Sox win!!!

I’m sure glad I didn’t jump! The White Sox beat the Twins this evening in a one-game tiebreaker to advance to the American League Division Series against Tampa Bay!

I’m not sure how much sleep I’m going to get.

Time to find the ledge?

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

My White Sox are fading fast as the baseball season is in its final month. The Sox still lead the Minnesota Twins by a game in the American League Central, but it seems inevitable that they will fall short when the calendar flips to October.

I’ve strongly been thinking about looking for a ledge to jump from!

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Jerry and Bill (Part 2)

The latest Microsoft ad starring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates is out and this one is pretty funny.

Nebraska “Rocks!”

I thought it would be fun to post a slideshow of photos taken during my Nebraska trip of Courthouse, Jail, Castle and Chimney Rocks. Flickr has a new slideshow application that I wanted to try.

“Contact Us”

I have a little rant about the “Contact Us” links on some websites. My rant has more to do with them not contacting me than about me contacting them. Over the past couple of weeks, I have completed forms or sent e-mails inquiring about service information. I realize that I could have called a phone number and spoke to a live person, but I preferred the more passive approach. I did not need information right away but I did want information to make an informed decision. My requests were as follows:

• Contacted an online vendor of wheelchairs and walkers and asked for information about a walker for my mother who broke her hip last February. I completed a form on their website.
• Contacted a gas contractor about installing and testing my natural gas BBQ grill. I completed a form on their website.
• Contacted a local coin dealer about the steps to grade and certify a coin. I clicked a link that opened my e-mail client.

To date, none of these companies have contacted me back. The online vendor lost any business as I bought a walked from a local retail store. That was probably better anyway as I got a chance to compare walkers.

The gas contractor bothers me as I do want to get my grill installed. I bought it at Lowe’s right before Father’s Day and I had it hooked up free by someone I know. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for and the grill apparently wasn’t installed properly. I’m willing to pay a professional to come out and install it correctly and test it to make sure there isn’t a problem with the grill itself. I [foolishly] thought by completing the form and giving them my problem and my location, I would at least get an estimate to come out for the service work.

The coin dealer is a minor irritant. I’ve been to the dealer’s store before and it’s a pretty good shop. I’m very surprised they did not contact me back. Since I moved last fall, the store is now out of my way and I don’t feel the urgency to go to him. Hopefully I’ll locate another dealer closer to me.

I realize these are all minor rants, but it’s still irritating…especially when they say the “best way” to reach them is by completing a form.