Insult & Injury

Dear Firestone,

If you charge $1400 for repairs,
if you say you'll take a personal check and then say you won't,
if you have the car ready an hour after you say you will,
if you make us yell at you for 20 minutes so you will take our money,
you could at least not break the cassette adapter.

The CBC is back!

The CBC lockout is over, and the unintentional hilarity of the Canadian news is back. I never found Canadian news so funny or American news so serious. I missed stories like "high school students call people they don't like 'gay'" and quotes like "It's a shame when fighting gets associated with a wholesome sport like hockey."
And I've really missed hearing the latest on the Sudbury arts calendar.

This morning, while listening to an ostenably serious report about the earthquake in Pakistan, a Canadian military official said the following, which I'll have to paraphrase: "We need to get survivors food, water, shelter - working on the levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs." I guess that the Canadian Forces will be in Kashmir well after the rebuilding is complete, working with people of Pakistan until they achieve self-actualization.

Good grief! A meme!

Taken from Leah. I guess this means I read her livejournal.

Dirty David needs a wash
Was it not their job to ensure that David's needs were met?
David needs to roar with pride
David needs to become more tolerant, especially of emotions
David needs to be able to do this work independently
David needs dusting often, every two months during the summer
What David needs most is support from a stable and harmonious family
Christina is exactly what David needs
David needs to learn to shave straight
David needs a reality check
David needs instruction and strategies for basic math skills
David needs people who know important or significant information about any relevant aspect of his work to share their experiences, knowledge, and research
David needs some help in putting the fan trays in as they are heavy
David needs 12 more reviewers
David needs help with fire hydrants