able to call, text, or otherwise get in touch with you again, I'd appreciate an email or comment (screened for your privacy) with how I can ( Read more... )

I had an epiphany, and decided I wanted this on my new mousepad.

The artist is the incomparable Audrey Soffa (gyokutogirl) creator of The Bunny System. All hail her.

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[Notes: As written, this recipe makes a LOT of food, because I like my leftovers to last a while. If you want a smaller batch or don't have a big enough crock pot, just halve the listed amounts. Also, I'm listing brand names for my own reference; obviously, you don't have to do exactly what I do like a mindless sheep. Finally, if you're allergic ( Read more... )

This isn't really a recipe per se, but I'm putting it under this tag anyway. So there!

First, while some people like to make rice on the stove-top, with a crock pot, in a standalone steamer, or some such, I LOVE the microwavable plastic rice cooker I bought several years back. It's the version of this that doesn't have all the extra doodads, and ( Read more... )

This year's April Fool's Day announcement from Wizards of the Coast was freaking awesome!

Unfortunately, I've had to deal with far too many players that actually thought this way.

In short, the 4/1/1957 British television broadcast of "Panorama" included a three-minute segment about a bumper spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland, and people bought it.

The video is completely safe for work ( Read more... )