And neither is that of our pets. This is what comes of defunding regulatory agencies and allowing companies to merge and aggregate resources.
Both of our cats are fine and do not appear to be showing any signs of illness. As recommended by the vet, we’ve been feeding them dry kibble as a morning meal [...]

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Fish sticks have recently been added to our diet, if you can call it that. Fish sticks are relatively innoffensive, although I can’t say I’ve eaten them regularly since I was, oh, ten. They’re fine as long as you don’t think too hard about what that “minced fish” might be. It’s something of a leap [...]

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Just heard back from Amazon about the “pirated DVDs”:http://www.thudfactor.com/wordpress/2007/01/03/duped/ I received on January 3rd. After “preventing me from filing a complaint”:http://www.thudfactor.com/wordpress/2007/01/09/still-duped/ for two and a half weeks, Amazon took an additional eleven days to process my claim and provide my refund. The “seller’s rating”:http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html/?seller=A1HTW1OILO37L4 is down to 64% but I doubt it will fall much [...]

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We order a lot of stuff online. Sometimes we get !!!EXXXTREEEM!!! !!!PACKAGING!!!.
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The above doesn’t look extreme. But “see the four-photo set”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/thudfactor/sets/72157594510268802/ to get a look at what was _inside_ this Office Depot box.

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And now for another entry in our continuing series: Crap I Don’t Need.

What you’re seeing above is the Altoid tin I picked up on a recent grocery store trip. I’m a pretty big fan of Altoids and a compulsive enough eater of them that I try not to keep them in reach. But the prospect [...]

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