Nobrainer’s Think Tank

I’m about to enter tirade mode in response to Could You Afford to be Poor?. If you don’t want to deal with my poor writing, crude language, and low-level, neanderthal mentality, I suggest you not click the “more” link below. Or if you’re reading the post slug on Cvilleblogs or some other feed aggregator, you may want to not follow the link to the full post; in other words, just stop reading now.

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It’s funnier if you know that Cartman has taken Kyle out on the boat in order to beat him to death… with a whiffle ball bat.

I used the adjustable DESR again today. It still performed no better than any other razor with the grain, but it definitely cut and burned as well as any of the others after shaving against the grain.

Here’s a note about my new razor. It’s adjustable. You already knew that if you paid attention to the first paragraph. In fact, it even has little number settings from 1 through 5. The system is definitely adjustable, but the numbers must surely be there for mere decoration. They must be; the start position is actually somewhere around 3. Though it can be adjusted past 5 back to 1.

This and future shaving posts about the DESR will henceforth be also tagged with “hatred.”

Yesterday I picked up my new razor at the post office. After a late night at the work place, I awoke this morning to the pleasure of trying out my new old-school double edged safety razor.

This morning, brimming with excitement and caution, I put my new razor to the test. Little was I aware that I must be the butt of some sick joke. Not only was the shave not close, but my face was left burning long after the event.

My thoughts about the experience are not too different from those of a girl who has just been deflowered. “Is it supposed to hurt so much the first time?” “Will it get better with practice?” “Is it normal to bleed that much?”

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With a slow frequency, random catalogs arrive in my mailbox. It’s funny how their names seem potentially dirty once you look at their domains.

In the past a company called Optics Express stood out. The address, as you might imagine, is opticsexpress.org. I of course saw Optic Sex Press (is that some kind of strange weight-lifting maneuver?). As I look now, opticsexpress.com is part of adultfriends.net. I guess I’m not the only one with a dirty mind.

Today’s mail brought me information from a company who sells data loggers. Their domain is located at www.dicksonweb.com. It’s a good thing they write it like www.DicksonWeb.com or else someone might think gay website.

Well it turns out the alleged incompetents at shop.mlb.com are awful nice. Today their website finally updated the status of my order, even if they did do so incorrectly. Today I learned that my order shipped on “07 / 17 / 06″. Then I learned from UPS that my order arrived on 7/13/06.

That’s right. Not only did my order ship today, but it arrived today.

Actually that’s not right either.

According to UPS, my order was in their custody by 7/11/06. This is after the phone call and the internet request for help.

So I’ve got my order in my possession. All is well. Hooray! Except that they screwed up. They shipped my order twice. Now I have two.

Should I keep the extra as payment for dealing with them, or be the better person and return it?