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Category: Life
Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend
Back in September of 2000, I had just finished pouring an entirely unreasonable amount of money into the worst car I had ever owned, a 1994 Mercury Sable. Despite feeding it a steady diet of Benjamins, the car refused to...
A Sunday morning exchange
Me: Can I still wear my polka dot dress even though I'm not pregnant? Jesse: I don't see why not. I've seen non-pregnant women wearing polka dots plenty. Me: I was wondering if I could wear the dress because it's...
Getting Customer Satisfaction With Twitter
One of the few shortcomings of my phone has been an inability to send MMS messages, an odd thing for a phone with pretty much every feature known to man. It's not been much of a problem for me, though...
A Shopper Bites Back, Redux: The Letter From Visa
Visa followed-up today with a letter regarding my complaint against Saturn of Salt Lake attempting to require ID. The short version? I'm in the right and they're going to follow-up on the complaint. Click on the picture below to see...
A Shopper Bites Back (or, Thanks, Consumerist, for giving me a consumer backbone)
As I've previously mentioned, I'm pretty sick and tired of being asked to show ID whenever I try to use a credit card for purchases. Not only does it do nothing to protect either party from fraud, it's also expressly...
The Calm Before the Storm
It's been a while since we've posted anything around here. We're really down to the wire on the whole baby thing. Shauna is scheduled for a C-section on Wednesday and we (and by we, I mean Shauna's mom) have been...
Caving In to Social Pressure 2.0
I've finally caved into social pressure and decided to fully embrace Web 2.0. Last night, I signed up for a Facebook account. I went whole-hog tonight by signing up for Digg and Twitter, resurrecting my Delicious account and creating a...
ID This (or, Know Your Credit Card Rights)
If you’ve used a credit or debit card in the recent past, you’ve probably been asked to show ID with your purchase. I find this additional step to be somewhat inconvenient and recently discovered that Visa, Mastercard, American Express and...
Victory Against the Chickens
Just a small note to indicate that the war on the chickens is over… and I won. I walked past that house the other day and noticed that the chicken coop is entirely gone. I guess the county eventually took...
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