Customer service Fail: Sandisk

I bought an MP3 player from Sandisk for my mom for her birthday.  After a day and a half of giving it to her, the clip broke off.

I emailed Sandisk informing them the clip has broken and asked if they have a repair or exchange policy.

I received an email back from Sandisk Customer Service asking me to verify what the issue was with the player, and gave me some general troubleshooting tips for if the mp3 player was failing technically.

I emailed them back informing them that it was the physical clip that was broken.

They emailed me back a link where I could purchase a new clip for $10.

I emailed them back letting them know that the plastic is broken, so purchasing a new clip won’t fix the problem.

They emailed me back this message:

 (Cerenidad Salvatierra)12/08/2009 09:25 AM
Dear Carolyn,

Thank you for emailing SanDisk Technical Support. It is our goal to make sure you have all the resources you need to get the most from your product.

We regret to inform you that physical damage on SanDisk products voids the warranty as stated in the last sentence on the first paragraph of the warranty:

“…This warranty is void if the product is not used in accordance with the product instructions, or if it is damaged as a result of improper installation, misuses, unauthorized repair, modification or accident…”

Unfortunately, Sandisk does not provide warranty repair services nor sell replacement parts.

Should you have any other concern with our products, please reply to this email.

Best regards,
Che S.
SanDisk Technical Support

 

OK, so now I have a product that has no warranty whatsoever?  Ridiculous!  I do not recommend Sandisk anymore.

 

Dear internet….

You are becoming more and more awesome with each day.  Being able to post a google document to my blog = win!

 

Carolyn’s rough X-day 2009 write-up

20090701 (Wed):

Wednesday we arrive around 3ish.. Started unpacking and setting up the tent and then cracked open the beer and tequila by 4:30ish.

When we arrived, it was gray and dreary, and it rained at some point.  Then the sun came out and teased us.  Carolyn actually changed her shirt from the agent orange t-shirt to her purple tank top (later [must have been the next day or so], in the pavilion, there was a slide show, and Carolyn’s picture from last x-day was featured.  A bit after that, Carolyn realized she wore that same purple tank top on the first day of last x-day and the first day of this x-day.  Hehe).

Around 7ish, the rain came back.  Carolyn, Clint, and Orpheus Stain high-tailed it to our tent.  Carolyn drfited off to sleep to the sound of rain and Clint & Orpheus chatting.  Later, she woke up, and the tent was empty.  It was still raining, but she decided to get up and track down everyone.  She got a poncho, and went off to the main pavilion.  Clint was there with Legume and some others.  Clint asked Carolyn if she got the cigarettes, and she said no.  So Clint decided to get them.  He left and Carolyn chilled with the people.  When Clint came back, he had two beers, the raven bobblehead? and no cigarettes.  So  Carolyn decided to get them at that point.  So she went to the tent and back and when she got back, nobody was at the pavilion anymore.  Clint was nice enough to leave her beer next to the bobblehead on the table.  A nice man was walking along and stopped by to chit chat with her for awhile.  He was staying in an RV up the hill towards the north pavilion.  After a bit, Carolyn was like, “I guess he’s not coming back” and so she parted ways to go find him.  She walked back towards the tent and eventually she was talking to Brainleak and Clint walked up.  Carolyn said “There he is!”  Clint was talking in tongues.  Words were coming out of his mouth, but there was no semblance of any sentences.  Carolyn asked “Are you drunk?”  She thinks he said yes.  Then he said he needed to pee and went to the flushers.  That was the last anyone saw of him until 1-2 am.  When he came out of the flushers, he collapsed on the ground.  Dr. Agonfly was unfortunate enough to have been talking to Carolyn when this happened, and he was trying to help get Clint not to pass out by the “shitters”.  Popess Pantiara walked by, so Carolyn, Dragonfly, and Pantiara were attempting to move Clint from right in front of the flushers.  We got him across the road, and then some other people convened to help.  Carolyn was freaking out quite a bit because she had never seen Clint like this without absinthe involved, and at least then he wasn’t collapsed on the ground.  So the 5 people helping to move Clint was a blur.  However, there was one guy who really took the situation to hand and made sure Clint was taken care of, and then escorted Carolyn up to the pavilion to get some official help.  At the time, he wouldn’t give her his name, but later she found out it was Rob/Teeters.  He had made sure to put a trash bag spread out under Clint, and gave him a roll of paper towels as a pillow, and he made sure the sleeping bag was over Clint.  So, Clint was passed out in a puddle by modemac’s tent for hours.  Carolyn kept going back ever hour or so to make sure he was ok.  She spent most of the night hanging out with dr. Agonfly and rob, and some others.  She spent some time with Dr Agonfly and Legume, who called Dr Agonfly “Jiffy Pop” because he was hyper from an energy drink.  Later, Legume opened up his trench coat to show his speedos and invite her to bed.  Tiki and drgonfly were there at that time too. dragon fly and Carolyn then decided to go up the studio to check out the movie.  The movie had people talking, and moving a lion head and making it talk and that was enough of that.  Jim Jones was passing out gin & tonics.  So Carolyn chatted with Jim Jones, Orpheous Stain, Stang, and Dragonfly for a bit.  cloves were smoked.  Dragonfly and Carolyn checked on Clint again and then went back to the movie.  After a bit, dr agonfly went to bed, but Carolyn stayed with rob and orpheus stain.  Eventually everyone was going to bed.  Princess Wei was going to bed with a large lord of the rings glass of Riesling.  Stang is like, “you better finish that, I have to be up in 12 hours” she said it’d be gone by the time they got to bed.  Carolyn still don’t know if she finished it or not.

