March 2007
33 posts
Reservations please?
Our washing machine finally gave up the ghost yesterday and we figured we couldn’t go too long being stinky. So, Little Miss Consumer Reports did all the research and found the mostest bestest washing machine to keep our clothes clean and fluffy. Finding someone that would sell it to us was a different matter altogether.
Using my mad internets skillz, I tried to find a local store that...
“I’d rather pass out than throw up.”
– Mark Stickel (my boss)
Swim across the Atlantic Ocean? →
Directions from New York to London (Google Maps)
Enough already
Look, I’m not an American Idol fan or anything, but since I got married I’m now contractually obligated to at least pay attention to it. I often wish that the American [Idol] public had as much interest in local and national political elections, but I don’t think that’ll ever be possible… unless they allow voting by text message.
What makes me angry is the new...
Consumerist SWA boarding pass hack →
HOWTO: Board Southwest Airlines Faster (OR: Screw You Southwest Airlines!)
Long haired hippie people
So, last week I found out that a friend of a friend had taken up an offer to buy a dilapidated sailboat that had been sitting in a marina in Puerto Vallarta. Since last November he and his wife have been living on the “Tupo” and sailing up and down the Pacific coast of Mexico.
Their blog JanetAndEric.com is a record of their travails of fixing up the boat, learning to sail, and living...
What a deal, this item on Amazon was $254,623... →
Watchtumbléo
Switcher
Yeah, I’m a switcher. I gave up the Microsoft lifestyle a few months back and, by and large, I’ve been pretty happy with the conversion. The things I want to do on a regular basis are much easier, simpler, and more pleasant. Browsing the internet, reading mail, watching pirated movies, editing photos, etc. are all activities I enjoy much more now that I’m in the cult of the Mac.
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“Did you see my interest? Poof, it’s gone.”
– Dena, once again not amused by something I did.
Airlines to charge for fuel. -the Borowitz Report →
“Browsing the internet is not a spectator sport.”
– Me.
My limited HTML skills can’t seem to help me get the shared Google Reader post thingy placed correctly on this page. It just kinda hangs out way to the right and completely out of place.
Before you ask me a question... →
Threadless T-Shirts - $10 Sale →
“We’re never gonna catch a cab here!”
– Sean Lynch, drunk, standing a train station platform after a They Might Be Giants concert.
“It’s better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it...”
– Abraham Lincoln… or Mark Twain (No one seems to know.)