No, not the cheesy Shakira album. I mean actual, paid laundry service. See, we have assigned time slots in our building to do laundry in the shared, coin-op laundry room. And lately, some inconsiderate neighbors have been stealing our time slot, despite the fact that we repeatedly leave increasingly frustrated-yet-still-begrudgingly-polite notes about it. (At first,… Continue reading Laundry Service
Category: rants
What’s the name of your mother’s father’s favorite pet?
OH MY GOD. I am SO FRUSTRATED with security questions lately! Guess that’s my fault for doing my banking online, but holy crap. This last round, I literally DID NOT KNOW THE ANSWER to any of the available remaining questions for my FIFTH required security thingamabob. So what did I have to do? MAKE UP… Continue reading What’s the name of your mother’s father’s favorite pet?
Owl Haven
Wow, I’ve been off the blogosphere for a WHILE now! But I swear, I have a good excuse — I went to my college reunion. (OK, that was weeks ago, but since then I’ve both gotten sick and started a new job, both of which suck up valuable blogging time. But it all started with… Continue reading Owl Haven
Brazen Carpenter Ants
So I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that this is not a good thing to spot in a WOOD FURNITURE STORE. I mean seriously, this guy wasn’t even lurking under a coffee table or anything. (S)he was strolling casually along on the wooden walkway that wound between all the different… Continue reading Brazen Carpenter Ants
“Friendly” junk mail
Junk mail has reached a new level. I’m kind of blown away that things like those unsolicited Val Pak coupon mailers are still out there, when pretty much everyone has a) email and b) recycling bins. But what’s really ticked me off lately is the number of junk mailers masquerading as real correspondence. Check out… Continue reading “Friendly” junk mail
Flier-Free Zone
Lately, I’ve been getting more and more shitty fliers stuck on my windshield. And they fliers themselves are getting worse. They used to be business-card sized, and then they were postcard-sized. Now we’ve graduated to 8.5×11. It’s bad enough that I get all the junk mail I do — now I have to recycle shit… Continue reading Flier-Free Zone
Whole Foods hypocrisy
Whole Foods officially discontinued their awesomely durable, heavy-duty plastic bags as of Earth Day this year. So what are they offering instead? Paper. Yep, tree-harvested, not-so-sustainable paper. Sure, I know paper bags biodegrade, but they also disintegrate in the rain and require us to chop down and process trees.* I kept hoping they’d replace their… Continue reading Whole Foods hypocrisy
Miss Manners hits the bottle?
Some of you Imaginary Readers may remember back to the time when my Off Culler advice column ran in the now-dead Seattle Pulse metroblog. Those were fun times, n’est-ce pas? The majority of my submissions were goofy gags sent by my well-meaning friends, though I did deal with a few more serious queries. I answered… Continue reading Miss Manners hits the bottle?