At some point, Modemac went to bed, but since Clint was passed out in front of his tent, he was trying to get him to move.  So Dr. Agonfly and Carolyn dragged him away towards the car.  We tried to get him to go into the car, but it was impossible.  After everyone went to bed, it was just Carolyn & orpheus who said that he’d help get Clint into the car.  Carolyn was skeptical because it took 5 people to move him that far, and dragonfly and Carolyn could only drag him 5 feet away from the mud puddle to the car.  But when they got to the car, Clint had come down enough to be coherent again and was actually able to stand himself up and head to the flushers to pee and get himself into the tent.  Yay!

Since Clint’s sleeping bag was wet, and Clint was soaked to the bone, Carolyn gave him a new shirt and her sleeping bag, and then climbed in with Clint’s sleeping bag.  Then she found out she didn’t understand how to get into it, or even which end was the top and which was the bottom.  Her feet were also wet and cold and soaked.  It sucked that the tent was leaking and the zipper was broken.

20090702 (Thu):

Thursday was wet and cold and rainy also.

Quote: “Remember when you were dead?”

On Thursday, Carolyn & Clint were looking for their chairs to take the pavilion.  They weren’t at the camp site, they weren’t in the car, and they weren’t at the pavilion.  Clint wondered if they had even been bought, but Carolyn saw him put them in the car, and she also would have noticed them on her final “did I forget anything?” check.  After hanging out at the pavilion, we got an awesome cheeeseburger and nachos from the café.  we got nachos and peppers and they didn’t chince on the peppers.  Each bite had a pepper.  Awesome. Tangent and others had hung out at that shelter drinking beast ice and chilling before Clint had woken up.  So Tangent was pretty smashed by the time we got those nachos.  Heheh  We didn’t see him again until the next day

After nachos, we wandered around a bit… then Clint said, “Check out those houses” and Carolyn looked and was like, “Dude, those are our chairs”  Clint had no recollection of ever being there.

We checked out the north pavilion on Thursday and again on Friday.  Thursday there was supposed to be breakfast, but we took our time getting there, so there were only a couple of pieces of bacon left.  Friday was supposed to be the slip n slide but everyone had eaten turkey and were pretty chill.  Carolyn took a nap at that point and left Clint.

Carolyn got up and hung out at Rob & Wilhelm’s shelter.  People would come and go, so she met Lloyd, Spike Jones, Dildo Valerie, Kate, Wilhelm, along with also Two Beans, Rob, Dragonfly.  She thinks she spent 5 hours straight sitting at that shelter with everyone coming and going and only leaving myself to use the flushers.  It worked out because the people would come and go and stuff.  When Clint woke up, we went to the main pavilion where the 2-hour of hour of slack happened.  I guess the buldada auction aslo happened.  The couscous happened.  It was awesome with the goya chicken broth packet.

On Thursday, Clint showered and Carolyn chatted with Pisces who said that Orpheus stain was also pretty drunk when she saw him and Clint.  When Carolyn looked at the camera, there were a couple of pictures that were taken during the blackout.  Pisces and Jim Jones? at the pavilion, and Orpheus dancing on a picnic table at the pavilion.  Good times, I guess. Heheh

Thursday night some people were indulging, and Eggplant and K-ren came looking for Brainleak at some point.  Later, Brainleak stumbled up in tears so Carolyn tried to be there for him.  Quote: “It isn’t medicine unless it makes you make sick-face when it goes down.” She walked to the north pavilion to let his parents know we found him.  They said it was fine as long as he wasn’t in a puddle.  It took and hour and 15 minutes for Brainleak to come down from his vision of hell.

At some point, Susie The Floozy, Dr. Hal, and others sat behind us. I, Rev. Xanatos, didn’t see Dr. Hal, who was right behind me, for quite some time. He looked as trashed as the rest of us. “How long have you been here?”, I asked. He paused for a moment to consider his answer, then simply said, “Since conception.” NICE!

Thursday night, Rob had grilled, and the grill was left out right by the shelter thing, so people kept tripping on it.  Rob himself tripped on it like 3-5 times.  It became known as “the grill of shame”.

