“So I promise to read your blog if you list my Twitter handle in the blog post.” “I’ll read your blog if you announce the superiority of the Gannett news service over the Hearst news service.” “I’ll read your blog if you change the name of our team back from Sighed, Bush! to…” Wow. You…
Read MoreChuck Miller 1, credit card scammer 0
A few years ago, one of my credit cards was compromised. I blogged about it here, chronicling everything from the initial theft, along with my partnership with the credit card company to stop the theft and to protect my finances. Thankfully, my credit card – Rainy Day Credit Card Company – immediately noticed the purchasing…
Read MoreThe Christmas miracle of the five iPads
My friend and fellow Hamilton College alumnae Laurie Northrup posted this extremely heartwarming story on her weblog, The Consumerist. Suffice it to say that someone ordered one iPad from Best Buy for the holidays. Best Buy accidentally sent the customer FIVE iPads. You need to read the Consumerist blog post to find out more about…
Read MoreDebbie Reynolds and the Batmobile
The car had oil leaks. The transmission had issues. It couldn’t get past speeds of 40 mph. And this January, it’s being sold at the Barrett-Jackson Auctions with a possible selling price of $2 million. That’s right. The Batmobile is up for bid. And not just any Batmobile. This was the same Batmobile that Adam…
Read MoreThe afghan exchange
With the exception of some special gifts for some special people, and at least one mystery person that I’m giving a gift to as part of Reddit’s “Secret Santa 2012” exchange, I’ve decided that the only “big” gift I’m sending is to my daughter Cassaundra, who lives 3,000 miles away in Washington State. Granted, I’m…
Read MoreDream Window #5: The Thirst Quencher
Ah, that Coca-Cola “ghost sign” brickad in Schenectady. I’ve driven past it many times. I’ve photographed it many times. I’ve even won an award in 2010 by capturing an image of it with my splitfilm photography technique. Now I’m thinking about how it would look in a Dream Window. We have so many of these…
Read MoreCookie Day and the Wristwatch
It’s Saturday morning – the first day that true snowfall has permeated our neighborhood – and I’m sitting at Mavis Discount Tire in Troy, waiting for their techs to replace the performance tires on the Blackbird with four all-weather Pirelli tires. Of course, while I wait for my car to get new grips, I do…
Read MoreHow OnStar completely failed me.
The blue button stared at me like a beckoning beauty, begging me to press it. I’ve only had the Blackbird for about two weeks – yep, my 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS is now nicknamed the “Blackbird” – and although I knew the car had some subscription options available to it – Sirius/XM satellite radio, for…
Read MoreForget Bonds and Clemens; vote for Carl Stotz!
This is an open request to all members of the Baseball Writers Association, the organization charged with voting for the 2013 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame. You have a very tough choice. Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Roger Clemens are all eligible for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Yep. And…
Read MoreWeek 12 of the $2,000 2012-13 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Wow, eleven teams tonight for a game of trivia. Nice. About freakin’ time. And the four big teams – Street Academy, Woo Hoo a Go Go, Team Fist and Sighed, Bush! were in the house. As were several other squads – the Haterzz, and some other teams whose names completely escape my memory. Still, it…
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