Archive for November, 2008

Amazing what a difference expensive bedsheets make

Until a couple months ago, I don’t think I’d ever spent more than $20 on a set of bedsheets. That’s for a complete set — the fitted sheet, a flat sheet, and a couple pillow cases. I never really thought about the thread count but I’m guessing nothing I ever bought was above […]

Did CNN go overboard with the Mumbai coverage?

Now I don’t deny that the terrorist attack in Mumbai was a significant news event warranting extensive coverage. But the first two days of the event, CNN went wall-to-wall with their coverage. Everything else got cancelled in favor of live coverage from Mumbai.
Compare that for example to how newspapers were covering the story. […]

Wal-Mart clerk killed by crush of shoppers

This is so sad — a clerk at Wal-Mart was killed by the crush of Black Friday shoppers rushing into the store. A man’s life was of no consequence to these shoppers, he was just in their way so they trampled him to death. Just so the shoppers could grab whatever early-bird special […]

Thai PM has to declare emergency from a city other than his capital

How embarassing must this be — the Prime Minister in Thailand had to declare a state of emergency in the capital city of Bangkok while in Chiang Mai. Apparently he and his ministers couldn’t manage to convene a meeting in Bangkok, because of the protests that have closed the airport in Bangkok.
I’m no expert […]

I won’t be standing in line on Black Friday

Each of the last three years I’ve snagged different electronic gizmos on the cheap during the Black Friday sales, by standing in line for the early doorbuster specials. First was an LCD TV in 2005, then a DVD recorder in 2006, and last year a nice $99 GPS unit. But for the first […]

GM should fire its PR department

I’ve already stated my opposition to bailing out the Big Three automakers. Instead of taking taxpayer dollars, the companies could save a lot of money if they fired all the employees in their respective PR departments. Because clearly those people are not earning their keep.
I mean seriously, somebody in those PR departments should […]

Don’t bail out Detroit

I can’t believe I’m about to agree with Mitt Romney. But his op-ed in the New York Times is dead-on: bailing out Detroit will only make things worse down the road.
When these companies had gushers of money pouring in they could have invested some of that into R&D for more efficient cars. It’s […]

Why can’t Sony build decent music software?

I truly do not understand why Sony is so utterly, totally, completely, incompetent when it comes to music software. They blew it big time with the horrible, clunky music-management software you had to use for Mini-Discs. You could only make a couple copies of each song, so if you had some favorite tunes […]

Express Scripts actually worked this time

The first time I used our mail-order pharmacy, it took them three weeks to deliver my medication. And it wasn’t like this is unusual stuff — lisinopril for blood pressure and AdVair for my asthma.
So I wasn’t looking forward to my renewal. I figured I wouldn’t get my medications back until after Thanksgiving. […]

The return of $2 gas

Wasn’t it just a few months ago that we were paying over $4 for a gallon of regular unleaded? I saw at least two stations along Nolensville Road selling gas for $1.99. And the rest were really close, $2.05 and a few at $2.09.
With the concurrent downward spiral in the overall economy I […]