I came across two pretty interesting stories on the Chicago Tribune website in the past week that I think are worth sharing. The first one is about a promotion from Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, and the second is about a movie theater in Hoopeston. It seems that Great America is running a [...]
Archive for September, 2006
I’m enjoying blogging so much that I’ve already started a second blog. It’s called Reviews and More and will contain short reviews of movies, books, television shows, products, websites, and things like that. I watch so many movies and read so many books that I thought other people might benefit from my opinion on these [...]
I spend a lot of time in Japan so I’ve seen firsthand a great deal of the whole “Engrish” phenomenon. I personally have a broader view of what Engrish is than most foreigners perhaps would. For example, some people feel that the term Engrish applies only to t-shirts and signs that contain a garbled blend [...]
I didn’t start watching FOX’s Prison Break until recently. I caught the first two episodes of Season One about two weeks ago, and liked what I saw. I am a 24 fan, so the fast-paced action and suspense really appealed to me. But I didn’t make an effort to follow up with more episodes. Then [...]
Well, it’s official: there will be a new World Series Champion crowned in 2006. The Chicago White Sox, my hometown team, were officially eliminated from the playoff hunt yesterday, thanks to a 14-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians as well as a Minnesota Twins victory over the Kansas City Royals. The elimination might have only [...]
I usually like to keep things light on this blog, but today I just have to rant about the way some businesses are handling their customer service duties. I had two separate dealings with separate companies today, and both were less than stellar. Here’s how they went down. The first instance of bad customer service [...]
I just can’t say this enough: ESPN’s new GamePlan service is awesome! I was able to catch the Notre Dame-Michigan State game today thanks to my GamePlan subscription; there’s no way I would have been able to see the action without it. And what a game it was! This is just the second Notre Dame [...]