Month: October 2011

Crankypantsing, Meta

Customer Service FAIL

Shelly

It looks like I’ll be moving web hosts after all, due to new billing policies at my current host[1]. So if this gets disconnected before the move is complete, the old Blogspot blog still exists. It’s empty right now, but it’s there if I need it.

Signed,
Hoppin’ MAD

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1. No, I’m NOT okay with having my card charged 15 days before the bill is due, without so much as a courtesy reminder. And NO, this is not business as usual. I checked my old bank statements, and the charge has always previously been made on the actual due date. So yeah, I’m royally pissed off.

Crankypantsing, Photography

This Is What Happens When You Don’t Pack a Lunch

Shelly

Peanut Butter M&Ms

It must be fall, because there are now peanut butter M&Ms in our snack machine. They’re waaay better than peanut M&Ms, so this is kind of exciting. Now if they’d just get rid of the duplicates of Famous Amos cookies and strawberry Pop Tarts, they might also have room for Milky Ways and plain M&Ms.

(I had a gross photo of a vomiting pumpkin scheduled for today’s post, but it looks like that may not happen until tomorrow. So now you have something to look forward to!)

Photography

Lost or Found?

Shelly

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Yes, I apparently work with people who cannot keep track of their underwear. Also, with people who are so grammar-obsessive that they compulsively correct other people’s bathroom notes. (I would like it to be known that I refrained from changing the “Lost” to “Found.” Folks, those two words mean completely opposite things, so IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.) Alsoalso, are the underwear black or the women?

Pets, Photography

Evil Never Rests

Shelly

Henry

But sometimes it takes a moment to hang out on top of the patio blinds, spying on unsuspecting doggies down below.

And, of course, not five minutes later, Fatty McFattypants (AKA Polly) decided that she could climb on top of the blinds, too. I had to get a chair and rescue her, because she got to the end and couldn’t turn around or jump to the floor. I’m hoping she learned her lesson, but I doubt it.

Photography

Naptime

Shelly

Naptime

It rained on and off all day, and since I was stuck at home waiting for the city inspectors to re-inspect my now-correctly-placed fire extinguisher, I spent a good bit of the day napping. It was GOOD. I did manage to finally get my phone updated, so I at least accomplished one thing. And the good news? I can now get mail from my website on my phone. There was some sort of glitch that wouldn’t allow pop mail from my web host to work with the iPhone. There was a work around, I think, but I was too lazy to figure it out. It’s working fine with iOS 5, though, so that makes the effort it took to update worthwhile.

Crankypantsing, Photography

M&Ms

Shelly

So I’ve been playing with my food. And by food, I mean candysnacks.

M&Ms
September 27

M&Ms
September 28

Reds!
September 29

M&Ms
October 8

M&Ms
October 10

21 M&Ms
October 11

M&Ms
August 25

We used to have plain M&Ms in our candy machine. But that was way back in August, and because we can no longer have nice things, the plain M&Ms and the Milky Way bars were taken away from us. I mourn their passing, as they are far superior to peanut M&Ms and 3 Musketeers bars. (New and “improved” 3 Musketeers, I might add. Apparently “improved” means “twice as sweet, half as chocolatey, and tasting vaguely of rancid cigarettes.” Nothankyou!)