Snail mail still has its benefits
In today’s mail I got my lease renewal and a letter from my bank advising that my secured account is being converted to an unsecured one. I have to admit that both of those things could have been sent in...
Category: consumer
What a f**king liberty!
Y’know, it’s been a while since I’ve had a really bad customer service experience so I suppose I was way overdue. Thankfully it didn’t exactly happen to me, though considering where we were, we should have already learned our lessons....
Please Be Quiet Now
Hm, I think Rat really needs to hook up with John Hodgman, author of the book “Are You On TV? (No?) Then Shut Up.”, for spin-off merchandising ideas. The idea behind that book and this strip go hand in hand....
One More Sleeve…
I really can’t believe it’s taken them this long to produce one, but Timbuk2, the manufacturer that I naturally associate with Mac owners has finally released their, kinda over-branded, version of the manila envelope MacBook Air case. Don’t let this...
Advanced booze stealth technology
I’m sure many would totally take me to task on this, but I can’t help but think these might be a very hot seller in certain parts of my neighborhood. When I first moved to Mount Pleasant, my housemates and...
I’m a consumer whore, and I love it…
Of course this means I need a new DVD player, cable box and TiVo unit, but who cares, it’s gorgeous!!
We’re S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G…
Gods bless tax refunds, huh? It’s been a good few days of shopping for me. I finally broke down and bought a new television set, 37″ LCD HDTV. I really couldn’t justify anything larger in my living space and that...
It’s still dark…
Considering that I’m in the office and it’s just barely light outside, I’d say that my new alarm clock is clearly doing its job. I managed to get it at an open box price, so it was $50 reduced, plus...
My Baking Dish Overfloweth
I think I’ve found my new easy-bake potluck dish. I’ve never used Orzo in anything, a while back I saw Ina Garten prepare a shrimp and orzo dish so I bought it planning for that. More recently I found a...
Oh yeah, I’ll slice your cheese… permanently.
I got into the office before 7:30 this morning, which unfortunately has me thinking about lunch already and subsequently food (which isn’t hard to do) and then I remember my Sur la Table gift card, so I peruse the site...