How cool is this? I took a chance and signed up for SunRocket through this website CrazyRefund.com. I had no idea what to expect, but they said they would give me $80 back if I signed up for Sunrocket with their link and stayed signed up for 32 days (past the free trial period basically). This morning I got an email from PayPal saying they put $80 into my account! Wow, and I didn’t even have to check up on them! So, in essence, we paid $200-80=$120 for 15 months of phone service. Awesome. That money will soon find a happy home in our new online savings account. I am a money saving fiend!
Our old phone number is being transferred over to SunRocket by April 9th. This shouldn’t mean anything to anyone trying to call us. The old number was forwarding to SunRocket anyway. The only difference will be that the caller ID when we call other people will go back to the old number. Our old phone company immediately sent me a “Please Stay With Us” letter offering $100 to stay. Uh, guys, I’m saving well over $250 over the next 15 months by moving to SunRocket ($255 before taking into account all the long distance charges, taxes and fees). And after that, they’re still going to be over $15 cheaper every month. See ya!
Archive for March, 2007
Crazy Like a Fox
March 29, 2007It’s Only Happened Once Before
March 29, 2007I’m something of a frugal kind of guy. I don’t buy new clothes for the sake of having something new. As a result, I wear them till they wear out. This has really only backfired on me once before, but today it happened again.
I picked out a long-sleeved shirt to wear this morning oout of my closet, and put on my jacket to take the dog outside. I got to work, took the jacket off, sat down, checked email, had some coffee. An hour later, I realize my left elbow is feeling chilly. Sure enough, there a huge hole in the elbow. This happened to me once before about 8 years ago, back when I worked at EDS and we had to wear suits and I wore a hole in one of the dress shirts in my far-too-small rotation of dress shirts. This time, I just plain wore it out after 5-6 years of regular wear-and-tear.
So if you haven’t gotten me a birthday present yet (one week from tomorrow, hint, hint), I could use some work shirts to fill the hole (ahem) in my wardrobe.
It’s Only Happened Once Before
March 29, 2007I’m something of a frugal kind of guy. I don’t buy new clothes for the sake of having something new. As a result, I wear them till they wear out. This has really only backfired on me once before, but today it happened again.
I picked out a long-sleeved shirt to wear this morning oout of my closet, and put on my jacket to take the dog outside. I got to work, took the jacket off, sat down, checked email, had some coffee. An hour later, I realize my left elbow is feeling chilly. Sure enough, there a huge hole in the elbow. This happened to me once before about 8 years ago, back when I worked at EDS and we had to wear suits and I wore a hole in one of the dress shirts in my far-too-small rotation of dress shirts. This time, I just plain wore it out after 5-6 years of regular wear-and-tear.
So if you haven’t gotten me a birthday present yet (one week from tomorrow, hint, hint), I could use some work shirts to fill the hole (ahem) in my wardrobe.
It’s Only Happened Once Before
March 29, 2007I’m something of a frugal kind of guy. I don’t buy new clothes for the sake of having something new. As a result, I wear them till they wear out. This has really only backfired on me once before, but today it happened again.
I picked out a long-sleeved shirt to wear this morning oout of my closet, and put on my jacket to take the dog outside. I got to work, took the jacket off, sat down, checked email, had some coffee. An hour later, I realize my left elbow is feeling chilly. Sure enough, there a huge hole in the elbow. This happened to me once before about 8 years ago, back when I worked at EDS and we had to wear suits and I wore a hole in one of the dress shirts in my far-too-small rotation of dress shirts. This time, I just plain wore it out after 5-6 years of regular wear-and-tear.
So if you haven’t gotten me a birthday present yet (one week from tomorrow, hint, hint), I could use some work shirts to fill the hole (ahem) in my wardrobe.
It’s Only Happened Once Before
March 29, 2007I’m something of a frugal kind of guy. I don’t buy new clothes for the sake of having something new. As a result, I wear them till they wear out. This has really only backfired on me once before, but today it happened again.
I picked out a long-sleeved shirt to wear this morning oout of my closet, and put on my jacket to take the dog outside. I got to work, took the jacket off, sat down, checked email, had some coffee. An hour later, I realize my left elbow is feeling chilly. Sure enough, there a huge hole in the elbow. This happened to me once before about 8 years ago, back when I worked at EDS and we had to wear suits and I wore a hole in one of the dress shirts in my far-too-small rotation of dress shirts. This time, I just plain wore it out after 5-6 years of regular wear-and-tear.
