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Update: more Straight Talk nightmares

Welcome back!In a recent post I posted a phone number for Straight Talk’s corporate office after I ranted for quite a while about the runaround that their customer service people had given me for over a week. Because I know that everyone who has access to the internet is on the edge of their seat [...]

“Straight Talk” is a misnomer

Recently we dropped our cell phone service with Verizon and have gradually switched to StraightTalk, an inexpensive, prepaid plan available at America’s Largest Retailer. I got my phone two months ago, one daughter got hers last month, and our youngest daughter got hers this month. We have all enjoyed and made good use of the [...]

She wants to name the kid WHAT?

My daughter found out recently that she’s expecting a child. She found out today that, according to the ultrasound, she’s having a boy. The baby’s father wants to name the baby “Ian”, except he wants to spell it “Ein”. Follow this reasoning through with me, for a laugh. My daughter’s maiden name is of German [...]

Superhero remakes – when will it end?

Pardon me for this, but I’m still really annoyed about what they’ve done to Wonder Woman and, more importantly, what they seem to be doing to all the classic heroes from my childhood. I guess it started with The Incredible Hulk. When I was a kid the TV show featured Bill Bixby as David Bruce [...]

Another iconic character maimed by someone’s “better idea”

I heard this morning that some genius has decided to do for Wonder Woman what J. J. Abrams did for Star Trek: change her look and her history and generally ruin a good thing. After a little searching I was found an article about her makeover along with pictures of her new outfit at The [...]

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