*prattle*
How long have you lived here? 11/13/2009
Tristan: Do we have any lawn chairs? Me, baffled: Have you ever seen any lawn chairs laying around in our little NY apt? [This should be post dated back to July. Now we do have some lawn chairs lying around, borrowed from the Wilkinsons our senior] MAXIM, VistaPrint, and m2mags - SHAMEFUL! 11/12/2009
 Six months ago MAXIM magazine shows up on my desk at work, in my name. I was dumbfounded and repulsed. In the months following, I took every action to stop them from coming. Return to Sender, Take me off your mailing list, faxes, letters, phone calls, I even resorted to filing a Prohibitory Order with the United States Postal Service to ban them from delivering them (PS Form 1500). I got a confirmation letter and everything. The next month, another MAXIM shows up.  *beyond unacceptable* Today it seems they are finally at the end of their road and I have discovered the source to blame. VISTAPRINT! In April I signed up with a corporate account on VistaPrint to order some invites to mail to some clients for a Golf Outing. Apparently they took it upon themselves to sign me up for this magazine. I got a renewal notice in the mail from MAXIM and when I called to cancel (386.447.6312), they informed me it was VistaPrint who was responsible and gave me a number to call: 866.441.1281. Of course I get an automated machine that 'assures you' you have not been charged. From there they provided me with an email address to unsubscribe: service@m2mags.com. Of course that simply generated an auto-responder which led me to their site so I can unsubscribe myself. https://www.m2mediagroup.com/r/m2coa/index.html Clearly, m2mags is a company with no scruples. While I was writing an angry letter, I spent about 15 minutes jumping through crappy laid out hoops on VistaPrint's site to finally retrieve their customer service number: 866.614.7993. After being on hold for 22 minutes for a 'manager', I get a horrifically rude and stupid outsourced woman by the name of Shellean. She refused to give me her last name but assured me she was the only one in the Design Sales and Service department by that name. She did, however, provide me with the owner of the company and his office number after much badgering and persistence: Robert Keane, 781.652.6300. The lady who answered Robert's phone took my name and info and said she'd have a senior manager return my call. Believe me, I had major woman fury in my voice and I think she understood. Now, I wait.  click to enlarge Weekend Update | Halloween 11/02/2009
Good weekend. The Bronx Zoo and a Halloween Dinner and Movie with the Seehafers. click to view each album. Bayer Salad 10/26/2009
 me: yes, can i have a hor..i..ti..ki... salad.. big greek man taking order, quickly: horiatiki salata, yes. next? greek man: order two kabobs, yes. next? me: no, not an order of kabobs, i mean, can i add chicken to the hori..tik.. greek man: chicken? and horiatiki salata? me: yes, i want the salad, with the tomatoes and olives and feta and grape leaves, but i just want to add chicken to it. greek man: get chicken platter. me: what does that come with? greek man: chicken, tomato, cucumber, rice. me: no, i don't want that. i want that salad, but just with chicken in it. greek man, surprised and slightly put off: so you wanna horiatiki salata with chicken?? me: yes. me: no. greek man: it bayer. me: bayer? greek man: yes, bayer. bayer. me: i don't under... trist chiming in: "bare". it comes bare babe. with nothing on it. me: oh. [then to greek man] it comes bare? even though it says... greek man: no. no. bayer. huge huge... me: BEAR? like the animal?? greek man: yes. yes. bear. me: oh. okay, um, no thanks. i really just want a greek salad with chicken. would you be able to just make that for me?  How long have you lived here? 10/16/2009
This is a new series I'm going to be doing on Tristan. It's called: How long have you lived here? There are times when he asks questions that just beg me to answer, "How long have you lived here!"... He says his mom used to say that to him all the time growing up, too. It's pretty entertaining now. This is the first installment. -- Tristan putting away dishes: Where does this go? [he holds up our hand mixer] Dock Icons 10/08/2009
Monday I stayed home from work sick, and while I was lying on the couch trying to determine if I should watch a movie or attempt to sleep, I decided to change my program icons on my dock to pictures. It makes for more smiles throughout my day now.  click to enlarge  Up to lately... 10/07/2009
The last few weeks have been super busy for us. Here are some highlights.  Staten Island Yankees Game  U.S. Open (we saw Maria Sharapova)  Couples Game Night  Kassaundra's rooftop bar birthday bash  Skip Church, Serve the City [in the rain]  Concert & movie with the Moll kids  Dinners with friends  Laundry night. Oh wait, how'd that get in there.  and just overall enjoying the city together doing nothing in particular. Maxons' eMonthly | October 10/02/2009
 Rock Steady, the website 09/28/2009
I recently developed a website for my boss' band: Rock Steady.  Come Together 09/21/2009
Does anyone know what the heck this song is talking about? I really love it, but really don't get it. =p --- Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller He got hair down to his knee Got to be a joker he just do what he please He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola He say "I know you, you know me" One thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come together right now over me He bag production he got walrus gumboot He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker He got feet down below his knee Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease Come together right now over me He roller-coaster he got early warning He got muddy water he one mojo filter He say "One and one and one is three" Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see Come together right now over me |
