Archive for November, 2007
Yesterday must have been national mail-order catalog day
I got four different catalogs in the mail yesterday. That’s the most I think I’ve ever received in one day.
Some of them make sense. Like Target, I’m in their demographic and I shop at their store quite a bit. And I’ve filled out their customer satisfaction surveys (the ones where they entice you with a […]
Mom’s house got burglarized
Thanksgiving Day my Mom says she went out at 8 p.m. to have dinner with some friends. When she got home at 11:30 her front door was open, and a bunch of stuff had been stolen. She lost a laptop (the one I gave her last year) and some buckets of coins she keeps, a […]
If Chrysler builds this Renegade, I am so trading in my car to buy one
Oh please please, I hope Chrysler decides to build this Jeep Renegade. Not only does it look like something from the Halo video game, but it’s an enviro-friendly diesel-electric hybrid. You can look bad-ass and be saving the environment at the same time.
It would be expensive, no doubt. A lithium-ion battery large enough to power […]
Can a frozen pie really last two years?
I was at Wal-Mart, scoping out the PS3 and Blu-Ray selection in case I decide to come back on Saturday for their special deal where you buy the 80 GB PS3 and get 10 Blu Ray discs free. After seeing the selection they had I think I’m gonna pass on this deal.
But when I was […]
I got into the Quicken Online beta
A few weeks back I put my name in to get on the Quicken Online beta. I just got my invite today and signed up, so far it’s pretty good. Though I’m not sure it’s good enough that I really would want to replace the desktop financial software with this online version.
Now one nice feature […]
I think the Backstreet Boys are over
So a local radio station here in town holds an annual fund-raiser for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. And they often snag B-list celebrities and musicians to drop by in support of the fund-raiser. This year they had Backstreet Boys and judging from the crowd the Boys should be down-graded to maybe C-list celebs.
It was held after […]
Spice Girls rock!
Forget the impending recession here in the US, or the crisis in Pakistan. The really important news is that the Spice Girls are ready to take the world by storm again.
I’m actually thinking about buying their Greatest Hits album that comes out this week. Though apparently it’s only at Victoria’s Secret stores and I don’t […]
My first $40 fill-up
Well with the price of gas over $3 / gallon it was probably inevitable that I’d have my first $40 fill-up. Normally though I don’t wait for the tank to get this empty, but I had to put in almost 14 gallons. So I easily topped the $40 mark.
Luckily, I’m not filling up as often […]
The Bourne Ultimatum should come with a warning label
The Bourne Ultimatum, which is very loosely based on Robert Ludlum’s books, finally arrived at the bargain theater here in Louisville last week. I got around to watching it last night and it was a great movie. However, they should have put a warning label that it could cause motion sickness.
I get motion sickness when trying to […]
Stan Lee is running for Attorney General!
Okay, it’s not the Stan Lee, famed for creating SpiderMan among other comic book characters. But there’s a guy running for Kentucky Attorney General named Stan Lee.
He sure didn’t campaign very much, or at least he didn’t spend money on the media that I watch. Because I hadn’t even heard of him until last week […]