Great Deal?? Not if Home Depot has their way!!!! ONE MONTH FOR SHIPPING IS RIDICULOUS!!! = NO PRESENT FOR TIMMY!!!

I ordered what I think is a steal of a deal from Home Depot! When did this occur? you might ask. Well on cyber Monday, Nov. 27th, of course. By the time I found out about the great deals most of them were gone. I did find a $50 Ryobi Laser Level Kit (see picture) for $10 though so I snagged me three of them. One for me and two for gifts. Well today, Dec. 12th, I checked the status on the order for the umpteenth time and it still stated "processing." Finally, with much hesitation I called Home Depot's customer service number I got with the conformation email. After an excruciating ten minutes of horrible Christmas Hold Music, I talked to a very nice woman that played extremely stupid with me, saying she couldn't do anything for me except send the warehouse an email asking 'what's up' and that would take 72 hours. When I told her I ordered the product on the 27th of November and I needed my package by Christmas she said there was nothing she could do. She refused to expedite the shipping, or the "contacting" of the warehouse. So after 72 hours (which in online shopping equals next Monday) and then 5 - 7 Business Days "after your item leaves the warehouse" I will receive my order. This will most likely be after Christmas and will give my order a total order to delivery time of ONE FULL MONTH!!!!!!!!! Deal or no deal this has been another horrible experience and has once again affirmed my hatred for Big Box stores.

UPDATE: 1/4/07: Just found out from Seth Godin's Blog that Bob Nardelli, Home Depot's CEO, got fired. HA! Here's the kicker, according to Seth Mr. Nardelli got $210,000,000.00 in severance. Yes, count those zero's!!

Amazon Officially Sucks

Amazon has invented this awful system to get their amazing deals for the holidays. First you have to be registered and logged in to your account. Next you have to vote on the deal you want. In my case I wanted the 30GB Microsoft Zune that retailed for $260 but amazon was selling 1000 of them for $90! Great deal right??? Well hold you horses. Next Amazon has to "randomly" select you to be eligible to buy one. I did not win and now I, along with I assume tens of thousands of amazon users will hold a grudge against them and possibly never shop with them again!!! Does losing make ANYBODY want to shop at amazon *more*??
Yes, I am a sore loser and amazon should realize that most people are sore losers and they are creating thousands of them each week. What kind of idiot came up with that kind of marketing strategy!

Visa checkcards and tracking

I was just thinking yesterday morning about what our world would be like if there were no longer any Greenbacks. This would definitely make GW a happy man. The government would be able to track our day from our first cup of joe at Starbucks to our late night iTunes purchase. Mind you I'm currently reading 1984. Well last night during Heroes I saw a Visa commercial about a made-up fast food restaurant where everyone was going throuh the routine with utmost efficient. They were all using their Visa cards and dancing to choreographed music while. Suddenly a guy pulls some cash out of his wallet and the whole production screeched to a halt. Trays fall, people collide; it became chaotic all because a guy paid for his meal with cash. I am definitely addicted to my VISA check card and it scares the hell out of me knowing that Big Brother knows my every move.

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NPR : Wide-Open Spaces and Large-Scale Sounds

NPR : Wide-Open Spaces and Large-Scale Sounds

Nice sound! From NPR's Song of the Day

I love my Google reader!

I was never really into RSS feeds. I figured I would just go to the websites I wanted to read, right? Wrong! I started out by trying NewsGator but didn't find it to appealing so I decided to give Google Reader a try. Surprise Surprise Surprise! It is. Another wonderful web 2.0 application from Google. Everything I want from the Internet now comes to me! From videos and news to education and technology. It uses tagging, folders and stars just like Gmail.

I WIN!!!!!!!

I was the Blog of the Day at blogoftheday.org on August 23rd. Pretty sweet! I'm practically famous now.

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TJ's wedding weekend

A late entry but the weekend as a whole during TJ's bachelor party was a lot of fun. I wanted to upload of picture of me and Mel outside our SWEET cabin but Picasa Web Albums site is down right now so I can't upload any pics. I saw a lot of old faces of which most I was glad to see and catch up to. There were of course, the obligatory people who haven't changed since high school and probably never will. I took al ot of pictures so feel free to browse them at my Web Albums link on the right side of the page (as soon as can upload them of course).

Back to school

Well, classes started up again on Monday. I think I'm going to like all of them but it looks like I'll be observing a lot of hours at the high school. That plus I have to go to three state or local government meetings for my final poly sci class. All this on top of woirking until November 1st. My school schedule is great with lots of time for lunch and studying.

Sailing

Jul 18, 2006 - 7 Photos

Picasa Web Albums: another Web 2.0 wonder!!!

Google has done it again!! Now, in conjunction with Picasa, I can upload all my pictures to the internet way easier than using Flickr. The downside is only being able to store 250MB for free but $25/year for 6GB doesn't sound to shabby. This is awesome because it makes it so easy to upload. just select the pics I want to upload in Picasa and click the Web Album link. I can have a Web Album link in Gmail to attach pictures easily. It is still only in the testing phase and may not be available to everone. Right now I'm resizing down to 1600 pixals in order to conserve space but if I pay the $25 I'll upload the largest size available. Now all my friends can download my whichever pics they want instead of me having to email them. There is also an html generator to embed albums into blogs or myspace. See my links on the sidebar to get to my albums or click here

Insurance companies = immoral greedy thieves

Why do these insurance companies look for any reason to not pay a claim??? Many of those poor people (both literally and figuratively) in Louisiana and Mississippi lost everything last year and many will not receive any compensation from the insurance company's they've paid premiums to for years. I figure that I have paid an average of $500 every six months for the past ten years for auto insurance . That equals TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS!!! What a f-ing ripoff! Wind damage vs. Storm surge? What a bunch of bullshit! Storm surge does not blow the roof off of a persons house! I feel sorry for the souls of the people that steal from hard working people that want security for their lives, families, and property.

Saw Ricky Bobby

Mel and I went and saw Tallegeda Nights last night and it was pretty funny. The French guy who's played by the comedian that does Ali G is probably the funniest part of the movie. There were a few random parts that didn't make sense like the team owner talking with the sponsors guys but over all the movie was really funny. It was a little hard to make out some of the punchlines over the engine noise but I guess that'll make people watch it again. We almost went to "An Inconvenient Truth" but I figure it'll be out on DVD soon and will be just as good on the small screen. I'm really itching to get out sailing again soon with dad in Esky or here with DOug or Duby or anybody.

Ahhhhh! No classes for 2 weeks

Finally I get a break from brainwork! I just finished my last exam for the History of Mexico and while I enjoyed the class I am glad to be done for a couple weeks. Sailing Tuesday with pops was awesome. We tried to calibrate the new autohelm's compass but I think it was to windy (we couldn't get a steady rate of turn). We sailed for 14 miles around the harbor. I wish I could get down there more often but working at the marina is increasingly taking up more and more of my time. I am quite sick and tired of not having any free time to hang out with Mel. Next summer I doubt I will return which is a shame because I love it down there. Mel said Tom Petty was amazing in Detroit; as was Stevie Nicks who was a special guest for him.

Mel's Birthday

Happy birthday honey! Today Mel is going down to Detroit to see Tom Petty with Karnack, Dave, and Missie. Stevie Nicks will be making a special guest appearance and Mel is understandably ecstatic. I am going to cruise down to Esky after class and hopefuly go for a sail with pops. There is supposed to be a nice 10mph south wind in the afternoon. This is a picture from my first sail on the "Blue Herron."