Click

Adam, Codi and i just got back from seeing Click - the movie where Adam Sandler gets a truly universal remote control. It was amusing, tho Roger Ebert didn't seem to like it as much as i did. i'm not this huge Adam Sandler fan or anything like that, but i did like this movie. Dolores O'Riordan (lead singer of the Cranberries) had a cameo, now i've got "Linger" stuck in my head. whoever picked out the music for the movie did a good job - it doesn't look like they're releasing a soundtrack tho...

making it difficult to cancel...

Got a solicitation in the mail from Stamps.com urging me to join their service, to try it out, get $45 free postage and a free postal scale, blah blah blah...

what they don't tell ya is that you get $5 up front and the other $40 ya get when ya sign up for their $15.99/month service, and that's when ya get the "free" scale too...

so i wanted to cancel...amazing how these companies (AOL's notorious for it) make it so difficult to cancel a subscription...

particularly when it comes to actually finding a NUMBER to call to cancel...so, if anyone's looking to cancel a stamps.com account, here's the info, from http://www.stamps.com/cancel/:

To close your account, please contact Customer Support at 1-888-434-0055, Monday - Friday, 6 am - 6pm (PST). Thank you for your patience.

i'm sure the "thank you for your patience" comment comes from the fact that customers get aggravated as hell trying to find the damned number...

so i called the number...went through 3 menus to get to talk to a person...of course, then i was on hold...8 minutes...no doubt people get annoyed and hang up...

thankfully, when i did talk to a person, she didn't attempt to keep me on the phone for 29 minutes begging me to reconsider my cancellation...so they're definitely better than AOL in that regard...

the internet's gonna die on my birthday!

that's what this link discusses - whether or not the net will die on September 30.

signs of the times...

well, you can definitely tell what the owner of Casa D' Ice feels about a variety of issues - he posts it on the signs of his restaurant...

CouchSurfing.com

looks like an interesting idea - "CouchSurfing.com helps you make connections worldwide. You can use the network to meet people and then go and surf other members' couches! When you surf a couch, you are a guest at someone's house. They will provide you with some sort of accommodation, a penthouse apartment or maybe a back yard to pitch your tent in. Stays can be as short as a cup of coffee, a night or two, or even a few months or more. When you offer your couch, you have complete control of who visits. The possibilities are endless and completely up to you."

agreeing with a Fox News anchor?

i know we shouldn't give assholes like family members of Fred Phelps any air time, but i found this YouTube link to be rather amusing...

Father's Day

Father's Day this year was different - i mailed a present off to Dad for the first time in i don't know how long. i guess i had thought about it and realized this past year that he'd acted more like a father than he had in a long time - particularly after Mom's death. even though i didn't want him around, he travelled from Colorado and sincerely (dad? sincere?) seemed to only want to be there to support his kids (psychologically, at least) so i guess that merited a present. *shrug*

another difference was that i didn't have Mom around - in years past i would make a point to give a Father's Day present to her in recognition of her being there more for me as more than just Mom, she'd served the role as both parents an awful lot. so i went to the cemetery yesterday and hung out for a little bit.

dammit, i really miss her.