December 19, 2008 – 3:10 pm
Wondering what little Christmas extra you can buy for the man in your life? You know, that perfect last-minute unique kind of gift that will tell him that you love him?
“Of course, Michelle,” I hear you all cry. “But what does that have to do with Meaty Men?”
Well, let’s just say that I am not [...]
December 15, 2008 – 11:22 pm
Everyone makes mistakes. Even huge international stores. But, as customers who are human beings, too, we’re usually understanding and polite as long as the mistake is rectified asap and with good customer care. Am I right?
So you know I hinted here about poor No-Longer-Teenager-No#1’s bad week with a bunch of totally incompetent customer services reps? [...]
December 11, 2008 – 5:14 pm
. . . Strides ruthlessly through my front-garden bushes and flowerbed every day from the house to the left of mine, instead of using the footpath like everyone else. Even when he doesn’t have any mail for me. See, it’s a shortcut to the house to the right of mine, too, so, of course, he [...]
December 10, 2008 – 7:48 pm
Linda C, from Ontario, Canada wins a signed copy of Confessions of a Serial Dater! It will be in the mail to her soon.
Meanwhile, I’ve added a new contest question and am giving away more free books. Please drop by my contest and enter!
Thanks to all for playing. . .
Michelle
December 8, 2008 – 8:49 pm
So for nearly the past week No-Longer-Teenager-No#1 has been getting a great deal of stress and worry and crass stupidity from a completely incomptent team of customer services reps who work for a huge international office supplies/computer company. At some point I am going to blog the story here (unbelievable stuff!), but for now I [...]
December 6, 2008 – 6:09 pm
Most people who know me or read my books and blog will have realized by now that I love satire. Adore it. I’m always happy to poke gentle fun at myself, or at ideas I find ludicrous or unjust or harmful (like abstinence-only sex education, or Proposition 8 and similar), because laughter is one of [...]
December 4, 2008 – 8:12 pm
Or rather, I should say, my bloody awful mobile phone, because that’s what they’re called here in the UK.
But what are you doing in the UK, I hear you all cry. We thought you were in your new apartment in Rotterdam.
It’s a long story, but basically, a few weeks ago I moved into our new [...]