USPS Still Sucks, Genius Parents, and A Mile-High Felony

It's too hot to sleep! Time for another blog entry!

Quick-hitters:

- Hey Amy, thank you for providing me with yet another piece of evidence that bowling is not a sport. Bowling can't possibly be considered a sport if alcohol serves as a performance enhancer :P

- I'm happy to hear that I'm not the only one getting reamed by Time Warner Cable. Check out this story over at Consumerist.

- Gosh, I missed the last two episodes of Heroes and The Riches! Does that make me no longer a fan of either show?

- Papa John's is offering a large 1-topping pizza for 99c when you purchase one large specialty pizza at regular menu price! Spinach alfredo, chicken, and tomato pizza + a pepperoni thin crust pizza FTW!

(Did I mention that it was really hot?)

- A bit of an update to my USPS story, from yesterday: after calling back the Lafayette, CA post office a number of times, they were finally able to tell me that the package was "most likely" on its way back to me. It better be "most likely" on its way back, as much as I am "most likely" really upset at USPS for the snafu.

I called USPS' general hotline about possibly getting my money back for the postage on the misdelivered package. Here's a transcript of our conversation:

Me: Hi. [spiel about the mess up]. Would it be possible for me to get my money back on the postage, since it was no fault of my own?
CS: Normally, what we do is try to forward the package to the correct address.
Me: Ok. Well, what if the package does, indeed, get sent back to me?
CS: Normally, what we do is try to forward the package to the correct address.
Me: Well, the Lafayette, CA post office said that they returned the package to the sender, and I am the sender!
CS: Normally, what we do is try to forward the package to the correct address.
Me: (at this point I'm seething) You're not answering the question! Will I be able to get my money back on the shipping, if it comes back to me, as the Lafayette, CA post office said it would?
CS: You can take it up with your local post office! Thank you for calling!

Why didn't the rep say that at the very beginning???

And no, the first three lines the CS told me were not meant to be a joke. She nearly said all three lines verbatim.

- Check out this video, of a baby playing with a cobra. That video is absolutely sickening; I would never let my child play with a cobra; at least, I wouldn't let him play with a cobra unarmed. The parents should have given the baby a gun to defend himself, like any responsible parent would do in that situation. Seriously, how the hell is this a good idea? "Most likely," the parents deserve to be sterilized for this act.

- A man was convicted of a felony for interfering with flight attendants and crew members on a Southwest Airlines flight, and could face up to twenty years in prison. Apparently, he and his girlfriend were getting too affectionate with each other, and that made the other individuals on the plane uncomfortable. The man was asked to stop, and he allegedly threatened a flight attendant twice. On the one hand, twenty years in prison for lots of kissing on a flight? Are you kidding me? Drug trafficking, manslaughter, and assault charges probably don't add up to twenty years combined! On the other hand, in this post-9/11 world, how stupid can the guy be to threaten flight attendants?

Actually, this story gives me a great idea. The next time a kid throws a major temper tantrum on a flight, and acts threateningly towards a flight attendant (we could be real generous with the definition of "acting threateningly"), he should be eligible for jail time. First of all, I'd much rather deal with an affectionate couple for an entire flight than one PITA brat. More importantly, what if a kid was arrested for such an act, and given jail time? Parents all across the country could threaten their kid, saying "if you keep acting up, you could end up in prison!"

I'm genuinely excited at the (miniscule) possibility of something like this happening. Maybe this is what the country needs for our youths to start shaping up.

"Most likely," I'm going to bed. Happy blogging!