20090703 (Fri):

Friday was the band that covered Miserlou and other songs Carolyn could recognize.  Rev. Spike was sitting outside in a pile of vomit in his lap.. With his phone in the middle of it.  Saturday, it was said that his phone was run over, the battery had popped out, and yet it still worked.  Carolyn checked on him but didn’t have the energy to do much else after two nights of taking care of Clint and Brainleak.

Quote: “You can fuck a dog and still have it be straight!”  This won the award for “Best thing said in the last 5 minutes” and had everyone in stitches.

Friday night, Brainleak stayed up all night drumming with the pagans.

808 and Christie arrived on Friday.  But we didn’t see them till like 8pm at the pavilion when the bands were playing.  We also didn’t see much of them on Saturday.

At some point, Teeters was wearing a nametag with Ivan Stang’s real name.  He commented that Stang told him he was ruining his good name.

Also at some point, not sure if it was Friday or Saturday, but there was a conversation about catheters.  Dildo Valerie said she had to change catheters for a living and that it’s not fun.

20090704 (Sat):

Saturday was the bonfire.

Saturday was the pancakes and scrapple..  Clint has finally tried scrapple because Carolyn had the foresight to get him a piece while he was getting his pancake

Saturday, we had a house salad and the quesadilla from the café

20090705 (Sun):

Our Rupture video:
Agent Lloyd’s Rupture video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUQdh1ebsEc

Sunday we were still not 100% sure if we wanted to leave Sunday or Monday.  Carolyn wanted to get on the road if they were leaving, but Clint wanted to stay for the bobby awards.  Carolyn got one for being “Goddess of mellowing the harsh”  She was called up pretty early.  Like the 2nd or third one.  Yay!  Clint got a double award for being the earliest xday casualty and best pass-out in a puddle.  Rob had nominated him.  Yay

Sunday we also chilled with 808 & Christie some more.  They made us some awesome peanut butter & marshmallow fluff sandwiches that were heated up on the sandwich press.  I had never thought of using that for a peanut butter sandwich, but it was a definite win.

By the time all was said and done on Sunday, Carolyn was like “since it’s now so late, I’d rather just stay now.” but we decided to go ahead and leave.  But Carolyn was like “it’s already 5 and the potluck is going on, so we may as well stay for that!”  Free food rather than having to stop to eat.  That worked out because the food was awesome.  Pasta, indian food, haggis, chips and artichoke salsa….  Olives with pits.  Carolyn tore those up, they were so delicious.  Fried donuts that “were just donuts” that looked like seafood poppers.  If it was shrimp and scallops, Carolyn would have eaten them, but when she found out they were “just donuts” she passed.

It took about 6 1/2 – 7 hours to get home.  We stopped in Breezewood again to top off the gas and pee and switch driving shifts.  We also stopped at taco bell and had some confusion with the order.

Three days of misery might have made it not worth it, but the awesomeness outweighed all that.  The misery wasn’t intolerable, and the awesomeness was just more awesome.

 

links for 2009-12-02

• 25 Spectacular Light Painting Images
  Pretty light paintings
  (tags: art painting images)

 

links for 2009-12-01

• Make a gift bow from a magazine page | How About Orange
  Make your own gift bows.
  (tags: holiday wrapping Christmas bow do-it-yourself)

 

links for 2009-11-25

• AndroLib, Find all applications and games available in the Android Market for your Android Phone, HTC Dream, HTC Magic etc…
  Nifty website that has many applications for Android phones.
  (tags: phone android technical application app)

 

links for 2009-11-22

• Health, home and happiness: Homemade Vaposteam Humidifier additive
  Make your own Vick's VapoSteam
  (tags: health do-it-yourself)

 

links for 2009-11-21

• Windows 2000 Gaming • View topic – Quick-Installguide OldCigarette's 2000 XP API Wrapper
  Win2k OldCigarette's 2000 XP API Wrapper – I needed this to get QuakeLive to work now
  (tags: technical games)

 

links for 2009-11-19

• Where Should I Eat?
  Fast Food Flowchart
  (tags: food flowchart comedy)

 

links for 2009-11-14

• F2OD4CIO2WEP27RM3Z.pdf (application/pdf Object)
  Count in binary
  (tags: technical)

 

links for 2009-11-07

• Willing to give up blue skies for climate fix? – Climate Change- msnbc.com
  This sounds really scary to me. Like something we shouldn't be messing with…. It seems like a drastic measure to me that might not fix the problem anyway.

  This is the first I've heard of geoengineering. Maybe I just haven't been paying attention until a headline like "give up blue skies for climate fix" catches my eye. I'll have to read up on this and form a more-informed opinion.

  (tags: environment)

 

links for 2009-10-27

• HTC Dream – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  This is my new phone.
• (tags: technical)

 

links for 2009-10-23

• Flickr: The Anaglyph (Red-Cyan 3D Pictures) Pool
  3-D flickr group.
  (tags: fun 3-D 3d FlickR)

 

Yet another survey

1. What time did you get up this morning?
Around 11am, but I kinda lazed around in bed snoozing off and on until 1pm

2. How do you like your steak?
Medium

3. What was the last movie you saw?
The Wonder Woman animated movie

4. What is your favorite TV show?
24

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
no clue.  I like where I’m at.

