Archive for February, 2006

Must Reading

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

Check out Katie J’s blog for some great thoughts:

Sports Team Names & Mascots

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Seeking inspiration for my submittals to the “Name the K.R.A.P. Teams” competition going on over at Trolley Dodgers I started looking for unusual team names and mascots on the web.
You don’t want to miss: the list of bizarre mascot incidents.
Found several bizarre high school teams:
Kewpies
Potatoes
Poca Dots
Used to drive through a town in Indiana (Churbusco(sp?) that [...]

Spyware

Sunday, February 12th, 2006

ONE more cost of getting too busy: failing to keep all the computers properly tuned and locked-down.
Cost of that: Viruses and Spyware.
Cost of that:
- hours (days) of my life spent trying to clean crap off computers.
- $ spent on upgrades to anti-virus and spyware cleaners.
- unresolved problems (after all the above).
Right now I [...]

Customer Complaints

Saturday, February 4th, 2006

Disappointments:
Lowes - failed to notify fence installer that fence was paid for…
DirecTV - failed to cancel account and credit for installation/equipment which never occured (after two notifications)
Comcast - on-line order processing indicates “installation services will contact you within 2 days to confirm and schedule…” (WHICH days do they count?)
Championship Dodge - on-line service scheduling [...]

New TV

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

Ok, I’m trying it again. A couple years back I bought a new tv (biggest screen I’d ever owned) and it didn’t work out too well. I couldn’t write about it then because it hurt too much, but within days of buying it I damaged it.
I was building a bookcase/tv-stand unit for the [...]

We’ve (nearly) moved

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

Technically, I guess, we have already moved. I mean, all of our stuff is at the new house. But a lot of MY stuff is still in-process. Technically, I guess, it’s been sitting in the same place for about 3 weeks, but it isn’t where it belongs so I’m calling it “in-process”. [...]