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Saturday, December 24th, 2005
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1:51 pm
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| Tuesday, July 19th, 2005
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4:02 pm
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I had a problem with an eBayer recently. I won a book, didn't hear from then again for ten days until I got a response: "just checking". The book arrived a few days later.
This morning, he left me retaliatory negative feedback ("Impatient, uncommunicative, repetitive, has limited comprehension skills. AVOID!"). And some of that just ain't true! :D So I mailed him and let him know I'd be complaining to other consumers. He then threatened to have me removed from eBay! So I've been getting all sorts of nifty legal and consumer advice this afternoon. FUN. :D
Poll #535365
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhen I get bad service from shops or fooderies, I complain:
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| Sunday, July 17th, 2005
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7:54 pm
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7:13 pm
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6:29 pm
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3:40 pm
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3:34 pm - I feel pretty, oh so pretty
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| Saturday, July 16th, 2005
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4:09 pm
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2:15 pm - HP spoilers:
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J.K. ROWLING HERSELF APPEARS AS A CHARACTER AND DEFLOWERS HARRY
THE NINTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK IS "BOY MEETS WORLD" FANFICTION AND DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HARRY POTTER
THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE IS NONE OTHER THAN DUDLEY
HERMIONE LEARNS KARATE
RON CONTRACTS HERPES
THE NEW MINISTER OF MAGIC IS TONY BLAIR
VOLDEMORT DIES OF OLD AGE, PEACEFULLY IN HIS SLEEP
HARRY'S PARENTS ARE REVEALED TO HAVE BEEN SCIENTOLOGISTS
SNAPE HAS RHYTHM
MR. AND MRS. WEASLEY START SEEING OTHER PEOPLE
DUMBLEDORE LOSES HIS LEGS AND NEEDS A WHEELCHAIR
HOGWARTS EXPLODES
SIRIUS BLACK IS THE NEW DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS TEACHER
HAGRID POOPS OUT GIMLI
THE SCHOOL IS VISITED BY A D.A.R.E. SPOKESMAN WHO TEACHES THEM NOT TO USE DRUGS
NEVILLE MAKES A COCOON AND COMES OUT AS A BUTTERFLY AT THE END OF THE YEAR
HARRY AND DRACO ARE THE SAME PERSON
HERMIONE ANNOUNCES SHE HAD A SEX CHANGE BY THE GUYS ON NIP/TUCK AND CHRISTIAN ENDED UP DOING HER
(thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) la_fille_dodue)
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| Friday, July 15th, 2005
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2:59 pm
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Just a reminder to the mildly podgy ones on my flist: The ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) pudgepledge project has been successful. We didnt just fill the quota on the pledge, we've gone over. WOO!
So now that the community has started, we're going to start working out how we're each going to lose weight. Reliably, not stressfully.
BUT, more members = more enthusiasm. And I know some of you have unwanted tummies.
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| Monday, July 11th, 2005
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10:09 pm
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It's been awful few weeks. Off LJ for a bit.
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2:49 am - poll-ish
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Dang! Just thought of a good poll, but my paid account had *just* expired.
So when was the last time you felt dumb? And when was the last time you felt clever?
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| Saturday, July 9th, 2005
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2:56 am - wanna bet?
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| Friday, July 8th, 2005
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4:49 am - Pudge Pledge
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Does anyone on my flist want to lose a teeny, tiny bit of weight? I want to lose about... well, say.... 14lbs. Nothing crazy.
Pledge here: http://www.pledgebank.com/PudgePledge
Then join here: http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=pudgepledge
Then help me get just another 10 9 people on the pledge by the end of July. =)
We can take as long as we like to actually *lose* the weight, but I'll bet we could manage a healthy, sustainable ~2lbs a week. That's what the community is for.
And fuck it, it'll mean some of you lovely flist folk will meet and chat, and I think you're all lovely, so maybe some of <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/broin/friends>you</a> will think others of you are lovely too.
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3:09 am - heard the one about the flaming cat?
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Oh GOD, I doubt I could laugh any more.
LJ monkey city_glitter posts about how her cat was set on fire. 10 pages of comments, lots of sympathy. Posts followed mentioning the surgery and the bills, and the $5,000 dollars the cat would cost to fix. So people started donating money. Lots of it.
her friend, foxfur posts, having researched the police files, local vets and whatnot, and decides the cat was not set on fire. Cat =/= on fire. Cue a zillion posts, many along the lines of 'how dare you u suk as a freind'. Damn you, foxfur, you cynic!
city_glitter responds with "Due to my not feeling the need to defend myself against the irrational anger of others, I am choosing not to provide her with the proof she seeks."... Right.
Oh, and the two have an AIM conversation log, with lots of acrimony and snark. Oh man, it's good.
But then a little bit later, city_glitter admits her cat was not set on fire. 500+ comments followed, and a great deal of consternation was found within.
But it wasn't exactly fraud, you see. It was an experiment. She said she wanted to prove to her family that the intarwebb was full of nice, generous folk.
Now I'm going to read all the bitter, bitter comment threads. =)
PS: My cat is on FIRE. RIGHT NOW. Please send moneys!
PPS: Turns out city_glitter's cat's name is Schrodinger. Ha!
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| Thursday, July 7th, 2005
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10:12 pm - Carnivale?
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6:37 pm
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I was just chatting to a friend who travelled back home from London, yesterday. Good timing.
As always, fucking amazing coverage on the BBC. Blogs, eyewitness' emails, video for download.
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| Wednesday, July 6th, 2005
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4:40 am
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PledgeBank is just the sort of heartwarming liberal guff I adore. How cool. Some examples:
"I will boycot Esso / ExxonMobil products but only if 50 other people will too."
"I will endeavour to get the word "Avince" into the OED but only if 14 other UK citizens will too."
"I will give three copies of non-religious books (that are important to me) to random people I see on the street but only if 50 other people will too."
"I will bury a bucket to create a home for stag beetles but only if 8 other people will too."
Genius. Anyone inspired? :D
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| Tuesday, July 5th, 2005
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10:31 pm
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A minor thing, but my email address is now joe.r.murphy@gmail.com. At least for the next month or so. I'm changing hosting, but the email forward I have set up on broin@notzen.com will last till the end of the month.
Anyone recommend webhosting? I was previously with Hosting Matters who seemed good. All I'm looking for is *minimal* webspace (now that Gmail can handle the multiple meg picture trading lists I'm on), and a few email addresses.
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| Monday, July 4th, 2005
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1:58 am
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