Category: oops
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Better late than never: TD Bank takes 4 months to tell me no.
I haven’t applied for a job since moving to where I’m living now. Mostly because I’ve been fighting with things of a school related nature, but also because it hasn’t gotten me very far. But at least on days wherein it hasn’t gotten me all that far, it’s usually taken … Read the rest
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All you can eat: not quite what it used to be.
Maybe this is just a thing I never stopped getting used to after living in BC. I have absolutely no idea. But when I think of an all you can eat restaurant, I think two, maybe three helpings and you’re needing a forklift to get you back to your vehicle. … Read the rest
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Tech support license: revoked, sucker.
When I lived at the other apartment in Ottawa, every so often we’d get calls from nonsensical numbers that couldn’t be called back, blocked or even properly traced. They’d call for one of two reasons. Either to try and sell us tech support (me and the former roommate are both … Read the rest
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Some folks just don’t know how to have fun. … And keep it off Facebook.
Tega Cay, South Carolina, must be one hell of a boring place to be. Absolutely nowhere halfway decent to throw a barely coherent party. That’s okay, though. Gives the locals an excuse to test their resourcefulness. So one shouldn’t be surprised, then, when a couple kids decide to borrow someone … Read the rest
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Proof positive: the thought of a man named Bush with the nuke launch codes? Least of your worries.
For pretty much the entire duration of Bush Junior’s presidency, the running joke had to do with who in their right mind would let him anywhere near the launch codes for the US’s nuclear missiles. That was a favourite dig from pretty much anyone who didn’t much care for bush … Read the rest
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In which Bell Canada and a crappy modem team up to break my brain. Twice.
I have caffeine. And I have a bit of free time. That means geek entry. If technical things make your brain do melty things, there’s other stuff coming. Or, you can flip through some of what’s already posted. On the other hand, if brain damage is your thing, keep reading … Read the rest
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This month’s Facebook cop: your local judge.
I’m still catching up on mockery from September. It’s what happens when life tosses me a curve, followed by a fastball, followed closely by a change-up. But, that having been said, I’m not sure if Paula Asher or the judge in her DUI case is the bigger moron. Yes, driving … Read the rest
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Macy’s takes on a whole new meaning on Thanksgiving.
Every year, the Macy’s Parade usually has something happen that makes almost as many headlines as the parade itself. This year, well, let’s just say Macy’s played the exception card. The parade usually involves confettie. Usually a particular brand of confettie. This year, it was the police issue type. … Read the rest
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Smile. You’re on rented camera.
Bet you didn’t know you were gambling with your privacy when you went and bought you a rent-to-own computer, did you? Neither did quite a few people who rented from 7 companies who’ve been smacked down for including software that enabled the companies to take pictures of the would-be owners. … Read the rest
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So how much of Ottawa spent yesterday afternoon in the dark?
Something else I’m going to need to get used to. When there’s a power issue in Ottawa, this building usually isn’t part of it–well, unless management breaks something but that’s a whole other entry. So neither May nor I knew there was interesting times until we had stuff to do. … Read the rest