Pricing FAIL

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5 things that can ruin an otherwise great video game

In no particular order.
1.  Lack of save points.  Back when I was twelve years old and had no real responsibilities I didn’t care about save points.  But now that I have a job and a family I can’t play video games for hours at a time anymore, so I need to be able to [...]

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String cheese?

Check out what a co-worker of mine found in her snack-sized bag of Cheezits(tm):

Yep, that string was baked right in. 
Yum yum!

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Rock and Roll (Isn’t) Over

The lyrics are sophomoric.
The chords are few.
The album cover looks like it was designed by a 14-year old.
KISS is back!
I got a sneak preview of KISS’s upcoming release, Sonic Boom, and for the most part I liked what I heard.
I’m fully aware that reviewing an album such as this is pointless.  Regardless of what [...]

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Your call is important to us

Bad customer service has become the norm rather than the exception.  Blogs are clogged — and sometimes based solely on — horror stories about dealing with customer service departments. 
Because good service is so rare, when I find it I feel like I should spread the word.  So here are some companies from which [...]

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Why I’m done with politics

Political debate used to be fun.  It used to be interesting.  But most importantly, it used to be based in reality.  People debated ideas and expressed opposing opinions, but for the most part those opinions were on some level defendable.
During the Clinton era the big debate was “Does lying about getting a hummer in [...]

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Stay classy, Republicans

I have neither the heart nor the words to comment on this.  I think I’m done with politics. 
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/WireStory?id=8533721&page=1
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/09/joe-wilson-apologizes-for_n_281541.html

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