Archives in Category: Annoyances

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Chase Bank Is Very Sneaky

Posted on August 3, 2007

Earl received a check from our bank today for $9.25. It looked legit, but I decided to read the literature that came with it. Here is what I learned.

It is indeed an honest-to-goodness check, no doubt about it. And

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Don’t Email Me, Please

Posted on May 11, 2007

My life is becoming dominated with user names and passwords, security questions and secret clues. It’s making me grumpy.

Just in the past two days I’ve redeemed airline miles, signed up for commercial-free radio, and bought some items online. Each

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The Tease

Posted on March 26, 2007

Today is the first day this year I’ve been outside without a coat or a jacket or a sweatshirt. It’s almost eighty degrees, both outside and in the house.

I took advantage of the weather to wash my car

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677 Days to Go

Posted on March 16, 2007

For Christmas, I received “The Out of Office Countdown 2007 Calendar.” It’s not only a calendar but also a compendium of unintentionally witty statements our president has made during his years in office. It will keep me laughing until George

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How to Speak Hair

Posted on March 1, 2007

I’ve been visiting hair salons for years, but I still don’t communicate well with the person who cuts my hair. It doesn’t matter if he or she is called a hairdresser, a stylist, or just a plain old barber. And

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Talk Show Hosts

Posted on February 21, 2007

I am clear that talk shows have great appeal, but I am equally unclear regarding their intellectual value. I’m not sure what is gained by hours and hours of opinion thrown at the public in the guise of informed conversation.

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Lincoln Would Be Appalled

Posted on February 13, 2007

There’s a commercial that features Abraham Lincoln in his familiar stovepipe hat waiting in the kitchen with some sort of furry rodent-like animal. It might be a beaver or a groundhog — it doesn’t really matter. They’ve got a chess

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Lost Connection

Posted on July 16, 2006

At approximately 3:30 PM on Wednesday, July 12, Earl and I lost both our Internet connection for the computers and our cable connection to the televisions in our home. At the time, it seemed like a momentary thing, some hiccup

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Bingo Cards Are Back

Posted on June 28, 2006

One of my early blogs was about those annoying inserts in magazines, the ones that are either stapled in and have to be torn out and the ones that simply fall out on their own accord. Both are called bingo

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Fifty Percent

Posted on June 27, 2006

The radio announcer said there was a thirty percent chance of rain for today and a fifty percent chance of rain for tomorrow. Now I know she was merely reading information she’d been given, but it made me wonder who

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