Well before Christmas, I bought a gift from Alison's MontessoriThe product looked great on-line, but I was extremely disappointed when the recipient opened the gift and I saw how very poor the quality was (paint overlapping what were meant to be sharp edges with a colour on one side and not the adjacent side by up to 2mm ( Read more... )

I will start this off by making clear in advance that Costco has been utterly wonderful, a joy to deal with, and as usual awesome. Sealy (of which apparently Stearns & Foster is just a brand), however, are the recipients of my utmost disgust ( Read more... )

One reads the most bizarre things in local papers.

I was in line at Starbucks this morning in Menlo Park, and spied the above headline in a local paper called the "Daily Post". My curiosity was piqued, so I read the story, which I quote herein:

Daily Post, Thursday June 5, 2008

"Police officer going to jail for stealing golf clubs while on duty ( Read more... )

I HATE telemarketers.

I HATE, far, far more[1], automated calls from companies/organisations which fail completely not to be out-and-out abuse/harassment. These are recordings or computer-only calls which make me want to go thermonuclear ( Read more... )