Fuck Vonage!

Grrr... A few months back, I had signed the Forest up for Vonage. We had intended to get a phone number locally, then transfer it to Vonage using the Number Portability Act. Well, long story short, we got out local number from a local cell phone company, and then couldn't get the number transfered to Vonage. I called Vonage from work over my lunch break to cancel. Well, today I noticed I had a missed call last night from some toll free number, 866-243-4357. As I was sitting at my desk this afternoon, my phone rang, and it was the same toll free number. I answer and it's Vonage trying to sell me service. I asked how they got my number and the lady on the end of the phone said that I had previously called them. WTF! I asked, 'So since I called once from this number, you took that as an invitation to telemarket to me at this number?', to which she responded 'Yes.' Double WTF! I told her to never call me at this number again, at which time she started rattling off a speech about how they will do that, but it might take 30 days to remove my name & number, and I may still receive calls until then.

Guess I'll have to start dialing *67 before calling places to ensure that I don't get telemarketed based on a previous phone call.

--JOsh

Rolling Poo Joke

I saw this last week while running errands:

Doggy's Doo
Your dog poops, we scoop!
We pick up where your dog leaves off!
#1 in the #2 business
Call 651-9900

--JOsh

One step closer

Looks like the big G is one step closer to releasing my GooBox

--JOsh

One of these things is not like the other...

An artsy photo from our annual pilgrimage to Chicago this spring for the Transworld Halloween Costume & Party Show:


--JOsh

Bring it...

At the start of the latest round of Ryan's Photo Hunt, Samantha was a little boastfull. Looks like she's got quite a bit of catching up to do if she wants to win. If Cathy & Max don't step up today with correct guesses & pictures, it looks like I'll be taking home all the marbles. :-P

--JOsh

Crazy stuff seen at work

In the area by our copier & fax , there's been a three-hole punch with a note to 'DO NOT REMOVE PLEASE!!' with a 3 foot chain attached to it.
But the chain isn't attached to anything else, making it totally useless for keeping the hole punch there.

Last week, I went to make a copy and saw this piece of paper and noticed that the chain was gone. In it's place was a note that said 'Thanks for the chain! I hope you didn't think the "HOLE PUNCH" would prevent it from being taken'.


A little later in the afternoon, I noticed that it had a post it note on it that said 'We need a chain to secure the missing chain?'


A little later, I noticed another note on the bottom of the post it note, 'I thought that's what the hole punch was for!'


A few days later, the chain mysteriously showed back up:



All rather silly and stupid, but yet funny too.

--JOsh

Dickey's Update

Since my last post, I've been to Dickey's 2 more times. Once for lunch, and another time for dinner. I was finally able to try the pulled pork. Tasty, but still not quite a good as Dave's. I guess I'm just picky when it comes to pulled pork, I like it to have a nice smokey flavor, without the bbq sauce. If the sauce has some smokeyness to it, that's fine, but I like the meat to be able to stand on it's own. Their dinner rolls are much better than their cornbread. I think I'll just stick to the rolls from now on. Still digging their fried okra. Guess that's just one of those things that I picked up from living in the South. Their green beans are very delicious. Not such a fan of the potato salad, it's not horrible, but it's certainly not Jason's grandmas deliciousness. The jalapeño beans were good, nice kick to them. Even better with a splash of bbq sauce & some onions thrown in.

So, all in all, I'm happy with Dickey's. It's certainly nice to have a BBQ place so close to home.

--JOsh