Devil Makes Man Microwave Infant Daughter

from CNN: Woman: Blame devil for infant in microwave

Um, wow. A man puts his baby girl into a microwave for 10 to 20 seconds and his wife claims that the devil made him do it.

When I described myself as an atheist to someone, he called me a “devil worshiper.” My response was that [...]

Store Website Not the Place for Politics

I want to get back into ballroom dancing, which I haven’t done for a while since I can’t find my dance shoes. I asked a friend where she bought hers. I did a search and found what seemed to be a match to the store name, which I vaguely recalled.

OMG, the site seems more [...]

Dormant Account Fee by Bank Is Teh Sux0rs

For a number of reasons, I ended up with four bank accounts: free ipod (that I gave to my brother), high interest rate, convenient location. One of the credit unions lost its luster when it no longer had competitive interest rates and was at an inconvenient city relative to my current locations for work and [...]

Disappointed with Amazon’s Handling of Super Paper Mario Pre-Order

Last month, I was excited to find out that Super Paper Mario for the Wii was coming out on my birthday. I pre-ordered it from Amazon to ensure that I would get it as soon as it came out, without having to go to a store.

This pre-order has been plagued by delay after delay. [...]

Pet Peeve: Misuse/Abuse of lol

Maybe I’m cranky because of PMS, but it bugs me when people sprinkle the use of “lol” here and there in messages and forums. Don’t people realize that it stands for Laugh Out Loud? It irks me when it is used in contexts that don’t even warrant a smile or chuckle… but a laugh out [...]