Category Archives: Ramblings…

With Halo 3 nearly at our doorsteps, various companies are cashing in on links to the 3rd in a line of best-selling games (fuck you Ebert).  One of the majors?  Pepsi.  Mountain Dew has followed up their special ‘summer flavor’ … Continue reading →

Well I finally have my car back. In the end, the only repairs I paid for were what was caused by the mouse. As for the rental, 12 days cost me quite a bit – but VW is paying for … Continue reading →

It’s officially been 2 weeks now since I last drove my VW. I feel like I’ve been stuck in a room with a bottomless bowl of soylent green. Long story short, 3 weeks ago, I started the car, smelled smoke … Continue reading →

Just finished writing a letter to QuickChek’s headquarters. My last one had been praising their new Florida, NY store. This one? Not so much. The parking lot at the deli across the street was packed, so instead I went to … Continue reading →

I’ve been driving an ’07 Dodge Magnum SXT for the past few days, and have already run into a very odd and wholly annoying feature… Now, any car I’ve driven, you push the turn signal stalk up and it lights … Continue reading →

Last night I’m reading through the program descriptions on my various HBO channels and catch one along the lines of… “Relatives struggle to explain to Timmy that his parents were killed in the World Trade Center collapse.” Yes Timmy, your … Continue reading →

So my rental of a few days turned into a week, the week is turning into a weekend, and the drama with the VW is turning into 2 weeks.  The wiring is fixed, on my dime.  The gauge cluster is … Continue reading →

I haven’t read Rolling Stone since I found myself bored enough to in High School. It has nothing to do with the name, although I do have an almost instinctive dislike of the band… I’ve just found the articles to … Continue reading →

I’ve had a bunch of customer service experiences lately, good and bad. The good? Dealing with NewEgg.com.  A few weeks ago I ordered an HD-DVD drive for my Xbox.  When the shipment arrived, I received not 1, but 2 drives.  … Continue reading →

So last month I bought an iPod, an 80gb video.  Works nice, I’m happy with it.  Last week they dropped the price by $100.  So I decided to check with Best Buy on their price match policy.  Turns out, if … Continue reading →