Archive for February, 2009

Shelter Insurance was easy to work with

I’ve never actually had to deal with my own insurance company. I mean, besides paying them the premiums, I’ve never had to file a claim against my own insurance. Until that is my recent run-in with an illegal alien.
Even though it was the other driver’s fault, he obviously didn’t have insurance. And […]

Mortgage payment dropping by $15

I got a notice this week from my mortgage company that says the monthly payment will be dropping by a whopping $15. It’s not from the big stimulus bill or anything like that. Turns out after paying the property tax from the escrow account this past November they re-calculated and realized I was […]

The media-company bloodbath continues

Boy I’m glad I no longer work at a media company. Yet another one has filed for bankruptcy protection — the Journal Register Company is using bankruptcy to wipe out all the stockholders and become essentially a private company held by the lenders.
The company runs papers in small to mid-size markets. The very […]

I’ve changed my mind about helping illegals stay in this country

Until this week, I was in favor of some kind of assistance to help illegal aliens stay in this country. Maybe not full amnesty but something to help them. However I’ve now learned first-hand one of the costs of having illegals in this country. My car got hit by somebody who is […]

Seven-and-a-half hours of meetings

Today was a new personal record: seven-and-a-half hours of meetings on my calendar. And I’m talking about meetings where I was a Required attendee for every single one. Not an Optional in the bunch.
I’ve never had anything like this, and of course I hope it never happens again. I’m not counting all-day […]

My first attempt at soup was so-so

I attempted to make soup for the first time this weekend. The inspiration was from Food Network, one of the chefs had an interesting variation on chicken noodle soup. Used chicken sausage to make meatballs instead of the traditional chicken you’d find in chicken noodle soup. Looked really good on TV.
Of course […]

Amazing how easy it is to find a florist on the other end of the country

It’s easy sometimes to lose track of how much the Internet has really changed the way we do business. I was thinking about that this week because I found myself in need of ordering flowers for a funeral all the way in Utah.
I remember a time when you might have had to find a […]

Katie Couric should be pissed

In 2007 Alex Rodriguez told Katie Couric when he had never taken any performance-enhancing drugs like steroids. Now in 2009 he’s admitting he started taking steroids as early as 2001. And actually tested positive for the banned substances in 2003.
Man if I were Katie Couric I’d be pissed. He absolutely bald-faced lied […]

Nashville Fishing & Boat Show was lame

What a waste of $6 and an hour of my Sunday afternoon. I went to the Nashville Fishing and Boat Show, thinking it would be something like the gigantic Boat & RV Show they held in Louisville each year. But no, the Nashville show is much smaller — barely fills one of the […]

Shane Co. files for bankruptcy

I don’t know how I missed this, but Shane Co. filed for bankruptcy a few weeks back. They are the jeweler with those annoying ads from Tom Shane, the founder. Every time those ads come on the radio I have to change the channel — he speaks as though diamonds are a necessity, […]