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rants on various topics (Quote taken from The Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon)

On So-Called User Agreements

It’s not an agreement if it’s forced on you. It might be a rule or a declaration or even a law, but it’s not an agreement if you don’t get the chance to agree to it. The trend in online-enabled … Continue reading

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Tonight until now

Best part of tonight: Shouting at 10pm, along with a few hundred thousand of Chicagoland’s finest, “7…6…5…4…3…2…1….(pause for CNN animation/graphic)…..YEAAAAHHHHHHHH! WOOHOOO!” Worst part of tonight: DH driving me to train station where I left my car this morning only to … Continue reading

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Pet Peeve: The “Did you see the e-mail?” e-mail

I see no point to the “Did you see my/her/his e-mail?” e-mail, nor its close cousin, the “Please respond to my/his/her e-mail,” e-mail. It is particularly vexing when received less than 24 hours after the original mail, and it’s downright … Continue reading

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EA Issue – a phone number!

(For full understanding, please reference this post.) So, I got a response from EA this morning. The response basically was telling me that I can’t get two pieces of equipment replaced on the same RMA and I need to open … Continue reading

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Wholly new levels of suckitude

I am at my wit’s end with EA’s support. I will recap below. Please note that the PDFs that I will be linking to are anonymized printouts from EA’s support site. To read them chronologically, you need to start at … Continue reading

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Rejected by Facebook

It’s one thing for a computerized algorithm as part of its regular parsing procedure to reject a two letter name; it’s yet another for a human being assigned to the task of being smarter than the computer to follow the … Continue reading

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News

I got two calls from my gyn office this morning. I just recently switched to a new office. I actually saw a Nurse Practitioner instead of a doctor, which is wicked cool to me, especially since my Aunt is a … Continue reading

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And so it begins..

As of an hour ago, I began having the symptoms of a cold or flu. My throat started hurting. I felt suddenly drowsy and dopey, for lack of a better word. (It took me darn near 30 minutes to finish … Continue reading

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Knee Update

I had a doc appointment today to go over the results of my MRI. The good news is that I do not have a torn meniscus. My meniscus looks fine. The better news is that my ligaments in general look … Continue reading

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