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Travelex rant
Wow, so Travelex managed to screw me pretty royally. Pretty fitting considering I’m in the UK where they know a little something about royalty. This is a pure rant so if you aren’t interested, I...
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The Carrotastrophe
So I’m steaming some frozen vegetables for lunch and I happen to notice some warnings on the bag. Apparently I’m supposed to make sure that whatever wattage my microwave oven is, the carrots get to an...
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Protected: Appliance repair sinks to new Lowe’s
This post is password protected. You must visit the website and enter the password to continue reading.Filed under: Clue train, Rant Tagged: consumer, fail, IMHO, quality, rant
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Discrimination man-splained by a high-income white guy
Yesterday a Facebook friend posted about a horrifying example of sex discrimination to which she was subjected. Parking attendants at a large community festival were assigning parking spaces by...
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We never called it sex
In his post We Never Called it Content, Dick Taylor gives us an insider’s view of the implosion of terrestrial radio. He points out, quite correctly in my opinion, that “radio is an art form. When you...
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Too good to be true
If you get within spitting distance of my blogs, then you know how I feel about open Wi-Fi. I find it odd that in the USA Wi-Fi is by default open but wherever I’ve been in Europe it is by default...
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Weapons of mass intoxication
Back before Facebook, cartoon memes were photocopied and faxed from office to office. During the Cold War some of those memes involved military strategy for defeating “the Ruskies”. Among the popular...
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Sprinting in place – one man’s triumph over entropy, cats, and self-esteem
Ever get that feeling that no matter how hard you work, you aren’t getting anywhere? My family have been going through a tough time lately with health issues, job demands, car problems, breaking...
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The inspiration consternation
Stouffer‘s seems mighty proud that their Lean Cuisine Ricotta Cheese & Spinach Ravioli dinner is “culinary inspired.” That sounds quite upscale until you look up culinary which means “of or for...
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Leading by example vs. herding from behind
To me leadership isn’t forcing people to behave the way you want, but making a good enough case to persuade, and leading by example. Our legislature in NC doesn’t feel the same way. To them leadership...
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