in review...
Everything.
That's right. Everything. I am in a reviewing mood, so let's do this.
First up: this Caffeine Free Diet Coke® I just finished. I've been drinking Diet Coke® for most of my life, since my mother is diabetic. I've grown to like it, and now I typically find regular sugared-up soft drinks to be too sweet. That being said, the caffeine free variety leaves something to be desired. Namely: caffeine. Oh, and good flavour. I give it a 2.5/5, for at least making me unthirsty, and not containing empty calories.
Next, let's move onto this [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AGK8NI/102-3614741-2750511USB notebook cooling pad[/url] that I just unboxed. Coincidentally, my laptop shut itself down not long before this, becuase I left it running all day, and it overheated. Since plugging this thing in however, the notebook is running much cooler, and the fan noise of the computer and pad combined is less than the pc fan running on high ALL THE TIME. For not making me feel like my months-old laptop is going to explode, you score a 4.5 out of 5. It would be perfect if it had a built-in usb hub, but alas.
Third, let's review my brother. He owes me 50 bucks, which he said he'd pay me back on December 15 "when we get paid." "We" being him and my sister-in-law. It is currently the 4th of January, and no word or sign of this. Essentially, I paid for my own xmas gift. For this, he scores a 0.1/17. The 0.1 is simply because it really is a pretty nice rice cooker.
Moving on, we come to the Carbon County Commissioners' plan to demolish the old Packerton Yards building. The only remaining structure which belonged to the now-defunct Lehigh Valley Railroad left in the region. Despite multiple developers coming forth with plans to use private money to clean it up and repair it for use as retail space, and preserve the building as a historical site, they still insist it needs to be demolished for "industry" which would pay less in taxes to the local government, and create fewer jobs than retail would. You can read about it hereherehere. Sign the petition while you're at it, if you don't disagree. For this completely illogical act of historical demolition, you score a -2/2859.
Time for the speed round…
In the coming days, I will actually probably maybe possibly review some things for serious. But, this will do for now.
That's right. Everything. I am in a reviewing mood, so let's do this.
First up: this Caffeine Free Diet Coke® I just finished. I've been drinking Diet Coke® for most of my life, since my mother is diabetic. I've grown to like it, and now I typically find regular sugared-up soft drinks to be too sweet. That being said, the caffeine free variety leaves something to be desired. Namely: caffeine. Oh, and good flavour. I give it a 2.5/5, for at least making me unthirsty, and not containing empty calories.
Next, let's move onto this [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AGK8NI/102-3614741-2750511USB notebook cooling pad[/url] that I just unboxed. Coincidentally, my laptop shut itself down not long before this, becuase I left it running all day, and it overheated. Since plugging this thing in however, the notebook is running much cooler, and the fan noise of the computer and pad combined is less than the pc fan running on high ALL THE TIME. For not making me feel like my months-old laptop is going to explode, you score a 4.5 out of 5. It would be perfect if it had a built-in usb hub, but alas.
Third, let's review my brother. He owes me 50 bucks, which he said he'd pay me back on December 15 "when we get paid." "We" being him and my sister-in-law. It is currently the 4th of January, and no word or sign of this. Essentially, I paid for my own xmas gift. For this, he scores a 0.1/17. The 0.1 is simply because it really is a pretty nice rice cooker.
Moving on, we come to the Carbon County Commissioners' plan to demolish the old Packerton Yards building. The only remaining structure which belonged to the now-defunct Lehigh Valley Railroad left in the region. Despite multiple developers coming forth with plans to use private money to clean it up and repair it for use as retail space, and preserve the building as a historical site, they still insist it needs to be demolished for "industry" which would pay less in taxes to the local government, and create fewer jobs than retail would. You can read about it hereherehere. Sign the petition while you're at it, if you don't disagree. For this completely illogical act of historical demolition, you score a -2/2859.
Time for the speed round…
- Death: The High Cost of Living (Vertigo, TPB): 4.8/5!
- Sandman: The Dream Hunters (Vertigo, TPB): 4/5
- Peeling a Clementine this morning only to realise it was kind of moldy: shit-all/5
- Not being able to find the length of tube I was using to siphon water out of my fish tank, causing my fish to live in filth: :(/5
- The fact that it is January 4th and we've accumulated only about a quarter-inch of snow: depressing/5.
- Properly html-ing an unorganised list to keep this list looking fancy, and realising it breaks the css and looks shit: jonfixit/5. (fixed now -Jons)
In the coming days, I will actually probably maybe possibly review some things for serious. But, this will do for now.
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