Trying Out Life

Possibly the saddest caption ever on CNN. What a sign of the...

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:59:11 -0400

Possibly the saddest caption ever on CNN. What a sign of the times…

App Store

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:39:11 -0400

Can’t download a dang thing off the new App Store because my password keeps getting rejected. Tried my username@mac.com, @me.com, and by itself. Real nice, Apple.

Apple’s MobileMe introduction video was filmed...

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:02:00 -0400

Apple’s MobileMe introduction video was filmed with…Firefox? Ha!

I’m pretty sure I’ve hosed my iPhone :(

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:51:41 -0400

I’m pretty sure I’ve hosed my iPhone :(

Helpful error message from my iPhone

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:15:21 -0400

Helpful error message from my iPhone

Invasion!

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:40:34 -0400

tryingoutlife: you never realize how much stuff you have until you put it all in boxes
at: haha yeah
tryingoutlife: i have enough cardboard boxes to invade russia
at: hahaha

Comcastrophe

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:06:00 -0400

I am moving one week from today (July 9).
I want my Comcast service (phone and internet) to stop on that day.

Armed with these two facts, I called Comcast and thought - for sure - that they’d be able to handle this admittedly complex, unusual situation. I should have known better.

On the phone with a very helpful customer service rep, I related these two facts and was assured that there would be no problems shutting off my service on July 9. Immediately after the rep says “Okay, I’ve put your cancellation in”, the phone goes dead.

Surely, I thought to myself, they didn’t just disconnect my service…did they?

A quick visit to my web browser illustrates that my internet doesn’t work either. Yep, they disconnected my service immediately.

Cut to me spending another 20 minutes on the phone trying to resolve this issue, wherein the customer service rep actually said the following:

Yeah, if you cancel now, your service will be in and out intermittently until you leave.

Un-fucking-believable. How does this total incompetence go unchecked? Oh, that’s right - they’re a monopoly.

Oh hell yes

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:05:17 -0400

Oh hell yes

I thought Baltimore had it bad. Welcome to California!

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:59:16 -0400

I thought Baltimore had it bad. Welcome to California!

Apple store, San Francisco

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:17:19 -0400

Apple store, San Francisco

State of California: Protecting us from dangerous laundry rooms...

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:00 -0400

State of California: Protecting us from dangerous laundry rooms since 1850

An ad for a bicycle (?!)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:48:20 -0400

An ad for a bicycle (?!)

Got fog?

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:43:34 -0400

Got fog?

I didn’t think I would mind sitting here. I was WRONG

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:43:02 -0400

I didn’t think I would mind sitting here. I was WRONG

Apartment Hunting

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:34:49 -0400

Tell me about it. I’m in San Francisco doing the exact same thing right now.

trappedintime:

Has become this - seemingly unwinnable - cat and mouse game. We’ve plowed through nearly 40 listings this week, have four showings today, and another five tomorrow. Make it stop!!!

According to bill shatner, they have monsters here

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:08:48 -0400

According to bill shatner, they have monsters here

Wikipedia’s article on France, 11:13pm EST 6/24/2008. Yes,...

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:10:00 -0400

Wikipedia’s article on France, 11:13pm EST 6/24/2008. Yes, that’s a large, pixelated goatse.

CNN, you blithering idiots, can’t you at least honor the...

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:11:01 -0400

CNN, you blithering idiots, can’t you at least honor the man by scaling images of him correctly?

Breakdown

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:32:24 -0400

tryingoutlife: hows the car?
bh: broke down
tryingoutlife: what happened?
bh: computer flooded, drain's clogged
tryingoutlife: it's not meant to be driven underwater
bh: ha! thanks for that, tell the weatherman

My car, in profile

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:34:00 -0400

My car, in profile