An Insolent Southern Man

Okay, I know it doesn't sound all that grand, but she said that all she wanted was an under-the-cabinet mounted can opener. She told me this a week before Christmas. I've been to 38 stores in 3 cities in two separate states. I've called about a dozen more. Even the Black & Decker outlet store doesn't have them. What am I to do? I hate giving gift cards. To me, giving someone a gift card is like saying, "Hey. Merry Christmas and all that. Here's how much you're worth to me." If the gift isn't called for or expected, then a gift card will suffice. I don't think you should give your mom a gift card as a primary gift for Christmas. If you disagree, then that's fine. I just don't feel like it's something I could do.

I read Lifehacker everyday. I've used it as a trusted source for tips and tricks for quite a while now. Today, I read an article about keeping your inbox spam free. Those if you who know me, know that I've been having problems now with spam and my yahoo! powered @bellsouth accounts now for the last couple of months. So, I thought after reading the article on Lifehacker, that I would beat spam to the punch by signing up for this service. I really should have did a little homework first. If you Google "Boxbe" you'll find a lot of people complaining that the service has apparently failed.

I want to apologize to anyone that might have received any messages on my behalf regarding this service. I have opted out, and closed my account. Hopefully, that will be the end of it. Again, sorry for any inconvenience or intrusion this has incurred.

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