6. What did you have for breakfast today?
I skipped breakfast and ate a huge meal at Outback Steakhouse

7. What is your favorite cuisine?
Mexican

8. What foods do you dislike?
ramen noodles.  Those things are disgusting.

9. Favorite Place to Eat?
Subway

10. Favorite dressing?
ranch or italian.

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive?
1994 Pontiac Grand Am

12. What are your favorite clothes?
jeans and a shirt

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
someplace warm where the water is blue

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
1/2 full

15. Where would you want to retire?
haven’t thought that far ahead, but somewhere warm would be nice

16. Favorite time of day?
evening

17. Where were you born?
Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge VA

18. What is your favorite sport to watch?
watching sports is BORING.

19. Who do you think will not tag you back?
N/A

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
N/A

22. Bird watcher?
not really.  I like them being around but I don’t go seek them out.

23. Are you a morning person or a night person?
I’d say night person

24. Do you have any pets?
2 cats that love to wrestle around with each other constantly.  So cute!

25. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share?
not much going on right now

26. What did you want to be when you were little?
a pilot

27. What is your best childhood memory?
There are so many – I had a happy childhood.

28. Are you a cat or dog person?
cat… dogs are OK, but I prefer cats

29. Are you married?
yes, happily

30. Always wear your seat belt?
yes

31. Been in a car accident?
I have been rear-ended twice

32. Any pet peeves?
annoying asshole drivers

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings?
olives, bacon, pepperoni, mushrooms

34. Favorite Flower?
peonies

35. Favorite ice cream?
pistachio

36. Favorite fast food restaurant?
subway

37. How many times did you fail your driver’s test?
none

38. From whom did you get your last email?
Parthena

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
I hate shopping

40. Do anything spontaneous lately?
not really

41. Like your job?
yes, for the most part

42. Food you hate?
Isn’t this a repeat?  oh, i see the other one was dislike.  Well, I hate Ramen noodles… yuck.

43. What was your favorite vacation?
Assateague

44. Last person you went out to dinner with?
Clint’s family for his grandma’s birthday

45. What are you listening to right now?
usually music is playing 24/7

46. What is your favorite color?
purple.  The other day, I put on my purple pajama pants, a purple pajama shirt from a different set of pajamas, a purple hoodie, and my purple crocs… Yes, I love purple

47. How many tattoos do you have?
None…  I suspect I will have an allergic reaction to the ink anyway.

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz?
0

49. What time did you finish this quiz?
7:51 pm

50. Coffee Drinker?
yes, but decaf only since I’m not supposed to have caffeine (but I have been drinking caffeine more and more recently).

 

Another survey

What annoys you the most?
tough call.. all work and no play is what I can come up with at this moment in time.

If you could, where would you go right now?
somewhere warm… I’m not ready for summer to end yet.

Generally speaking, how often do you think about love?
all the time.  I love Clint!

Choose an element: earth, wind, air, fire, water
earth (what’s the difference between wind and air?)

Which would you rather have: Ability to fly, to breathe underwater, or to move things with your mind (Telekinesis)?
telekinesis – which includes flying because I’d move myself with my mind

Would you rather not have to sleep or eat and drink?
I love all those things… I like sleeping and dreaming, but I guess I enjoy eating and drinking more.

Do you believe in aliens, UFOs, ghosts, or any other supernatural beings/objects?
I think these things are possible.  Space is in infinite thing so there is probably life out there somewhere.  I’ve seen a possible ghost, and my sister and aunt have seen unexplained ghosty things.

Choose one: Love or money?
love

Infatuation or inspiration?
inspiration

Day or night?
both, but I’m more likely to be awake during the day.

Imagination or knowledge?
both..

Describe your “perfect” place of living.
I like where I’m at, but somewhere sunny and warm would be nice right about now.  Stupid rainy cold day.

Lastly, is destruction a form of creation?
yes, something new comes in its place

 

High school surveys

So, Clint just did the “When you were 17..” survey, and so I decided to do it also…. then I noticed he linked to his senior year survey, and that reminded me that I had that survey sitting in my drafts since February 19th… So here’s both of them.

When I was 17…

1. My favorite musician was:  NoMeansNo

2. My favorite song was: Who the hell knows at this point?  We can just say “What Slayde Says” and leave it at that.

3. My favorite subject was: Algebra 2

4. My favorite teacher was:  Either Mr. Linz the physics teacher or the Algebra 2 teacher.  I think her name was Mrs. Potvin.  I can’t remember for sure.  But I would write little stupid things all over my papers and she’d write back.  One time, the answer was 54, so I wrote, “Car 54, where are you?” next to it, and she wrote back being like, “You’re too young to remember that.”  But the only reason I knew about it was from staying up all night watching Nick at Nite, so she had a point.

