2 Line Rhyme Contest
THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION ASKING FOR A
TWO-LINE
RHYME WITH THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE, BUT THE LEAST ROMANTIC SECOND
LINE…
Marrying you screwed up my life.
That’s why I always wake up screaming.
This describes everything you are not.
But I only slept with you because I was pissed .
That is until I met your brother.
But the Roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl’s empty and so is your head.
I want to feel your sweet embrace;
But don’t take that paper bag off your face.
I love your smile, your face, and your eyes –
Damn, I’m good at telling lies!
My love, you take my breath away.
What have you stepped in to smell this way?
What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime.
Bullet Express
Well my order came super quick, so I get home, it is sitting on the floor in a big box. My husband walks in, looks at the box and says “did you order that?”….
What like I am supposed to say “No the Bullet Express Fairy dropped it off?” of course I ordered it! Jeez.
When you open the box and pull it out you will see it comes with the Juicer attachment affixed.
The directions aren’t really all that helpful, you have to figure out how to take the Juicer OFF before putting anything else on.
Once you figure it out the first time it is fairly easy. I then proceeded to verify it really could shred cheese and the answer is YES.
You have to turn on the blade before putting the food in, I think it works best if the food it tight in the shoot so that you have to apply pressure to push down, cause otherwise it seems kinda lopsided? Not sure how to describe it, just doesn’t seem right.
I also turned the blade over and used it to SLICE the cheese, woo hoo it worked to! Next I have to get a cucumber, tomato, apple and potatoe and see if works good.
Will keep you posted. So far I am happy with it, just wish it came with better over all directions.
American Express Response
| Response (E M) 07/07/2009 09:23 AM | |
| Dear D & M
You recently e-mailed us regarding your American Express account. We have sent you a letter with a full explanation of how we came to this decision we made on your account and also attempted to contact you by phone to discuss this matter. We do take into consideration all the information that we have about a customer’s overall credit profile before we make decisions about their accounts. If you need more information once you have received the letter you may contact our Account Services Group at hours a day, 7 days a week. From outside the United States, please call collect at . A representative can give you immediate assistance with this matter. If we can assist you in any other way, please feel free to respond. E M |
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Hiking
Well, my hubby and I have decided to get “active” as in prior posts we have started using the EA game. We have been reding our bikes and now he wants to start hiking.
Ohhh kay. Let’s see, he was an athlete in school and still plays basketball and raquetball with the kids, does the EA and bikes. I am happy to do the EA and/or bike, I have never been sporty.
Soo we went for our first hike, 4.5 miles and 2hours of BUGS!!!!
I really don’t like bugs, but I did it. Barely! This was on Saturday, so on Sunday, he wanted to hike AGAIN.
Ok, I didn’t whine or complain, (at least not out loud!) We get there and start hiking, (remember I am already exhausted for 4.1 mile bike ride on Thursday and a 4.5 mile walk on Saturday). We are going ok, (damn bugs) but then he sees the “vista” off shoot, another way of saying the “uphill climb” trail, so again I don’t complain, I suck it up and keep going, so he looks back at me and states that we need to go home because I am exhusted, (guess I looked like crap!) I told him we didn’t need to go home, just go back down to the more level hike.
Well we went home because the “level” hike is just a walk and he wants to HIKE which really means climbing.
Hey, if you would have waited to try climbing this weekend I could probably do it, but you can’t ask a freaking couch potato to change over night. Jeezz.
Open Letter to American Express
I am writing this letter to let you know how disappointed I am in your recent changes in customer service.
I have been an AMEX customer for over 15 yrs. In that time I have had extremely high Travel & Entertainment balances that I have paid off in FULL at least 3 times.
Over the years you have constantly sent me “Invitations” to become a Platinum Member because of our outstanding history with your company and our credit history. I have received numerous invitations to use the T & E portion of the card, at one time you wanted me to sign up for purchases as low as $100 to go on the T & E (revolving credit line).
Then one day out of the blue we get a letter stating the our Travel and Entertainment Privileges had been revoked. I was annoyed but not to bothered as I hadn’t signed up for the $100 feature and by that time I had stopped using any credit cards unless absolutely necessary. It was still annoying coming aprox 1 week after your last entreaty to get me to sign up for the $100 T & E feature!
Over the years my payments have always been on time and I always try to pay more then the minimum due. We got a call recently grinding us for $37 dollars, I guess I transposed the numbers and paid you $37 less then scheduled, so you had to call and grind me for it? Based on past history???
The last straw came yesterday; we received a call and an e-mail stating you were lowering our credit line based on our “credit” and past history. Really, since my credit score is 747, which is considered EXCELLENT, considering my over 15 yrs of association with your company and never ONCE was I over 30 days past due, you decided to lower my credit line.
Fine, go right ahead, I haven’t been using the card or any card that much lately, but guess what, once I have paid off this card I will NEVER use it again. I understand that in this credit climate you have to be careful. However this is ridiculous, once again the customer with the good credit and payment history is penalized for those without it. If that is the way you chose to treat one of your older and loyal customer so be it.
I will move my credit use to a different card, one where my ACUTAL credit history; credit score and payment history will be taken in to account. One who will treat me like the valued customer I am and not like they are doing me the favor of allowing me to continue to use their card.
INTERESTING GEOGRAPHY
Antarctica
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. Ninety percent of the world’s ice covers Antarctica . This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, i.e.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.
Bullet Express
EA Fitness & a Bike
We recently got the EA Fitness video “game”. It has worked out very well. I am over 1/2 my first 30 day’s at the easy level. The game comes with a band but I bought wrist weights I find them easier to deal with.
I think the Wii Fit is great for younger kids but the EA Fitness is much better if you are older and need more structure (like me).
I got it to get in shape more then anything. So, the first day I “rode” it, HAH, I got up to about the corner…Yikes, sooo outta shape. The big problem in our area is the freaking HILLS!!!
We finally found a route that has very little hills and I have been up to 2 mi, woo hoo!!! The good thing about this is the route takes us to the mailbox and the bank, so if we need to drop off our Netflix or get some cash, instead of the car we bike.
Yesterday, we took another route (damn hills) but in the end I rode… 4.1 miles (OH YEA!)
Mac vs PC – reality check
I use both the PC (work) and Mac at home. I LOVE my MAC.
The current “I’m a PC’ commercial really irks me.
So what is the 5 yr old can use the PC, heck my kids can all control the electronics better then me in our house, and considering they are showing kids in kindergarten how to use a PC is anyone really that impresses?
You wanna impress me P.C. then do same commercial with a 40 yr old getting the stuff to work right out of the box! Then maybe I will reconsider but until them been there and not doing it again.
The current “if you can find it we’ll buy it” commercial really irks me to:
I’m a MAC – sorry if the rest of you can’t “afford” to be cool, but then again I am not replacing my MAC every year or so because it is obsolete like another product with the initials of P.C. so I can afford to pay a little more on my intial purchase, cause I won’t be shelling out additional money later on.
Case in Point – I have had MY MAC 3 years so far, we have had 3 PC’s in that same time, guess who actually spent more?
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