I went to Sears today with a $15 gift card we found from last Christmas. Not too much you can do with that so I took the opportunity to get a crap load of sandpaper for woodworking. I got 4 packages each containing 5 sheets of 3M sandpaper – all of different grits.
When I went to the cashier she said the rewards giftcard had expired. I felt totally defeated by the system. I called and it expired in September 09 12 months from the date of purchase. No refunds and whoever used their points to get it doesn’t get refunded.

Congratulations Sears, you just got $15 towards your empire. Merry Christmas, now what do I get?

I admit, sometimes I can be crabby to people who come to my door Saturday morning and interrupt my breakfast to try and sell me something. I get a lot of people from random companies asking to see my natural gas bill. They always say, “Do you see written at the top of your gas bill.” “Are you sure you’re saving with us?”.

I’m not going to go get my bill and show it to you, it’s none of your business. I have no idea who your company is, just like the last guy who tried when my eggs were getting cold last week. I don’t understand what you’re trying to change or commit me to so get off my lawn before I put my boot up your ass.

We bought a new ‘inverter’ microwave lately, it’s really good if you’re in the market for a new one. It cooks different than a normal microwave – it cooks more consistently throughout. If you thaw frozen chicken breasts it does it way faster and doesn’t cook the edges white leaving the inside still frozen.

Here’s our peanut after 12 weeks. Can you make out the arms?

Here’s the finished fence, now I just have to clean up the yard from the wreckage.