5. I had a crush on:  Clint. I also had some psuedo-boyfriends while we had an open relationship, so I had a crush on a couple of guys before making the move on them.. Muahahaha,  Bill The Cat, Ian (who, oddly enough, I can’t remember his bbs handle…. weird, huh?), Bob (same thing.  I can’t remember his bbs handle, but he was Wishbringer’s neighbor).

6. Favorite food was:  uhh, all food was delicious.

7. My favorite hangout was: Skate City, or hanging out at one of the Fearsome 6’s house.

8. I wished I could be: with Clint
9. My plans for the future were: to get into Virginia Tech so I could be with Clint

10. My favorite TV show was:   I didn’t watch that much TV, but I think it was Seinfeld and Mad About You

11. I hated:  being away from Clint

12. It was the year: 1993

13. best memory: hanging out with friends

14. Worst memory: I must have blocked it.  Probably just being away from Clint in general.

When I was a senior…

1. Did you date someone from your school? Clint

2. Did you marry someone from your high school? Clint
3. Did you car pool to school? I drove my brother to school.

4. What kind of car did you have? I didn’t have my own car, but I drove my mom’s 1990 Mazda Miata, and pretty much considered it mine.

5. What kind of car do you have now? 1994 Pontiac Grand Am

6. Its Friday night. Football games or Party? I only occassionally went to football games my freshman and sophomore years.  My junior & senior years, Friday nights were usually spent at Skate City in Manassas…

7. It is Saturday night? Probably hanging around with the Fearsome 6.

8. What kind of job did you have in high school? My junior and senior year, I had a part-time data entry job in the dining services of a retirement home.  I got it through the Co-Op program.  Best decision I ever made was to say “Yes” when my Information Technology teacher asked if I wanted a job.  Leaving school at 1pm my senior year = WIN!

9. What kind of job do you have now? Government Credit Analyst

10. Were you a party animal? Nope.  I drank alcohol once my senior year when I visited Clint at college

11. Were you considered a flirt? Nope. I got more flirty after college (same as Clint’s answer, oddly enough)

12. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? I was in orchestra in middle school

13. Were you a nerd? When I was called a nerd, I resented it.  But I guess I was….

14. Did you get suspended or expelled? Never

15. Can you sing the fight song? Nope

16. Who was/were your favorite teacher? Mr. Linz is a good one, but I think I liked the information technology teacher better… How bad is it that I don’t remember her name?

17. Where did you sit during lunch? Bah, I think I sat on the floor in the hallway and ate ho-hos..  Not sure if that was freshman or senior year though.  Sophomore year was with Clint, I think.  I’d sometimes eat with my friend Tanya if our lunches coincided, but I think I was usually in the different lunch period than her.  Grumble.

18. What was your school’s full name? Woodbridge Senior High School

19. When did you graduate? 1994

20. What was your school mascot? Viking
21. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Yes.

22. Did you have fun at Prom? Yes, because I was with Clint.  I think I had more fun leading up to the proms and having the flower fiascos than the actual proms themselves.

23. Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom with? Yes. He is at home sleeping.
24. Are you planning on going to your next reunion? Sure, why not.  I did go to my 10-year because Clint insisted that I’d regret it.  I did not regret it – that made-to-order pasta was AWESOME!

25. Do you still talk to people from school? Not really, unless you count facebook.  I did just add a bunch of old acquaintances to facebook… Oh, wait, AE and of course Clint.

 

Smallville

I am finding myself really annoyed by Smallville. I don’t have high expectations for that show this season. I think the dialogue is stilted, and the character development is annoying. I barely want to watch it, but I just keep hoping maybe the story might redeem it once they get going with it.

 

links for 2009-09-04

• Mazda giving green twist to rotary engine – The Driver's Seat- msnbc.com
  I like RX-8s, and I like saving the environment.
  (tags: energy environment car)

 

links for 2009-08-28

• Sewing Tip – The magical Australian knot
  Sewing tip: Tying a knot at the end of the thread
  (tags: sewing house)
• How to Thread a Needle and Tie a Knot (with video) – wikiHow
  Sewing trick: tying a knot at the end of the thread – with pictures
  (tags: sewing house)

 

links for 2009-08-26

• 2 In 1 Pet Carrier- new in box -holds 20LBS FREE SHIP – eBay (item 250244889840 end time Aug-28-09 06:43:29 PDT)
  I need an early Christmas present.
  (tags: animal shopping wishlist)

 

links for 2009-08-22

• Cop fired after waitress poses with rifle – Criminal weirdness- msnbc.com
  Twin Peaks
  (tags: news)
• World's ocean temps warmest recorded – Climate Change- msnbc.com
  (tags: environment)

 

I have an mp3 player too

Here’s my list of 25 random songs:

