As Father’s Day is quickly approaching, and I’m drowning the sound of my biological clock ticking loudly in the echo chamber created by my lack of uterus – I’ve been startled, intrigued and then creeped-out by the following story that ran across on my RSS feeds: British Woman Eva Ottoson, 56, is heading towards ground breaking surgery to donate her womb to her own daughter.
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According to Google there will be a live press release hosted online from San Francisco at 9:30 AM Pacific time today. Amit Singhal from Google was aloof saying only that they:
“…will take you through an under the hood look at Google Search, share our vision and demo some of our newest technology and features.” [CNET]
[Inside Search Live Event – Google]
Today Apple began selling unlocked iPhone 4 phones in the Apple Store. I’m not an industry insider and certainly no fan-boy but that’s not going to stop me from shooting my mouth off about this. Lance Ulanoff over at pcmag.com took a very strong stance that Apple will NOT do this and his reason is simply: “Apple isn’t stupid.“ Well I beg to differ and we now know just how wrong he was.
I was awoken at 3:45am this morning by a prank call. It would usually be work calling and I should have answered it except that I’m not on call. Since I didn’t recognize the number calling it was probably some off shore developer that really thought his issue was urgent. I didn’t answer it thinking that if it was important they would call back. They did not.
I awoke this morning to the guilt of knowing I had let some poor Argentinian, Brazilian or Manilan person down. I checked my Google Voice for the transcription. I wasn’t expecting much since they probably left the message in poorly pronounced English. (that is still far superior to my Hindi) Indeed the transcript was useless. Continue reading
Jerry?
Yeah this is Jerry. Who’s this?
Jerry Blank?
Yeah, what’s it to you?
Jerry this Florita Johnston of So and So Recovery Inc.
Oh man, busted! Those crows have come home to roost. You were rockin and rolling along, signing on the dotted line and for whatever reason you weren’t able to pay that bill on time before Bally’s, Macy’s or maybe even Express turned your debt over to a nasty old third party collection agency. Don’t worry dearies – Uncle NSDS is here with some Do’s and Dont’s on handling bill collectors.
This week Delta took some bad press thanks to YouTube and then decided to refund over $2800 in baggage fees they charged to US troops returning home through BWI in Baltimore, MD. The reason? A YouTube video made on the spot led to “national furor” over Delta charging them $200 on checking their fourth bag.
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Dear Brown Family,
I was commuting to work today and I noticed there were suddenly four houses for sale on a street in my neighborhood. I couldn’t help but think of you and the children. I understand that Texas is a little further from Utah than your current new home in Nevada, but I wanted to plead my case to you on this issue since I believe it is in everyone’s best interest that you have more options than what you’ve been presented in the Season 2 finale of Sister Wives.
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CNN affiliate WPTV of West Palm Beach Florida reports on a recent backyard bear visit lending credibility to a range of products at Skymall that previously would have been relegated to the props department of an upcoming episode of Hoarding: Buried Alive.
Furry Fun in Florida backyard [ WPTV.com]
I was listening to NPR yesterday on the drive home and they were discussing Apple’s latest press release of what they call iCloud. Someone referred to Steve Jobs as “The Thomas Edison of our day.” I threw up in my mouth a little bit, then I yelled ‘pftthh!’ out loud to nobody in particular, feeling the need to make sure my disgust was registered. Please take heed that I want this duly noted in the log.
Ever heard of FEMA? I’m sure in this post-Katrina age we live in that you have. The Federal Emergency Management Agency steps in to provide assistance when a disaster strikes somewhere in the US. But that’s not all. FEMA also offers the National Flood Insurance Program to provide coverage for people living in areas that are considered to be in a hazard zone for flooding. Participation in the flood insurance program is deemed mandatory when your property is in a Special Flood Hazard Area. With a standard annual premium of $1800 or more, even ‘if the creek don’t rise’ the cost of your insurance could surely drown you. Continue reading