There’s a first time for everything, I guess. Or at least a lot of things – I can think of many things I’ll never be convinced of trying. Anyway… After years of regularly buying things online and having them delivered to my door (or to my porch, as the case often is), something I bought was stolen. Last week I ordered a new, larger backpack from amazon.com, as the one I have is 1) not big enough to comfortably hold all of my crap and 2) falling apart in a few places.
The tracking information shows that it was delivered yesterday morning, but I was gone until around 3PM. I got the regular mail, and figured that the package just hadn’t arrived yet – it wasn’t even supposed to be here until the 27th. It was only later in the evening that I checked out the tracking, and was informed that the item I hadn’t found on my porch had been delivered. Oops.
I called the post office, and they weren’t a great deal of help. Essentially: “It was delivered. Sorry for your luck.” I didn’t expect much more than that (they did do their part, after all), but the lady I spoke to could have been a little sympathetic, no? Amazon, as usual, seems to be willing to bend over backwards to achieve customer satisfaction. They told me that if the post office doesn’t come up with the package, they’ll send me another one with overnight shipping. While I do want my backpack, I’m going to feel pretty weird / bad about accepting the replacement. Amazon did their part – they shipped the item to me, and it even arrived ahead of time. Why should they eat the cost of another one because some asshat stole the box from my porch?
Update: I assumed right away that the box was delivered to my house and then stolen from my porch, but after thinking on it some more, I’m not sure that’s the case. It may have actually been delivered somewhere else. The tracking shows that it was delivered at 9:11AM, but our mail never runs that early. Usually it’s in the early to mid-afternoon when stuff shows up. That, and I was still home at 9:11 – not for long, as I had class at 10, but I was in the house, and I heard no knocking, etc.
… I would probably end up being a bit like this:
It drives me nuts when I see graffiti and I can’t even decipher the letters.
Comic is by The Rut.
I recently changed my shaving routine a bit, from shaving sporadically (almost always ending up with a beard of some sort), to shaving regularly. I also changed my razor, going from a Mach-something-or-other (it had a bunch of blades) to a safety razor. After using the safety razor for a few weeks, I’m rather amazed that the overpriced razors / razor blade replacement packs ever caught on at all.
The single double edge blades are a fraction of the price, and do a fine job. As there’s only one blade, there’s really nowhere for hair to get stuck constantly, and anyone who’s ever used a razor with multiple blades knows that they love to become jam-packed with little hairs. Oh, and did I mention that the blades are ultra-cheap? Well, it’s worth mentioning twice.
When I first started using the safety razor, I was worried I was going to butcher myself. I was surprised to find that the only nicks I got during the first shave were, ironically, on razor burn spots from previous shaves. I’m still occasionally cutting myself with the safety razor, but certainly no more than I did with the “superior” razors, and razor burn has mostly disappeared.
In short: All of us have been had. We don’t need some aerodynamic, 23-bladed razor from the future to get a decent shave. Just get a safety razor and learn how to use it, which shouldn’t take more than 5 or 10 minutes (there are plenty of guides online).
But no, I’m not quite ready to get a straight razor just yet…
Hi! I’m Josh. I used to blog here on occasion. No? You don’t remember me? Understandable, I suppose – it has been over a month and a half since I last posted.
Jokes aside, I hate it that I’ve not posted anything in such a long time. Life has been a cruel mistress to me as of late – very cruel. I’m not going to go into details right here, right now – maybe never, really – but suffice to say, I’ve had enough real life issues on my mind that blogging didn’t even register as a single blip on my radar.
As of right now, I’m not sure if I’m going to keep this blog running or not. Time will tell one way or another. Whatever I decide, it won’t be another month and a half until my next post…
So, I’m going through a nasty bout with RSI (repetitive stress injury) again. I can’t really complain a great deal, as I’ve not had any such problems since last August, which is amazing considering how much I use computers. But I have to complain a bit, because as the title states, this sucks pretty bad. I ended up napping today for nearly 3 hours because I’ve been sleeping awfully for the past week or so. My sleep is being interrupted two to three times every night by my left hand, which decides that it would be a Good Thing (TM) to hurt like hell. The only thing that makes it stop is getting up out of bed Sometimes I’m able to go back to bed in 10 minutes; other times, it starts hurting as soon as I lay back down. Meh.
The pain during the day isn’t too bad at all, unless I do something stupid (like sit in front of the computer for too long).
I don’t really recall how I “fixed” this problem when I had it last August. I know I used ice packs on my wrist, and was regularly taking anti-inflammatory medicine. But if I recall correctly, it mostly just sorted itself out once I backed off the computer usage. So, that’s more or less what I’m doing now: less computer time, ice, Advil. I did find one new trick at this page on RSI treatment: hot / cold baths on my wrist, alternating between the two temperatures every 1 minute for 10 minutes. I’m also trying to correct how I hold my wrists while sleeping (palms against my sides instead of my thumbs), but I’m not entirely sure how to do this successfully. I can be in whatever position I want while still awake, but I tend to move around a bit once I fall asleep. 
Oh, and one other thing. Cas, I know you’ll leap into the comments demanding to know why, if I’m having trouble with RSI, I’m writing this blog post. And to that I say: I’m using my little Acer Aspire One, which, due to how sensitive the keyboard is, doesn’t seem to bother my wrists much. It’s the desktop keyboards that tend to make my left hand numb within 20 minutes. So nyah!