1. The Weirdos – Teenage

2. Hanson Brothers – Tranquil

3. Kreator – Betrayer

4. Moistboyz – Officer Please

5. Kreator – Love Us Or Hate Us

6. Kiddie P0rn XXX – Insect Pollution

7.  Victim’s Family – George Benson

8.  Chemlab – Neurozone

9.  All – Postage

10.  Screeching Weasel – Punkhouse

11. Gwar – Don’t Need A Man

12.  D.O.A. – New Age

13. Ramones – Surfin’ Bird

14. Tiamat – The Southernmost Voyage

15. NoFX – Dig

16.  Ministry – All Day

17.  Sabbat – I For An Eye

18.  The Church – Blood Money

19.  Ministry – Breathe

20.  Sisters Of Mercy – Comfortably Numb

21.  Sabbat – Do Dark Horses Dream Of Nightmares

22.  Ween – Light Me Up

23.  Sisters Of Mercy – Possession

24.  Bad Religion – Suffer

25.  Agent Orange – Broken Dreams

I’m surprised Voltaire didn’t come up, but I guess since there were duplicate artists (2 Kreator songs, 2 Sisters Of Mercy songs, 2 Sabbat songs, 2 Ministry songs), there was no room for Voltaire.  Also NoMeansNo should have come up, but I at least got some Hanson Brothers.

 

links for 2009-08-18

• Belkin : Residential Gateway (RG) Battery Backup Replacement Battery
  Belkin replacement ups battery
  (tags: computer technical)

 

very pointless post

Since the keyboard I use at work was purchased just for me, I’ve noticed a phenomenom that interests me (but probably not everyone else… just a warning…)

Some of the keys are more worn than others, and so I can see some insight with my typing habits based on that.

The three most worn keys are Tab, Left Shift, and the right side of the spacebar.  Surprisingly, the backspace key isn’t as worn as I would expect.

The left Alt and shift keys are very worn, and the right alt and shift keys aren’t worn at all.  However, both ctrl keys are worn, but the right one is more worn than the left one…

The arrow keys are pretty worn, especially the area on the keyboard around the up arrow..  dunno what’s up with that.

The enter in the number pad is as equally worn as the regular enter key.

the 0 and the 5 keys in the number pad are the most worn.

The escape key is somewhat worn.

OK, that is all, back to work.  Enough pointlessness.

 

links for 2009-07-29

• Sleeping girl, 7, left in Boston cab – Life- msnbc.com
  Who's to blame? The parents or the taxi cab driver? I think a little bit of both, however, in this case, it lies more on the taxi cab driver. If there is a rule that they are to inspect their cab for forgotten items after every fare, then he obviously didn't follow that rule. I think 3 days suspension is overkill though. The parents are responsible for their kid, but it sounds to me like it was pretty hectic with several adults being transported from the airport, and it's an easy mistake to make. It sounds like only a few minutes passed before the parents' message got through to the taxi driver. So the parents did their job. They realized the kid was missing once the dust settled and contacted the taxi company and somehow got their message through to the driver.
  I don't get the quote saying he's a kind man for returning the kid safely. He's *supposed* to return the kid. He's not supposed to drive off with them in the first place. Returning the kid just makes him "not evil"
  (tags: news)
• Famous Green Sauce Recipe
  Here is the famous green sauce recipe as given to us by our awesome friend Eli.
  (tags: food)

 

Dear women…

Stop pissing on the toilet seat.  It is the grossest thing.  For all the decades of women insisting that their male mate put the toilet seat down for them, well maybe women need to start putting it up.  If you are not going to sit on the toilet seat anyway, then put it up so your stream of germ-infested urine will not land on the seat for the next person to deal with.  “Eww gross, there’s germs on that seat, I can’t sit on it..  I’m going to squat and piss on it and create the very germs that I am afraid of!”  Bitches!  If the seat is not good enough for you, then PUT IT UP AND STOP PISSING ON IT. 

Looking at the many droplets of urine on the seat only makes me cringe at the thought of what didn’t land on the seat.  I bet you pissed all over your clothes.  Disgusting.

Thank you very much.

photo courtesty of Shankatz

 

links for 2009-06-17

• iRobot Manuals, Owner's and Quick Start Guides
  Roomba Instruction manual
  (tags: house cleaning)

 

links for 2009-06-09

• Scintillating scotoma – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  I got one of these today after work… It was scary. I saw the flash, and then it was big, zig zagged, colorful, and I had trouble seeing and especially reading. After about 10-20 minutes, I found I could read again, but I could still see it at the top of my vision. Now, it seems like it's gone.
  (tags: health)

 

links for 2009-06-01

• 600 eye fungus suits settled by contact maker – More health news- msnbc.com
  Apparently, I got the lasik just in time (5/2005).
  (tags: health)

 

links for 2009-05-28

• 2 in 1 Pet Carrier and Pet Utility products. Collections Etc.: A collection of unbeatable values!
  I had this on my wishlist last Christmas. Oranjello and I love it, and want to buy another one for Lemonjello, but unfortunately, it is currently out of stock.
  (tags: animal shopping)

 

Anyone have any experience with Annandale Animal Hospital?

