Wednesday, September 03, 2008 :::
is it really that hard to remove my email from a list?
I finally decided I'm receiving too much freakin' email and I'm going to do something about it. Most of the useless email I get is from places I have shopped at in the past (Macy's, Lands Ends, REI, FTD, etc...). I never excluded myself from their email bombs before because I figured they might be useful. And guess what, I always delete them and very RARELY read what's in them. I finally came to the conclusion (I blame the delay on being so busy from work, and now that I have a whole month off, I can take the time to take care of things) that I can dump these emails.
So now I'm on a quest to not receive useless crap in my email. So I go to the bottom of all those messages and find the "Click here to unsubscribe" lines. Here's my beef:
NOTE: Please enter the e-mail address where you are currently receiving FTD.com e-mails. Due to timing issues, you may potentially receive one or two future messages before your unsubscribe request is implemented.
So you're telling me in this age of super computers and the "interweb" that it's impossible to instantly remove my email address from all their mailing lists? It's not like Mr. Email-Remover-Level-One employee has to manually open every email list, search for my email address, and then delete it. I cannot fathom how it would take "one or two" future messages. Unless those messages have already been sent and they're currently on their way to my inbox. That has to be it! There must be some good explanation. It baffles me though.
Monday, September 01, 2008 :::
How stupid do they think I am?
So my mortgage company sends me emails every month claiming they can save me almost $70k in interest over the course of my loan without refinancing.
Cool! But how? It's easy, instead of making a payment every month, I make a half of my regular payment every two weeks. And at the end of the year, I'll have made the equivalent of one extra monthly payment, which goes directly against my principal.
Fancy thinking, eh? Just check out the fine print: Flexible fee options. Sign up for a non-refundable one-time enrollment fee of $375. There is a transaction fee of $1.50 for each biweekly draft.
Really? Is it silly to find that offensive to my intelligence? In any case, I do find it insulting. I'm going to pay them the privilege of paying them more often? I'll pass, thanks...
Okay, okay, I see the draw. I wouldn't have to worry about making the extra payment per year by myself.
That would only make sense if, over the course of a whole year, I never thought to myself "hey, I've got some extra money lying around, lets pay down the mortgage a bit."
You wanna know what gets me? I have direct debit set up, so they take my money automatically every month. Want to know how much it costs me? Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Zero.
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Sunday, August 31, 2008 :::
freakanomics and UCLA
I recommend the book Freakanomics. It's a good read. The authors have a blog on the NY Times website that is often interesting. There's a post about UCLA using affirmative action illegally. Check it out here.
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Monday, August 11, 2008 :::
i twitter therefore i am
I've started using twitter recently. It's easier to update and they can be spontaneous. Check me out on twitter here: http://twitter.com/soupman412
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Monday, June 23, 2008 :::
The glass is half full
[20:12] soupman/Meebo: how's your car? [20:12] Trev: alll fixed up [20:13] Trev: but it sounds like the transmission is gonig to die [20:13] Trev: it's always something [20:13] soupman/Meebo: oh no [20:13] soupman/Meebo: poor car [20:13] Trev: i think it'll go for awhile [20:13] Trev: may be a good chance [20:13] Trev: to put in a 6 speed [20:13] soupman/Meebo: hahaha [20:13] soupman/Meebo: look at you [20:14] soupman/Meebo: always looking on the bright side
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Friday, May 30, 2008 :::
Google is amazing
I knew it was bound to happen eventually:
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 :::
Place Finder
Heard about this from a friend's blog.
Your place finder results: You should probably leave Chicago, IL You should probably leave Chicago, IL final score:54 (below the average [59] score)
You should definitely consider moving to Seattle, WA You should definitely consider moving to Seattle, WA final score:67 (amongst the highest scores)
You should definitely consider moving to San Jose, CA You should definitely consider moving to San Jose, CA final score:70 (amongst the highest scores)
You should probably not move to Marin, CA You should probably not move to Marin, CA final score:56 (below the average [59] score)
You should probably not move to San Diego, CA You should probably not move to San Diego, CA final score:48 (below the average [59] score)
Saturday, April 26, 2008 :::
Hi D'Artagnan
Bella and I adopted a dog today. This is D'Artagnan. He's a four year old shepherd-chow mix. So far he's awesome. :) See a few more pics: D'Artagnan Adoption.
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Monday, April 21, 2008 :::
randomness
Great quote: "I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image." - Stephan Hawking
