Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Rude Computer
The fingerprint reader on my laptop is a convenient and time saving way to log in, but it is rude. Its favorite catty message is "joint detected". Why would it think that?
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Risky
Today Dallin, Aerin, and Brennen invited me to join them in a game of Risk. It was rather silly. As Brennen regained control of North America for the second time:
Dallin: "Brennen has his continent back!"
Brennen: "My continence was never in question!"
Dallin: "Now the question is: Can he hold it?"
Dallin: "Brennen has his continent back!"
Brennen: "My continence was never in question!"
Dallin: "Now the question is: Can he hold it?"
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
My New (Used) Car Story
On the pain scale, buying a car from a dealer ranks between buying a house and severing a major tendon.
In some ways it was very simple: I went through my credit union's auto buying service (my third car this way), so there was no haggling over price. I came ready to pay cash. Goodness knows, the dealership was desperate to sell cars.
However, once they handed me over to the "finance manager" the total was over $4000 more than I expected. They had added the longest extended warranty they had, plus a couple thousand dollars of anti-theft services and devices. It took over an hour to convince them that I didn't want or need these things for an inexpensive used car.
They kept insisting that they were just trying to protect me and then they would lop $100 off. We went through this over and over again, but the price never got into the range I was prepared to pay. I suspected that the only way they were going to make any money on the deal was to sell me these extras, and I felt like a heel for holding my ground. Not.
To make a long story shorter, I convinced them, finally, that I wasn't going to budge, they drew up the forms, I spent a half hour signing and initialing, and I got my car.
And I really love my new (used) car.
In some ways it was very simple: I went through my credit union's auto buying service (my third car this way), so there was no haggling over price. I came ready to pay cash. Goodness knows, the dealership was desperate to sell cars.
However, once they handed me over to the "finance manager" the total was over $4000 more than I expected. They had added the longest extended warranty they had, plus a couple thousand dollars of anti-theft services and devices. It took over an hour to convince them that I didn't want or need these things for an inexpensive used car.
They kept insisting that they were just trying to protect me and then they would lop $100 off. We went through this over and over again, but the price never got into the range I was prepared to pay. I suspected that the only way they were going to make any money on the deal was to sell me these extras, and I felt like a heel for holding my ground. Not.
To make a long story shorter, I convinced them, finally, that I wasn't going to budge, they drew up the forms, I spent a half hour signing and initialing, and I got my car.
And I really love my new (used) car.
Sunday, February 08, 2009
A Twisted Sense Of Humor
As my Mother would say, these tickled me pink:
First, my brother Jason sent me the link to An Engineer's Guide To Cats. I won't spoil it.
Next, and oddly disturbing, is the best/worst/only collection of My Little Pony mods I have ever seen. What's disturbing is that I really, really liked these, especially the Chewbacca mod.
Well, there you have another peek into my twisted mind.
First, my brother Jason sent me the link to An Engineer's Guide To Cats. I won't spoil it.
Next, and oddly disturbing, is the best/worst/only collection of My Little Pony mods I have ever seen. What's disturbing is that I really, really liked these, especially the Chewbacca mod.
Well, there you have another peek into my twisted mind.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Little Hotties
Last week Tracy questioned a charge on our debit card for "Little Hotties". Luckily, said item arrived that day: 3 boxes of Little Hotties Hand Warmers for Brennen.
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