| service win |
[May. 24th, 2012|10:06 am] |
We get our dog food via Mr. Chewy and it happens that when I ordered kibble for Lilo, I got two different bags on account of I wanted to have a back-up if she didn't do well on the first. But she is doing super. So I emailed Mr. Chewy to ask if I could return the second (unopened, of course) bag.
Here is the email I got in response:
Hi Hannah,
I have refunded you $37.99 for Nature's Variety Instinct Grain-Free Beef Meal & Lamb Dry Dog Food, 13.2-lb bag. This should be visible on your [credit card] within 3-5 business days. Instead of sending that bag back to Mr. Chewy, could you please donate that bag to your local shelter or rescue? We appreciate your business and hope you enjoy your day :)
Thank you,
[Mr. Chewy email answering person]
It is on the one hand a little thing, but little things are not such little things.
I am very pleased and impressed. |
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[May. 19th, 2012|03:33 pm] |
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I would totally watch an Avengers sequel consisting of 100% Iron Man and Bruce Banner sciencewank. |
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[May. 16th, 2012|10:12 am] |
One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful"
The chorus includes the immortal lines:
You don't know you're beautiful
That what makes you beautiful
You know what's sexy, kids?
Self-loathing!
I'm glad we had this talk. |
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| king oak times |
[May. 9th, 2012|08:16 am] |
So we're competing at King Oak Horse Trials in Southampton, MA, this Saturday. For ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) dancing_crow and anyone else who might be interested in stopping by:
Dressage at 10:00am.
Stadium at 11:26am.
Cross-country at 12:42pm.
I've heard they'll have live scoring, but I'm not sure where -- interested parties could maybe take a peek at the farm webpage come the weekend.
Cushiest times ever! Will be a mad flurry of activity mid-day, but that's kind of how I like it. Looks like we should be able to have a leisurely Friday evening, get to bed (well, truck) about sunset, and then up about sunrise on Saturday morning with plenty of time for final course walks and braiding, etc., before the dressage. |
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[Mar. 31st, 2012|05:44 pm] |
The Zombies, Run! app is Tucker-approved for conditioning sets!
Although I do need to set up a better playlist to use with it. When you are fleeing the zombie horde, "Tupelo Honey" is not quite the thing. |
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[Mar. 29th, 2012|03:56 pm] |
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OMG I just shaped Lilo a down out of a play bow and it is the most adorable thing EVER. She thinks the enthusiastic gesture with the front paws is the important part, so if she drops and I don't get the treat to her fast enough, she'll repeat it -- while staying down with her body -- like she's swimming breast stroke. ADORABLE. |
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| lev grossman and i are like this |
[Mar. 26th, 2012|10:57 am] |
Not really. But his part in this On Point discussion of The Hunger Games made me cheer, because the paradox he's talking about is the same tension that I found so attention-getting way back when and it's not for whatever reason something that I've seen come up much in the conversation (although maybe I just haven't looked in the right places):
(First thought: "We get another games! Awesome!" Second thought: "...wow, I'm a jackass." I heard recently that some folks had taken issue with Hunger Games as voyeuristic about the violence, which--puzzled me, while reading this, because yes, this whole set-up is gladiatorial combat and yes, we're being entertained by watching it, but the whole damn thing takes a strong interest in complicity: it's all deeply, deeply uncomfortable.)
(ETA: This is me, not Grossman. Just in case that wasn't clear. He mentions it briefly in his Time review, but I like his unpacking in the podcast better and that doesn't have a transcript. So you are stuck with me.)
Went to see the movie on Friday night with kerlin and the boys. Not bad! There was stuff that I wanted in that was left out, and movie!Katniss was more likeable than I'd hoped (though not so much as I'd feared), but I understand and don't fault the flick for the choices that it made, including some that I wouldn't have seen coming but ended up liking quite a lot (Lenny Kravitz's Cinna is more expansive, frex, than the one in my head). The pacing was interesting -- simultaneously breakneck and measured -- and the expository tactics were surprisingly elegant, and I thought it a very solid adaptation, all in all.
In conversation after, as I was trying to explain why I found Mockingjay twice unreadable, I found the need for a poll:
Poll #1829130
Stand and be counted: Mockingjay
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 32
Reading experience vs. reading experience
View Answers
| I read the books as they came out and liked Mockingjay. |
   5 (13.5%) |
| I read the books as they came out and disliked Mockingjay. |
| 14 (37.8%) |
| I read the books in one gulp with some pre-knowledge and liked Mockingjay. |
| 4 (10.8%) |
| I read the books in one gulp with some pre-knowledge and disliked Mockingjay. |
| 8 (21.6%) |
| I like to prove that I'm smarter than the poll and will discuss my obscure objection in the comments rather than participating in the spirit of the thing. |
| 0 (0.0%) |
| I have something to say that actually belongs in a comment. |
| 6 (16.2%) |
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