Now that's service.- April 28, 2008 I have ordered some shoes and clothes from Zappos in the past; they have always impressed me with their wide selection, easy on-site search and filtering options when browsing items, and of course their no-questions-asked return policy. Rachelleb has also been treated favorably, and I really haven't ever heard of a negative experience in anyone's dealings with them just how generally doggone good they are at online retail.Tonight, I inadvertently decided to test them a bit; my browsing started.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itCameFromBlackBackground/~3/279107295/now-thats-service.ht... Earthquake You kiddin' me Earthquake!- April 18, 2008 (Jim Mora reference for all my fellow, longtime Jim Mora fans.)Friends, Romans, and countrymen have been reporting that a minor earthquake hit Illinois this morning; 5.2 on the Richter scale, says the USGS. (Keep rockin that FeedBurner feed, USGS.) I felt nothing, but then again Im not to be trusted for anything empirical or objective between midnight and 6am or so.However, when I was a grad student, living in Seattle in 1995, a 5.0 hit us around dinner time. I was cooking in my apartments...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itCameFromBlackBackground/~3/272934765/earthquake-you-kiddi... |