I’m considering switching vets.   After being told that a dental cleaning would cost $400, and then finding out my friends only pay $250, I’m starting to feel like I’m being ripped off.  

http://www.vcahospitals.com/annandale

Has anyone ever gone to Annandale Animal Hospital?  They are closer to my house than Alexandria Animal Hospital, and they also have evening and Saturday hours so I wouldn’t have to miss work.  So, I’m thinking of switching to them, but I’d like to know what they are like before jumping into them.  

 I guess if no one has ever been there, I’ll take Lemonjello to them when his vaccinations come due in October and see how it goes.

In the meantime, I’ll be attempting to brush Oranjello’s teeth.  When Oranjello was trying to bite the toothbrush and lick the toothpaste off of it, Lemonjello was all interested, so I let him look at the toothbrush, but he shied away.  So I guess it’s good that it’s Oranjello with the bad teeth and not Lemonjello.

 

links for 2009-05-27

• Play Entire Video | Partners in Animal Health
  I'm supposed to brush Oranjello's teeth. According to the vet, he has a surprising amount of tartar built up for him only being a year old.
  (tags: animal health dental training)

 

Dental hygiene… for cats

The vet wants me to brush Oranjello’s teeth every day because he apparently has a lot of tartar buildup and she was surprised as he is only a year old. She said she recommends him for a cleaning already, but unfortunately, the cleaning she’s talking about is like $400 because they have to anesthetize him. So she wants me to brush his teeth to push back having to go in for that major cleaning. It sucks. Why’s he have to have bad teeth? (Insert mullet-guy joke here.)

I linked to the training video they had for me, but here it is again http://partnersah.vet.cornell.edu/Brushing-Your-Cats-Teeth/Entire-Video

Luckily for me, it doesn’t seem like Oranjello hates the toothbrush or the toothpaste. He actually jumped ahead to week three and was like putting the brush in his mouth and licking the dab of toothpaste off of it… so I think it won’t be too traumatic for either of us (crosses fingers)

 

links for 2009-05-25

• The Human Flaw That Science Heals | ideonexus.com
  Ryan's awesome thoughts on Science
  (tags: science)

 

The Social Persona Test (What kind of man/woman are you?)

Your result for The Social Persona Test (What kind of man/woman are you?)…

The Walk of Shame (NLBF)

Normal Liberal Beta Female

Believe it or not, when Johnny from Phi Betta Kappa appeared at your dorm door with a bottle of vodka and 16 Candles on VHS, it wasn’t because he wanted to be your boyfriend. Let’s just say things seem a bit less romantic in hindsight. You need a man who will respect you, and since most men are compulsive liars, it might be best to take a break from dating until you get a bit better at ferreting out the douchebags. That being said, you are likely fun, extroverted, and care deeply about your friends. In short:

You are more NORMAL than QUIRKY.

You are more LIBERAL than TRADITIONAL.

You are more PASSIVE than DOMINANT.

When picking a date, consider: The Late Bloomer (QTAM), The Suit (NTAM).

Avoid: All liberal males (LM)

(Image from http://homepage.univie.ac.at/melanie.feratova-loidolt/courses/ws2005/memos/beauvoir.htm)

Take The Social Persona Test (What kind of man/woman are you?) at HelloQuizzy

 

Which Star Trek character are you?

Your results:
You are Uhura

Uhura		70%
Chekov		60%
An Expendable Character (Redshirt)		60%
Mr. Scott		55%
Jean-Luc Picard		45%
Deanna Troi		45%
James T. Kirk (Captain)		40%
Beverly Crusher		40%
Geordi LaForge		35%
Will Riker		35%
Data		32%
Leonard McCoy (Bones)		30%
Mr. Sulu		30%
Worf		25%
Spock		20%

You are a good communicator with a
pleasant soft-spoken voice.
Also a talented singer.



Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Test

 

links for 2009-05-14

• Daydreaming
  Apparently, daydreaming is good for you.
  (tags: health dream daydream)

 

4-year anniversary

4 years ago today, I got the Lasik eye surgery.  It was Friday the 13th, to be exact.

We went camping recently last month, and I was noticing that I still marvel at being able to see each individual leaf on the trees while driving down there.  It’s amazing.

Best $5k I ever spent, and I have never looked back.  No regrets at all.

My yearly exam is next week to ensure I keep the lifetime warranty.  Yay.

By the way, I highly recommend Whitten-Perraut/TLC for your Lasik needs.  Dr. Perraut did my lasik surgery.

