Rants and musings, without care for substance.
Posted in complaints, gadgets, money, technology, television on Mar 7th, 2007
Comcast has been irritating me lately with their lack of support and continuous price increases. After numerous complaints and their failure to fix problems I’ve decided to take my business elsewhere. I don’t watch a lot of television and have been watching fewer movies on HBO and Showtime, so I decided to dump the television [...]
Posted in conspiracies, gaming, idiots, money on Feb 12th, 2007
I heard a radio commercial for Maryland’s $25 Million Frenzy today and it made me a bit mad. Not only does Maryland plug the things non-stop on every type of media available, they go and offer an even more expensive ticket. Did I miss something… is $20 the new $1? $20 for a scratch-off?!?
So I [...]
Pull up your carpet square kids. It’s story time!
A guy meets an attractive woman out at a bar. They’re talking but before anyone even attempts to close the deal, she tells him something. She doesn’t want to be wasting her time, so she’s going to need to see a copy of his W2.
Not that there [...]
Posted in complaints, money on Dec 30th, 2006
Chase just made an amendment to the terms of my Visa account. According to the summary of changes, “in calculating finance charges, the date when transactions are added to your daily balances and begin to accrue periodic finance charges will be as early as the transaction date.”
What the hell?
In the past, there’s always been a [...]
In Maryland the rough details of your home mortgage are considered public information. As a result I receive quite a few refinancing offers in the mail. This is in addition to the endless barrage of credit card offers I still receive. I’ve received half a dozen “mortgage opportunity” offers this week, but the one from [...]
When presented with a coupon, most McDonalds cashiers require a manager’s assistance to complete the transaction. This indicates a lack of thorough register training or a non-intuitive user interface, but definitely a disconnect between the franchises and the boardroom.
Posted in money, politics, the system on Jun 4th, 2006
The FairTax Act is proposed legislation that would eliminate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and do away with all income taxes and payroll taxes. Instead, a national sales tax would finance the government.
While spammers are on everyone’s mind these days, there’s still people who send junk mail… or in other terms, people who want my money. Sorting through the pile of mail, here’s a few things that caught my eye.
I clip coupons. I pickup the local grocer’s circular most every week. I look for bargains, then couple them with coupons. Sounds like something your parents would do, right? Very uncool?
Posted in idiots, legal rights, money on Dec 11th, 2005
TurnItIn is a bitch of a company. Until they pay me licensing fees for my intellectual property, I refuse to sit back and be robbed.
A cover charge differs from an admission fee. You get goods and services with an admission fee. With a cover, you usually get nothing.
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