Monthly Archives: September 2008
Cruel packaging
The generic loperamide HTC anti-diarrheal product distributed by LNK International of Hauppauge, NY, takes the prize when it comes to cruelty in packaging. LNK is, by the way, the manufacturer of the store brand “Equate” OTC drugs sold at Wal-Mart. Anyone who’s deals with upset tummy issues, with miserable bouts of diarrhea, knows how urgently [...]
T-Mobile G1 is here!
It is no secret that Gardenwife is a geek. I am salivating at the thought of picking up a T-Mobile G1, the new HTC Dream phone rebranded for T-Mobile.The press conference was this morning. I love Google and use their services all the time, so I’m very curious about Google’s open source OS, Android. A [...]
Huff and Puff
This business’ sign caught my eye and sparked a whole story in my head today. Area realtor nabbed for housing discrimination scam after now-infamous “Three Little Pigs” scheme. Authorities report Huff targeted lower and middle-income pigs who could not afford brick homes. “Yeah, it’s true.” grunted one distraught porker, “The guy would just walk up [...]
Camping: Day 3, waiting for water
The water’s still off at the campground. Howie and I wish we’d showered yesterday afternoon, but we didn’t have any way of knowing the water would have to be shut off. I’ll be a lot more inclined to take a walk and meet the neighbors once I can wash my hair and get clean. Our [...]
Camping: Day 2, now with power!
The power came back on around 1:00pm, right as we were getting ready to go to the Wal-Mart in Hopkinsville. Woot! We couldn’t find some things at the little local stores, things like a spatula. Oh, and Sudafed. Not that joke they put on the market called Sudafed PE. That stuff is worthless for sinus [...]
Camping: Day 2
7:42am Monday 9/15 The inverter was not, of course, sufficient for powering the coffee maker! LOL We thought mom and dad had some pots in here, but alas they do not. So, We can’t boil water for coffee. We were able to run the grinder, so the smell is torture. Howie didn’t want to try [...]
Camping: Day 1
12:16pm, Sunday 9/14 We are in Bardstown right now and the wind is buffeting our van like crazy. Power was out in the first section of town we went through. On the Bluegrass Parkway, Howie had a white-knuckled grip on the steering wheel and we were constantly swaying in the strong gusts of wind. It [...]
