The Sea Lions Have Gone Away

The Sea Lions have disappeared from San Francisco, and it's made the news just about everywhere. There's only a dozen or so remaining now. I hope they come back. It's so sad that there isn't enough food in the harbor to feed them. It's a low herring year apparently. How sad is that?

Stores and Banks Left Unlocked

What the heck is going on? In my region over the holidays we had not one, but two grocery stores left unlocked during closed hours ... and a bank!

It sounds crazy, doesn't it? Two Safeway stores both were found open by customers. In what may be a resurgence of holiday spirit and honesty, some people actually did their shopping and left money at the checkout counters! Others shrugged and left. Fortunately, consumers also called the police. According to Safeway, they believe that it was a failure in the locks. Survelliance footage shows the stores being locked. However, both are 24/7 stores except for holidays and they think people showing up and yanking on the doors just caused them to open. Me thinks new locks are about to be installed in Safeway stores using this current system.

And now comes word that on Christmas Eve a Wells Fargo Bank was left unattended. A customer say a sign that said the bank was closing at 2, but the doors were open. She went inside. No one was there. She called the cops, and the bank manager was on the scene in less than a hour to close the place down.

Are we just in a hurry, or what? I sure am glad I don't bank at Wells Fargo!

Batteries Exposed!

This was a 'wow' moment for me when I read about the dishonesty of Energizer with their 'D' batteries. Who knows? Maybe it even extends more than this. It also probably even is done by other companies. Consumers, we need to get on our toes here. This is just wrong.

For the details, go here Energizer "D" Battery Exposed. It's just amazing and not in a good way.

Reindeer Cleared to Land in California

It's official! K. Kringle's reindeer can land in California! This is big news! The full story is here.

Back to the Dentist

Well, it was back to the dentist today. Would you believe it? I broke a tooth, vertically yet. There's always something to interfere with my fun. I have a great dentist, though, so that's the good part.

Balloon Boy's parents were sentenced today to jail time, 90 days for him and 20 for her. Personally, I think she should have had 90 days as well. She did nothing to stop it and was as complicit as he was, so why the lighter sentence?

Did you hear about the otters that delayed a plane flight after escaping from their cages? I would have loved to have seen that. Apparently, some passengers found little 'presents' from the otters afterwards on their luggage.

Onward!

The Best Made Plans

Here I was all set to update frequently and right off the bat, things just piled up. Short form, had a company fraudulently make three charges on my credit card, had a problem with my computer and mouse operation which nearly killed the computer and have been going back and forth with a tech about it, and wasn't feeling well most of the week. Ugh!

On a brighter front, I'm making a lot of progress with my fan fic. It's so good to be actively writing again. There will be a bunch of new stories for the new year.

Does anyone ever use Sam's Club Click'n'Pull? I have to tell you that it's supposed to be a smooth process, but I've only had two experiences when it went as planned. Most of the time, including today, it's a freakin' nightmare. I have to use it, though; it's the only way I can shop there, but I really wish they'd get their act together. Most of the time, they can't even find the order, or they have it in three different places and never remember to bring all three orders. It's a pain in the mik'ta.

More later!

Happy Holidays!

Wow! Yes, I've been neglectful over the past five to six weeks, but I'm back in business and out to keep up my blog much better than over recent times. I think about coming here so often, but then get distracted.

Here's a recommendation for the day. If you're interested in e-readers and other types of things, there's a new forum and blog site called Read Gadget where I've been helping out a little. I actually have a blog there, too, so drop on over for all kinds of topics there.

I'm loving the festive holiday music I'm hearing everywhere, especially on a local radio station that it is playing nothing but Christmas music. They started the week before Thanksgiving. Some may call it overkill. I just call it joyful.

Drop on by this blog more regularly as I intend to make lots of little blog entries much more frequently! In the meantime, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All!