Category: amusing

Insult #2, today

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I half-heartedly wrote a review of my NVR (Network Video Recorder) that I mentioned the last post. It was, aside from a few jabs about reliability and lifespan of the product (seriously, it’s modern, inexpensive surveillance equipment) and giving it a rather poor rating, I’ve still yet to see it posted on Amazon.

Time passes.

Days.

More than a few.

Then today I went and found the product again and figured I’d repaste the review — thinking that perhaps the previous review was lost to the aether.

So I click through, select a rating, and… well, maybe they -did- receive it and either: there was some objection to my review, the product really is failing that frequently, or it’s something else altogther.

Planning the Next Adventure

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I went to the local specialty-lumber supplier and selected a quantity of material for a small boat. The shopkeeper looked at the order, then at me and said quite sure of himself, “Ah-ha! You must be building a boat.”

I was in no mood for smalltalk.

“No,” I responded, as deadpan as I could muster, “Spaceship.”

I stared at him for a moment, unblinking, and giving him just enough time to process my response. “I’m just trying to get home.”