I saw this on VH1 a couple of weeks ago, of all the random things to be flipping the channel and see this The smurf village being bombed. The video for it can actually be found here , what will Unicef try next?
Tired of junk mail? I was, and I did something about it. I called the United States Postal Service at 800-460-8366 and asked if they could restrict or reduce the amount of junk mail I was receiving. I went on vacation and ever since, I have received about 5 vacation brochures a day. C’mon, travel agencies, back off.
I was told by a very polite USPS service phone representative that the USPS could not remove my name from a junk mail list (I thought there was one but was informed it doesn’t exist) because by law companies pay the USPS to deliver mail, but I did learn that I could have my name and address removed from national mailing lists by sending my name, and all variations of it, addresses, and signature with a request to remove / delete my name, to the following address:
MAIL PREFERENCE SERVICE
DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION
P.O. BOX 643
CARMEL, NY 10512-0643
USPS also sent me a letter titled “Ways to Stop Advertising Mail” to me and it contained more addresses. That’s invaluable. BTW, there is NO charge to remove a name. For more info, check out www.e-mps.org
I may not get any more coupons and discounts, but at least I won’t get 30 invitations to explore Alabama every week.
With some free time today, I finally accomplished something I wanted to do for a while. Cnet.com currently has a contest where you can win a trip to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. (CES for short) My dad use to go to these when I was a kid. Use to comeback with all sorts of great stuff. He was a buyer for Rich’s at the time. That was back when Rich’s sold electronics, also back when Rich’s was Rich’s and not Macy’s… but let’s get back on topic.
To enter Cnet’s Show Us Your Stuff cotest you have to submit a profile of a high tech set up you think you have. I decided to snap a few shots of my home theater set up (the media room), write down a few needed details and sent it away.
Hopefully, I will at least make it on their site.
Tropical Storm Alpha makes debut this Saturday, making this season the most active hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
May 2006: x3
Overnight Wilma grows to category 5 packing 175 mph winds. OMG.
No really. It does. Outside the fact you actually have to pay for stuff, its the first time I can come close to saying its about as cool as Napster was back in the day. When Napster was at its peak, was that 2000?, you could think of ANY song and have it playing on your PC in seconds. Now - iTunes has added Videos to that mix. Think of your artist - hear the music and see the video in SECONDS. Oh - yea you only get a few seconds of preview and then they want you to buy it. When has being legal been so much fun. :-)
Okay - so we’ve been counting down to a storm named Alpha, and now the next tropical storm will bear the Alpha name. We have six whole weeks left in the season. We may even get to see Beta. Sweet! Oh - btw - Hurricane Wilma is a Cat 2 - could be 3 or 4 later this week. Headed to Florida, is what they say.
There is an informative article by bankrate.com regarding the pros and cons of being single and married from a financial perspective.
6 gigs and counting, how bout everyone else?