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Gripes, Page 9

Things that get my goat

Congressional Bill-slipping

Congress, like the weather, is one of those things we all complain about, but really don’t do…well, you know. My complaints about …

WNBA Rules Changes for 2006

Just a few quick comments on yesterday’s announcement of some rules changes in the WNBA.

Cell Phone Contracts

I held off getting a cell phone for a long time. I’m not a big fan of phones in general–I’m famous for …

You Want Wings With That?

I was scanning through some news stories about the U.S., Canada, Israel, and a whole grab-bag of others. Over and over you …

Last year, when I saw the Tennessee Women’s Basketball Team take to the court with no jersey personalization–after years with names on player’s uniforms–I was deeply saddened. 2004 will forever be, for me, the year when women’s sports took a small step backward.

CD/DVD recordable discs

This is something that’s just killing me…I’m having a devil of a time finding DVD+RW discs that my recorder and players are happy with. Time was that NameBrand-M discs worked like a dream. Now I get disc errors almost all the time when recording.

Credit Sharks

Here’s another one of those things that Congress needs to address, but won’t: the practices of the consumer lending industry. There once was a time when going to a loan shark was considered to be a really stupid thing to do, but compared to what the “legitimate” credit industry is getting away with, that’s no longer the case.