I just discovered (because I am laaaaame) that Twitter shows all the replies people have made to me in one place! Haha! Yes, I am really dumb for not checking this feature out earlier, so didn’t realize that I had people asking me stuff and not getting any answer. Whoops. Here are my replies to […]
Businesses: Bad Customer Experiences are Always Your Fault
I would like to ask every company that charges for customer service calls what the hell you think you’re doing. In what universe do you have the moral high ground when you charge users for something that is entirely your fault? If you get a service call from a customer, and the customer says “It’s […]
Plan USA/Childreach Sponsorship
For almost fifteen years, I’ve sponsored children in developing nations through Childreach/Plan USA. This is not the most personally meaningful thing I’ve done in my life, but it’s significant in many ways. For example, fifteen years is a long time to do anything. It’s almost half of my life, after all, and I’ve done nothing […]
“Raised Awareness”
Something I’m pondering and want to go on about. I just read the wishlist of a young woman who wants, for Christmas, to raise awareness about a couple of serious issues, like prematurity and domestic violence. Now, I’m all for dealing with serious issues, but I don’t think that raising awareness is really necessary for […]
C’est mon livre!
Click here for the movie! (MPEG-4 format) This is a very old video– the first video I posted to the Internet (sorry, Sean, I mistakenly said my beer outro was– the beer outro was from the first video I posted to a BLOG, 3 years ago). It’s short and choppy, and commemorates the moment in […]