Archive for April, 2004


You know, something ain’t right in Delhi

Filed Under: Uncategorized by Lord Andrei — 2 Comments
2004.04.08

Yesterday I finished my taxes with Turbo Tax. The reason it’s so late is that the shipping of my overnight software took them 2 weeks. I also had to go thru Intuit’s purchase customer service in New Delhi, India.

Another product of outsourcing.

But last night I hit a problem. I got an ‘error’ in my taxes. So I contacted the tax support folks. They were also in New Delhi. The answer I was given was, “Oh, you can ignore that and skip ahead.”

Now, check me on this. Is anyone else nervous about the idea of being advised on Federal taxes by someone in India? Especially when the advise is, “Oh just skip that part.”

I probably will no longer use Intuit software for American taxes while their support staff is outside the country.

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Damn it Jenn! Yes, I am Broken

Filed Under: Uncategorized by Lord Andrei — 2 Comments
2004.04.07

Yes, I am broken. Yes, I like this. Yes, I bought it.

Found in a post by fiannaharpar

The music of Prozak. No really, you have to listen to the cuts. I suggest 5 then 3 then 7.

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MEMEtime: Closest Book

Filed Under: Uncategorized by Lord Andrei — 1 Comment
2004.04.07

Taken from a post by fiannaharpar who cribbed it from bryguypgh and jameel

This one is kind of interesting. Like most memes, it works best if you neither cheat nor think. Grab whatever is closest and run with it. fiannaharpar made a small mod to the meme, so I did too. Modding the meme isn’t part of the meme… well, it wasn’t meant to be part of it…. 😉 Post your additions to your journal and comment me a link 🙂

1) Grab the book nearest you, turn to page 25, find line 5. Write down what it says, along with these sentences, and post it in your journal.

“Didn’t Jehovah create Heaven and Earth? Hell No!”

2) Give details about the book

Lon Milo Duquette pseudepigraphically writing as Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford in “The Chicken Qabalah”

Whole quote:
What happened to Jehovah? Isn’t Jehovah God?
Didn’t Jehovah create Heaven and Earth? Hell No!
Elohim did, and Elohim is a very peculiar word.

3) tack on the previous list

fiannaharpar: integration is very far from complete. Severe inequality
bryguypgh: $%
jameel: indications that the Japanese Bushi (warrior class) knew it well and practiced

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GRRRR! Do not taunt the programmer

Filed Under: Uncategorized by Lord Andrei — 6 Comments
2004.04.06

So, somewhere between 6pm and 9am yesterday through this morning… my car was broken into.

The person who did this was obviously experienced. all doors were unlocked, gas door and trunk popped, and the contents of the glove box were on the floor of the passengers seat. The radio was removed and the wires neatly cut.

I’ve called the cops and reported the break-in. I can’t see any damage and the important papers seem to all be there. Tomorrow I will call the insurance and deal with that.

Yes, I’m annoyed. But it could have been worse. The irony was that I was thinking of replacing the radio. I wasn’t thinking alot about it, because I’d just replaced it about a year earlier. 🙁

grr.

Time to work up a new ritual with Andromalius.

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Wonderfalls cancelled

Filed Under: Uncategorized by Lord Andrei — 1 Comment
2004.04.05

Even the one of two patches of life in the wasteland of tv or being destroyed.

What a waste.

Petition to save the un-aired 9 episodes of Wonderfalls with a DVD release:

http://www.petitiononline.com/goodtv/petition.html

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