I got a letter in the mail yesterday from a claims adjuster for Iams. It already starts off on the wrong foot as it says they tried to contact me (which they didn’t), and if I don’t respond to the letter within 30 days my claim will be voided. Man I wish I had a [...]

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I realized Saturday when I went to buy some booze that I lost my license at some point during the Ferndale Bar Crawl Friday night. I had a great time and visited 9 bars in the 4 hours we were out and about. Probably TOO good of a time if I lost my license. I [...]

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July 27th, 2007 (Last Friday Of July) 8th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day [source] Friday, July 27th, 2007, is the 8th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. On this special international day, give your System Administrator something that shows that you truly appreciate their hard work and dedication. Let’s face it, System Administrators get no respect [...]

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I read an article on MSNBC this morning about new research that is revealing dogs are smarter than we previously thought. The experiment suggests that dogs can put themselves inside the head of another dog — and perhaps people — to make relatively complex decisions. “This suggests they can actually think about your intention — [...]

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It’s Wednesday night. It’s time for Lost, right? Nope. No new episodes of Lost until February. Yes, that means 8 months of waiting. Thanks ABC, thanks.

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I need to write a nasty letter to the vending machine company here at work. They always seem to put the Butterfinger bars so high up in the machine that when the machine drops the them to vend, the candy bars inevitably break. That’s almost as good as the time they put the pop-tarts all [...]

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According to news today in the Toronto Star: WASHINGTON – An industrial chemical that led to a recall of more than 100 brands of cat and dog foods has been found to contaminate a second pet food ingredient, expanding the recall further. The chemical, melamine, is believed to have contaminated rice protein concentrate used to [...]

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Michigan Weather 101: Wait a day and things will be different. Over the past 2 weeks Winter changed into Spring, Spring changed into Summer, and both Spring and Summer got thrown out and Winter came back with a vengeance. It was 82F last week at this time, and its 32F this week. It wouldn’t be [...]

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From the Menu Foods FAQ online: If Menu Foods product is the cause of sickness or death, Menu Foods will take responsibility. Menu has engaged a professional firm to manage your concerns and is currently contacting concerned pet owners who have reached our call center. Specific direction will be received from these individuals. Please keep [...]

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Normally in a rant, I would have plenty of things to say. Right now, it’s probably the shock more than anything that is preventing me from typing as I am absolutely livid about the CNN.com breaking news headline I just received in my email. NEW: N.Y. officials say rat poison found in tainted pet food [...]

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