Archive for March, 2007

Memory Boost

Posted: 31st March 2007 by T.F.P. in Products

I bought a laptop last year thinking that I’d only use it while traveling. I therefore went with a cheaper model because I figured I wouldn’t use it enough to justify spending a lot of money on it. But then I went and got a wireless LAN card and love the convenience so much that [...]

Visiting Lake Powell

Posted: 31st March 2007 by T.F.P. in Websites

My husband and I love to travel, so we’ve got a pretty good list of both domestic and international destinations that we’d like to visit at some point in the future. One of the places that we should be able to get to in the next year or so is Lake Powell, which is supposed [...]

Non-smokers are better workers

Posted: 30th March 2007 by T.F.P. in Current Events

Did you see that LiveScience.com article about the work habits of smokers vs. non-smokers? It essentially says that non-smokers are better workers because smokers have a tendency to quit before serving their full term, take more sick days, and receive more disciplinary measures. I don’t know about all that, but I do know that personally [...]

Rivals.com SUCKS

Posted: 29th March 2007 by T.F.P. in Rants

So I finally heard back from Rivals.com about my disputed charges. I posted about a week ago that they automatically renewed my membership and charged $99.95 to my credit card without notifying me of anything. I just found out that the billing department denied my request for a refund. Yeah, big fuckin’ surprise there. Bastards. [...]

Discount Golf Balls

Posted: 29th March 2007 by T.F.P. in Products

Back when I was in high school, I used to golf quite a bit. Several of my friends were members at exclusive country clubs in the Chicago area, and I was able to get into those places on guest passes from time to time. There’s no way my family could have afforded our own membership, [...]

Battling Insomnia — Again

Posted: 29th March 2007 by T.F.P. in Life

Usually I can sleep very well, but for the last week or so, I’ve been having a rough go of it. I’ve had a very hectic schedule, for one thing, that necessitates my waking up at 4:30am and not getting to bed again until 11:30PM or midnight. My days have been full of chores, assignments, [...]

Are you on Facebook?

Posted: 28th March 2007 by T.F.P. in Websites

I’ve never really participated in “social networking” sites. I tried Friendster back in the day, and even had a MySpace page once upon a time, but I never really got into those things to the point where I would check my account several times a day or whatever. Now someone I barely know invited me [...]