My son wanted to build his second tower computer system. He asked mom and dad to help him buy the components for a Christmas gift in 2010. My son gave me a list of components: case, cpu, memory chips, power supply and told me to buy the items at Newegg.com. The process was simply flawless except the tower case was added as a second shipped item due to its size and I almost ordered TWO cases because I failed to…
My daughter has an annual pass to Disneyland. As a Christmas gift, my daughter had the idea of having dad give mom an annual pass to Disneyland so mother and daughter could go to the park together. My daughter went on line and using dad’s credit card purchased a Deluxe Annual Passport with parking, not a trivial amount of money. We never received e-mail confirmation. I called a day later and after a very long hold time, due to being…
(Or allegedly stupid about some energy factors). Our pool pump went out the end of 2009. I did quite a lot of research and found out the following: Two speed or variable speed pumps are required in California to save energy. These motors are way more expensive than single speed motors. Every pool supply vendor failed to inform me of that California requirement and would be most willing to sell me a single speed motor. I was extremely surprised that…
Meridian Club is a sports club at the east end of Fullerton, California. The location is weird, next to the 57 freeway, south west of Target and has residential condos to the east and south. The physical building is three stories and side parking structure is impressive. The inside is cavernous, expansive and secluded. Tennis court, hand ball courts, roof track, swimming pools, jacuzzi, sauna, and cafe as well as large dressing rooms. As opposed to a 24 Hour Fitness,…
The day after the last California election I looked through my LA Times print edition to find the election results. Where was the results buried? It is most frustrating that I can easily find sports scores but not political scores. Do you have to be told why newspaper subscriptions are falling? I will thus tell you. It is because newspaper management, at times, is not capable of realizing and thus meeting the needs of its customers. I think this arrogance…
One day in November 2009, my wife came to me and said she saw a TV commercial from Home Depot advertising they would take back old Christmas lights that no longer worked and offer $3 toward the purchase of LED Christmas lights. I drove over to Home Depot a few days later and noticed that the LED lights used only 4 amps of current while our old Christmas light strings used a lot more power. We were trying to cut…
November 24, 2009, I get a Facebook movie review for Star Trek (2009) from Dr. Kit Kat. But then she added a “Thanksgiving Day Bonus” existing of a review for a food item. I guess, being a slave to the women in my life, I now will share with all of you her food reviews. As explained in the postings for Dr. Kit Kat movie reviews, this lady has to undergo dialysis three times a week. If you were to…
I befriended a young lady at the club I work out at. Our conversation began because she brought to the club Kit Kat candy, which I spotted while she was on a treadmill. I will refer to her as Dr. Kit Kat for the purpose of these reviews. While at medical school at Ohio State University she contracted hepatitis. She was given a shot to protect against hepatitis prior to coming down with the disease. The shot failed to protect;…
I love the Adobe suite of products for the web. It costs a lot of money but Dreamweaver and Photoshop really are most professional and one saves money, sometimes, by buying more than one software in a bundle. I even have accepted Bridge even though it seems a bit awkward. My infatuation was put to the test with the most recent upgrade, CS4. The installation went swell until I noticed that Dreamweaver failed to install. Of all the products in…
I had early the same morning purchased my sleeping zebra for myself and a grande mocha Frappuccino for my son at Albertsons Super Market, 2500 E. Imperial Highway in Brea, California. Later the same day I took my daughter over to the same Starbucks inside the same Albertsons to get my daughter a mocha Frappuccino. My daughter told the barista that it was my birthday. The barista reminded us that I could get a free drink because it was my…