Archive for November, 2005

I might boycott Memoirs of a Geisha

So I noticed this morning that Yahoo’s personalization system thinks I might like Memoirs of a Geisha. How it can know this before the movie has even opened, before there are any user reviews to compare against my profile, is the topic for another post. What I’m annoyed at is the fact that a […]

I think they wired my house wrong

One of the deals I picked up on Black Friday was an over-the-range microwave oven. Just $99 at Lowe’s. I am going to try and intall it myself, may not work and I may end up paying a professional to fix the mess I create. But I want to at least give […]

Does anybody care about the Grey Cup?

I’m not that big a sports fan, so maybe I’m mistaken but it just seems like not even Canadians watch the CFL. Seems the only time we ever hear about it here in the US is during their championship, the Grey Cup, won this year by Edmonton.
I knew Edmonton had an NHL team, had […]

Loving the new Kanye West album

So one of the few good things about the whole Black Friday madness is that you can try out music from artists you might not ordinarily listen to. That’s because all the stores have doorbuster specials on CD’s, you’re bound to find at least one that you had heard about but weren’t willing to […]

I think I almost got frost bite this morning

So like an idiot, I decided I’d join the Black Friday frenzy this morning. And nearly paid the price with a very very cold set of toes that towards the end felt like they might be falling off.
I actually wrote down the route I planned to take, based on when the various stores opened. […]

Perhaps there’s life yet for KMart

Based on the parking lot of my nearby KMart, you would think the chain is not long for this earth. They’ve got an enormous lot and yet when I go I’ve never had to park very far from the door. Because the lot is always so empty.
Therefore I figured it was a bit […]

Xbox 360

Hey, one of the guys at work put his name in at Meijer on a lark, never thinking he would be picked for one of the Xbox 360’s. And voila, they called him this morning to tell him he could come and pick it up. Here it is:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rexworld/65866384/

First trip to Macy’s in a long time

I’ve been here in Louisville over two years, but last night was the first time I ventured into the Macy’s over at Oxmoor Center. In fact I can’t even remember the last time I shopped at Macy’s. I’m not really the target demographic for that store–I’m not white, I’m not female, I’m not […]

GM’s blow to the economy

GM announced they plan to cut 30,000 hourly jobs in the next few years. That has to be an impact on the economy–we keep hearing there’s a recovery but when 30,000 good-paying jobs vanishes that has direct and indirect psychological impacts.
Coming just as the Christmas shopping season begins, I’m betting this will act as […]

Hey, this cooking thing isn’t so bad

So tonight I tried my hand at cooking something for dinner. I mean from scratch, not zapping a frozen dinner in the microwave.
I mean, I’ve done some cooking before, but basic stuff like fried rice or dumping stuff into a crock-pot. That’s the easy things, tonight I actually did something that required chopping […]