Though I was told again today (by the Geek Squad) that somehow my hard-drive became their property, and that their policy is to never return it, in fact they have a written policy that says quite the opposite: We also work hard to immediately fix problems that put our customers at risk. For example,...
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Time to File a Complaint
So Best Buy/Geek Squad has refused to do even the most basic things that could make the laptop situation better. They will not put the old hard drive back in the computer. They will not do a free data transfer, and they refuse to send me my hard drive. So I will now go...
DC Madam or Governor of Alaska?
This is either Sarah Palin or Debra Jean Palfrow. This may be the same one, or the other one: And this could be either: That may not mean anything.
Washing that Mummy out of My Brain
It always annoys when my friends say something like: “I could have told you that,” after I report that some movie really sucked. No, no you couldn’t have told me that. Sure, the Mummy III: Tomb of Jet Li Phoning It In looked bad. There were many warning signs. But these friends would have...
Why Does Boondock Saints Get so Much Love?
Like Donnie Darko, Boondock Saints seems to receive affection, adoration, even passion far in excess of any value in the movie itself. I’d heard about Boondock Saints from many sources, compelling me to not only put in my Netflix list, but move it up near the top. It’s based on a graphic novel, and...
Eagle Eye Expectations
How come expectations are such an integral part of how we enjoy movies? Not just good or bad, but also type, genre, tone. We know who’s in the movie, we think we know the genre, maybe we know the story. Maybe we’ve scene trailers and think we’ve got it pretty much down. Eagle Eye...
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