Author: Jesse

Getting Customer Satisfaction With Twitter 1

Getting Customer Satisfaction With Twitter

One of the few shortcomings of my phone has been an inability to send MMS messages, an odd thing for a phone with pretty much every feature known to man. It's not been much of a problem for me, though...

A Shopper Bites Back, Redux: The Letter From Visa 3

A Shopper Bites Back, Redux: The Letter From Visa

Visa followed-up today with a letter regarding my complaint against Saturn of Salt Lake attempting to require ID. The short version? I'm in the right and they're going to follow-up on the complaint. Click on the picture below to see...

A Shopper Bites Back (or, Thanks, Consumerist, for giving me a consumer backbone) 8

A Shopper Bites Back (or, Thanks, Consumerist, for giving me a consumer backbone)

As I've previously mentioned, I'm pretty sick and tired of being asked to show ID whenever I try to use a credit card for purchases. Not only does it do nothing to protect either party from fraud, it's also expressly...

The Calm Before the Storm 5

The Calm Before the Storm

It's been a while since we've posted anything around here. We're really down to the wire on the whole baby thing. Shauna is scheduled for a C-section on Wednesday and we (and by we, I mean Shauna's mom) have been...

You Can Find Anything on Craigslist These Days 5

You Can Find Anything on Craigslist These Days

Shauna found the following ad on Craigslist: FREE BACON: Oscar Mayer brand… there are 8 slices left, they seem to be pretty good sized. I had some friends stay with me over the holiday… they only used a few slices…...

A Bunch of New Pictures 1

A Bunch of New Pictures

I just uploaded a bunch of family pictures and other random stuff and neglected to mention some time ago that Shauna uploaded a bunch of Liam's ultrasound pictures. Go to the photo gallery and check them out.

Debt-Free FTW! 5

Debt-Free FTW!

Today marks an important personal milestone for my wife and me. As of this afternoon, all of our credit cards are carrying a zero balance. The only debts we have now are our mortgage and a bedroom set from RC...

Revenge That's Made of Awesome 4

Revenge That's Made of Awesome

Credit Suisse decided to give its top executives an unconventional bonus this year in the form of sub-prime mortgages. Not only does the bank get to write off these bad loans, but now the people responsible for it have it...

Caving In to Social Pressure 2.0 0

Caving In to Social Pressure 2.0

I've finally caved into social pressure and decided to fully embrace Web 2.0. Last night, I signed up for a Facebook account. I went whole-hog tonight by signing up for Digg and Twitter, resurrecting my Delicious account and creating a...