 

links for 2009-05-13

• Smoking may boost fat-zapping gene – Addictions- msnbc.com
  (tags: health)

 

links for 2009-05-12

• Animals have fun
  I tried to read the article on the Discovery website, but it apparently doesn't exist.
  (tags: animal fun)

 

links for 2009-05-08

• 185870.pdf (application/pdf Object)
  Armstrong Vinyl Composite Tile sealing, polish and maintanence
  (tags: house floor)

 

I have no rhythm

It’s no secret.  I don’t have any rhythm.   Since Guitar Hero has come out, I’ve been learning a bit, and now that we have the drums, I’m improving even more.

But many many years ago, Clint picked up a game called Mad Maestro.  This game was sort of like Frequency and Amplitude where you use the controller to press the buttons right when the note passes by the circle.  For the songs, they had well-known classical songs.  Well, I picked up that controller, and I started playing.  And then I was like “Clint! It’s so fast!  I can’t keep up!!!!!”  And Clint was just like, “It’s you.  You’re controlling it.”  It took me a little while to realize what he was saying.

This game was different than Frequency.  In Frequency (which ultimately became Guitar Hero), if you hit the note early or late, it beeped an error sound.  In Mad Maestro, you are the conductor, conducting the music.  If you hit the button early or late, it still plays the note.  So I was hitting all the notes early and it was just playing the song anyway.  So I was in this feedback loop where I was pressing the button faster and faster and faster until my thumb was going to fall off, and the game was just playing that song all sped up and fast.  It was crazy!!

I don’t think I ever played it again.  But I think Clint went all the way through it while I watched.  I’ll stick to the games that beep at me when I fuck up.  But Mad Maestro seemed like a fun game if you know what you were doing.  It was certainly fun to watch.

 

links for 2009-04-15

• NASA photos show giant ''cosmic hand'
  "New photographs released by NASA have captured images of a vast stellar formation resembling a human hand reaching across space."
  (tags: news space)

 

links for 2009-04-10

• Secret to marital bliss? Don't have kids – Behavior- msnbc.com
  Muahahaha
  (tags: marriage love news)

 

JOURNAL: DREAM:

20090405:
I dreamed we were at X-Day. And I was like, “Oh shit, I didn’t sign us up to come to X-day this year! Now we’re here, I hope they let us stay!” Then I was like, “Wait a minute, it’s not time for X-Day, this is a dream!!” So realizing it was a dream, I enjoyed myself for awhile, and then I was like, “Oh, this is a dream, maybe I can fly.” So I launch myself into the sky, but I took off SOOO FAST. I was like “Oh shit, I need to stop!” and I looked down, and there was like a canyon or something beneath me, so I was like, “Oh shit! I can’t land here!” So then I was like, “I know! I’ll wake myself up. Wake up!!!” And I kinda started shaking myself awake, and I felt the pins and needles of waking up. Then I woke up, and was like “Wow! Lucid dream! Let me write that down.” So I get out of bed, walk all the way around the bed to Clint’s side (rather than climbing all over him), and I pick up the keyboard for my pda from the headboard on Clint’s side. Then I walked all the way back around the bed, and hooked my pda into the keyboard and start typing. Then I was like “Oh weird, it’s already filled in, and there are pictures and everything!” Then I ended back up at X-Day and was just having a good time and the thought never crossed my mind…. Until I really woke up, and found out that I only dreamed I woke up and got the pda keyboard.. Weird! I should have questioned it again when the journal on my pda was already filled out… with pictures?? WTF..

 

links for 2009-03-26

• Cat shot 27 times – and lives – Local News – Cairns, QLD, Australia
  Cat shot with an air rifle. This is terrible. I'm glad the cat lived.

  It's annoying how the vets tried to charge $150 emergency fee. Even worse is the one vet that told her he would have her fined if she didn't bring the cat in.

  (tags: cats abuse)

 

links for 2009-03-21

• Cheers! Drinking with friends good for you
  Party on, dudes!
  (tags: health)
• Artist uses optical tricks to create 'moving' murals
  This seems really neat. I'd like to see one someday.
  (tags: art "optical illusion")
• Helmets and Skiing
  I started wearing a helmet several years ago to alleviate some of Clint's worries. What I found out was that it really increased my confidence and I was much more relaxed. I still don't go around skiing recklessly, but my helmet did save me from a nasty spill last year. A skier went out of control and slammed into me, throwing me over into the snow. After witnessing that, another friend of mine got himself a helmet.
  (tags: skiing)

 

links for 2009-03-20

• Hugging lion’s owners recall final farewell – TODAY Pets- msnbc.com
  I have no idea who this lion was, but the reunion is "uplifting". He totally runs up to them and hugs them and nuzzles them and it's so cute!
  (tags: animals)

 

links for 2009-03-17

• Tree Identification Using a Tree Leaf Key
  Want to identify a tree with a leaf? Answer these questions about the leaf to help.
  (tags: forestry tree identification)
• How to grow a vegetable garden
  Maybe someday I will decide I have the patience and know-how to attempt a garden.
  (tags: gardening)

 

links for 2009-03-12

• U.N. report: Forestry can create 10 million jobs – CNN.com
  (tags: news)