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I know there are worse things happening in the world (the Iraq war for one) but these kinds of stories just make me feel so sorry for people.

This 78 year old woman saved for 10 years to go on an Alaskan cruise through Princes Cruise Lines. She let Princess book the air flights and ended up with this tortuous route through three different flights.

Well, something went wrong and she ended up missing the cruise. It’s Princess Cruise Lines policy to keep all the money. Apparently that’s an industry standard. The airline refunded the money but since PCL booked the flights, they’re keeping that too.

What PCL did might be legal but I don’t know how a corporation, which after all is made up of people, can be so heartless. I can’t imagine the disappointment of saving $250 a year, over 10 years for something that gets snatched away from you, along with the money.

How do corporations become so sociopathic?

Story vie the Consumerist

…. at least temporarily.

Brenda and I went to Tremont to get pizza from Edison’s only to find out the at the deli is closed for renovation. The bar is still open but…. no food.

I don’t know that I got the complete story but there’s been some upset in ownership at the deli. Someone involved in the deli is opening a new place nearby, but I don’t remember where and someone else will be re-opening the deli.

The unanswered question is…. which location will be making that pizza?

I mentioned sometime ago that I was working on a music podcast/blog. It’s almost ready to go. I’ve shown a few people for feedback but I’ve not widely announced it yet.

However, about a week ago, I started to receive comment spam, about one a day, all drug related. I have it set up so that comments are moderated unless it’s a commenter who’s been previously approved so no comment spam has actually appeared but they still come.

Spam is so cheap to send that I don’t suppose their lack of success in getting their ad on my site will ever deter them. Once they find a blog to spam it’s far cheaper to just keep spamming than it would be to check to see which sites are accepting the spam. So I imagine I’m stuck with it forever.

Still I feel a little freaked to have been “discovered”. The spammer community LOVES my music!

I wonder if there’s a way to change the comment link so that it’s easy for a person to see and access but spam bots would be confused?

… if it’s the last thing we ever doooooo!

Post sunset to the west

Post sunset to the east

And we’re eating

Look you can see the sun right through the federal building

Yes, we’re still here. Working and waiting on our food.

and the other direction

Except for us. We just ordered food.

West view

East view