Eengstro on January 24th, 2008

I’ve been ignoring the Hollywood writer’s strike since, frankly, it’s not at all important. However, I did have the following thought: since movie tickets already cost far too much, and since 99.4% of all Hollywood output is complete and utter crap, why should these people receive more money? If anything, they should receive less money [...]

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Eengstro on January 19th, 2008

Recently my Kenmore “Evenheat” dryer refused to start: it wouldn’t keep running after releasing the Start button. After a rather frustrating conversation with someone at 1-800-4-MY-HOME who spoke very little English, a Sears tech dutifully came out, installed a new controller board, and left with a bunch of my money.
A few days later, the timer [...]

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Eengstro on January 9th, 2008

Can something be so brilliant, and so wrong, at the same time? Yes.

Behold: the Hello Kitty AR-15. It’s even California-legal! I’m not sure what else to say…

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