So I spent yesterday alternatively bitching about and making peace with Amazon. Then at the very end of the day I read this:
“Jeff Bezos was briefly the world’s richest person on Thursday. The recent surge in Amazon stock has pushed Bezos’ fortune to over $90 billion, vaulting him past Bill Gates.”
That came on the very day I got unreasonably quick delivery… and got pissed off. The. Same. Day.
It’s safe to say that Amazon is gonna’ do what it’s gonna’ do. It would be madness for the world’s richest man (however briefly) to listen to the whining of a hack blogger from Nowheresville. They’ll keep providing me with awesome goods I love and pissing me off by trying to sell me shit I glanced at two weeks ago. I’ll be buying shit from Amazon and periodically surfing with Brave whenever it annoys me for a long time to come.
P.S. Lawdog, if you’re listening (which is doubtful) thanks for the heads up on the pens. Love em!
I have not read the writings of Law Dog, so the pen reference is lost on me. My favorite writing instrument is the Montblanc G3, made with a Pilot H2 that feels nice in the fingers, along with a Montblanc Rollerball refill that writes incredibly smooth.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Save-$200-in-2-minutes-and-have-the-worlds-best-wr/
Richard, hie thee over to his place, thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com. Ian’s funny as hell, intelligent, & has a wealth of stories hilarious & maudlin (mostly the former, a few of the latter, and a couple which are both).
AC, I can say that Bezos didn’t get any of that from me. I’ve never bought anything from Nile, I mean Yalu, or whatever it is. Youghiogheny? Some damned creek or other.