So if you haven’t gotten me a birthday present yet (one week from tomorrow, hint, hint), I could use some work shirts to fill the hole (ahem) in my wardrobe.
It’s Only Happened Once Before
March 29, 2007I’m something of a frugal kind of guy. I don’t buy new clothes for the sake of having something new. As a result, I wear them till they wear out. This has really only backfired on me once before, but today it happened again.
I picked out a long-sleeved shirt to wear this morning oout of my closet, and put on my jacket to take the dog outside. I got to work, took the jacket off, sat down, checked email, had some coffee. An hour later, I realize my left elbow is feeling chilly. Sure enough, there a huge hole in the elbow. This happened to me once before about 8 years ago, back when I worked at EDS and we had to wear suits and I wore a hole in one of the dress shirts in my far-too-small rotation of dress shirts. This time, I just plain wore it out after 5-6 years of regular wear-and-tear.
So if you haven’t gotten me a birthday present yet (one week from tomorrow, hint, hint), I could use some work shirts to fill the hole (ahem) in my wardrobe.
It’s Only Happened Once Before
March 29, 2007I’m something of a frugal kind of guy. I don’t buy new clothes for the sake of having something new. As a result, I wear them till they wear out. This has really only backfired on me once before, but today it happened again.
I picked out a long-sleeved shirt to wear this morning oout of my closet, and put on my jacket to take the dog outside. I got to work, took the jacket off, sat down, checked email, had some coffee. An hour later, I realize my left elbow is feeling chilly. Sure enough, there a huge hole in the elbow. This happened to me once before about 8 years ago, back when I worked at EDS and we had to wear suits and I wore a hole in one of the dress shirts in my far-too-small rotation of dress shirts. This time, I just plain wore it out after 5-6 years of regular wear-and-tear.
So if you haven’t gotten me a birthday present yet (one week from tomorrow, hint, hint), I could use some work shirts to fill the hole (ahem) in my wardrobe.
It’s Only Happened Once Before
March 29, 2007I’m something of a frugal kind of guy. I don’t buy new clothes for the sake of having something new. As a result, I wear them till they wear out. This has really only backfired on me once before, but today it happened again.
I picked out a long-sleeved shirt to wear this morning oout of my closet, and put on my jacket to take the dog outside. I got to work, took the jacket off, sat down, checked email, had some coffee. An hour later, I realize my left elbow is feeling chilly. Sure enough, there a huge hole in the elbow. This happened to me once before about 8 years ago, back when I worked at EDS and we had to wear suits and I wore a hole in one of the dress shirts in my far-too-small rotation of dress shirts. This time, I just plain wore it out after 5-6 years of regular wear-and-tear.
So if you haven’t gotten me a birthday present yet (one week from tomorrow, hint, hint), I could use some work shirts to fill the hole (ahem) in my wardrobe.
Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout
March 27, 2007Had this on St. Patrick’s Day as my Guinness alternative. Not really a fair comparison though. I’m also not 100% convinced of the milk/sweet stout label either, but what do I know?
Midnight black color, the head has strong retention and laces the glass nicely. Nice roasty aroma, a tinge of something else chocolatey.
Full-bodied flavor, full of caramelly roast character, mixed with some bitterness, a bit hoppy and a bit coffee. Just a smidge of licorice flavor too. This is an interesting beer, as I found that the flavors would alternate while in my mouth, so there would be a bit of sweet roastiness, some bitterness, more sweet, then more bitter.
Solid stout, one I’ll seek out again.
Overall rating: 4.65 (another tied record score)
Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout
March 27, 2007Had this on St. Patrick’s Day as my Guinness alternative. Not really a fair comparison though. I’m also not 100% convinced of the milk/sweet stout label either, but what do I know?
Midnight black color, the head has strong retention and laces the glass nicely. Nice roasty aroma, a tinge of something else chocolatey.
Full-bodied flavor, full of caramelly roast character, mixed with some bitterness, a bit hoppy and a bit coffee. Just a smidge of licorice flavor too. This is an interesting beer, as I found that the flavors would alternate while in my mouth, so there would be a bit of sweet roastiness, some bitterness, more sweet, then more bitter.
Solid stout, one I’ll seek out again.
Overall rating: 4.65 (another tied record score)
