Every once in a while, somebody or other will send me the latest and greatest razor “handle” in the mail, with a sample two or three blades. I’ve got quite a collection, ranging from double, triple, and even “quad” blades, plus strips of skin moisturizer (or whatever it is) attached to it, for whatever it is that that’s supposed to do. Since I only shave my neck (and that only two or three times a week at most), I don’t really go through a whole lot of blades. Unfortunately, it’s been a while (like, a few years, I think) since anybody’s sent me one, and the blades on the one I’ve been using have gotten pretty dull.
So, while I was out at my local “buy everything in bulk” club store (paying for the privilege of spending money goes against my principles, but I get a “deal” on membership through my union, it’s really close by, and if you’re in the market for a 500-pack of toilet paper – and who isn’t? – you can’t beat the deals) yesterday, I figured I’d pick up some replacements. Holy Crap! These things are really goddamn expensive. Like, $40 or something for a 16-pack. Granted, 16 of these things would last me the rest of my natural life, but still. I really wasn’t prepared to make that kind of commitment.
Since I’m philosophically opposed to buying disposable razors (all that plastic to wind up in the landfill for a tiny sliver of metal), I passed on the whole idea, and picked up a four-pack of ‘speed stick’ (cheapest they had) instead. Fortunately, I was able to revert to a triple-blade handle that was still kicking around (and this, I feel obliged to point out to my wife, is why I don’t throw shit away).
Since the blade that was in there seemed pretty new, and since I have two more sample ones left after that, I should be good to go for another five years or so. In the meantime, hopefully somebody will come out with a “penta-track” system that lifts, separates, cuts, lifts higher, and cuts again and sends me a free sample, or I might be forced to switch to a straight razor (which, I’m reasonably certain, will only lead to bloodshed).
Why am I telling you all this? Clearly, it’s because I’m too tired to think of anything else this morning. How you can not drink and still wake up feeling hung over is beyond me.
Even worse, it’s Monday. Bleh.
Nothing makes me feel older than when they blow-up a building that was built after I came here in 1972 which was like just a few years ago.
It was just a block away from the State Capitol Building 😮 You know, sometimes these things go wrong :tinfoil:
http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/08/judicial-builing-implosion/
“Judicial Builing Implosion”
Looks like maybe the Denver Post website could use a proofreader in the headline department.
Just further proof of the “ah, who gives a shit” para-journalism examples I see everyday online and on television. If I had a dollar for every time I see something misspelled….., :-/, make that every frikken day
Two years ago, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, testified before Congress about the city’s impressive progress in closing the gulf in performance between minority and white children. The gains were historic, all but unheard of in recent decades.
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When results from the 2010 tests, which state officials said presented a more accurate portrayal of students’ abilities, were released last month, they came as a blow to the legacy of the mayor and the chancellor, as passing rates dropped by more than 25 percentage points on most tests. But the most painful part might well have been the evaporation of one of their signature accomplishments: the closing of the racial achievement gap.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/nyregion/16gap.html?ref=todayspaper
I guess that turning the schools into dreary places in which the children do nothing but take practice tests is NOT the way to improve education. But, I’m sure the two egotists will insist we continue their program.
Gov. David A. Paterson signed into law a package of bills on divorce on Sunday, including one making New York one of the last states to allow couples to dissolve marriages by mutual consent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/nyregion/16divorce.html?ref=nyregion
Finally!
Poor Oily Orly:
The Supreme Court has upheld a $20,000 fine against a leader of the movement challenging President Barack Obama’s citizenship.
The high court on Monday refused to block a federal judge’s October 2009 ruling that required California lawyer and dentist Orly Taitz to pay the $20,000 fine for filing a “frivolous” litigation. The judge said Taitz attempted to misuse the federal courts to push a political agenda.
Taitz sued in Georgia federal court on behalf of Army Capt. Connie Rhodes. Rhodes sought to avoid deployment to Iraq by claiming Obama wasn’t born in the United States.
Justice Samuel Alito on Monday rejected Taitz’s second request to block the sanctions. Justice Clarence Thomas had rejected the request earlier.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/16/birther-queen-orly-taitz_n_683188.html
Skinny cow caramel truffle. I’m on a mission
Oh man, I was sidetracked by a Cherry Garcia ice-cream bar. Mission over.
I can’t open my user account on windows 7, PJ. Any tips?
I was able to logon in Safe Mode, but I restarted the computer and I’m back to not being able to logon again.