Meglet Rambles On

After 5 hours in line, I finally have my new 16GB iPhone. 5 hours is a ridiculous time to wait. 2-3 is marginal, but after waiting 2-3 hours, I was absolutely determined to stay in line until I either got my phone, or heard they had sold out of the one I wanted.
Fortunately, by the [...]

Well, I had hoped to be writing about my fantastic new 3G ipone by now. Unfortunately, I don’t have one yet. I’m about halfway through the line so far, and I’ve been here for over two hours. Rumor is that the activation servers are crashing again, just like last year.
All I can say is that [...]

Bribery is a useful tool. Today’s bribe was the ever-appreciated gift
of Mt. Dew, from a user whom I fixed a VERY strange computer problem for.

My boss took delivery of the bribe, and his only response was “You’re
getting deliveries now? Do we need to have an intervention?”

Seriously, what the hell is up with Ebay? I hardly ever use it, because I can find what I’m looking for in places with a lower signal-to-noise ration. But I have some fishtanks that I replaced, and need to sell. They didn’t generate any interest on Craigslist, so I thought I’d throw them on Ebay [...]

I’ve never read the Spiderwick books, and had barely seen any previews for The Spiderwick Chronicles movie. All I knew was that it was billed as an entertaining, family-friendly movie about some kids protecting their family and a powerful book from magical creatures. And that it was supposed to look REALLY good on Blu-Ray. Because [...]

I love Bath & Body Works. There are so many yummy smelling things there. Like this extremely yummy Pineapple Mango candle:

I like it so much I got the matching ScentPort, aka clip on smelly thing, to put in my truck. Plus, it matches my scent-of-the-month, which is the Bath & Body Works Fresh Pineapple lotion. [...]