Literal Barrage

An Update To "The Dealership That We Shall Not Name"
I spoke very briefly with the general manager of T.D.T.W.S.N.N. on Friday and explained the situation, also mentioning that I had faxed copies of the documentation in my possession and that hard copies were on their way as well. His response was, and I quote: [...]

I had a bit of an odd experience this morning.
I pulled into an Exxon station in Philly to tide me over until I could get to cheaper gas in Jersey and got out to fill my tank. After swiping my credit card, the machine prompted me to choose between "credit" and "debit". I [...]

Holy Out-Of-Left-Field News, Batman. I've stated previously that I will never give Best Buy another dime of my hard-earned money due to their consistent mistreatment of me in the retail space. Looks like they're going to be mistreating me in the ISP space until I can find a replacement:

Best Buy Acquires Speakeasy: [...]

Those of you fortunate enough to have a Trader Joe's grocery store nearby know the wonders of shopping there: vast and various (and ever-changing) selections of foods for prices that lead one to suspect that "Trader Joe" is actually "Trader Joey 'The Shiv' Giambino", ever-willing to sell foodstuffs that just "happened" to "fall off the [...]

I know that some people have had their issues with Dreamhost (my hosting provider), but I have to say that my experience with them has been largely positive. However, they've had a spate of issues that have plagued them recently, causing the intermittent slow access times/site outages that you may have seen here.
Well, DH [...]

A few weeks ago, an anonymous generous soul decided to liberate our Passat wagon of its driver's-side rearview mirror. Apparently, its existence was superfluous, so much so that said generous soul neglected to even stop and offer an explanation, so generous was their course of action.
I took the wagon in to the VW dealership [...]

I've documented my run-ins with Best Buy before, so it was with no little glee that I read of an improvisational "performance" involving a team of about 50 volunteers dressed in the standard BB uniform (blue collared top, khakis, belt and black shoes) invading a Manhattan Best Buy. The pictures and written accounts of [...]