Timewaster's Guide Archive

I'm sure the ninja monkeys will eventually find shelter in the kitchen cabinets. Still, it is a sad situation for the ninja monkeys. Maybe they should move to Europe?

I like warm weather more than cold weather. I have nothing against mildly-cold weather, but I've spent enough time in the cold, sub-zero mid-west that I'm ready for milder winters. 42, you could have joyfully experienced such bitterly-cold weather if you would have visited me in the mid-west while I lived there.

Today in Colorado, the sun is out and it is in the mid-70s. I like it when the weather is like this.

I've read Mere Christianity a couple of time. It is fair to say that it introduces some of the major core beliefs of christianity but it does give some secular beliefs. Overall, I would recommend Mere Christianity because C.S. Lewis was a very good author.

I'm not really grump but I've been sent to this string from the "ya for the employed" string because I am unemployed. I hate not having a paying job (perferrable high paying job). In addition, I just had to pay for my oldest son to have surgery on his ears (as my wife and I recently found out that he was deaf and not just ignoring us). In addition, I'm finding all sorts of other things that are sucking away at the saving accounts faster than I can account for them. I think that a soon as I because unemployed, the world conspires to drain any finacial saving that I had.

I agree with Ookla. Eddings hasn't really written anything like Elantris that I know of. The review might have been referring to similarities in writing style but I think it was simply someone who considers all fatasy novels to be the same. Anyways the review compaing Elantris to Eddings' works is obviously not very credible.

Does being a plasma donor count as being employed?

Actually, if someone is selling services that are objectively unreasonable (either because the are worthless or excessively priced) then they can face potential civil and criminal lawsuits.

For example: many companies sell credit protection that will provide absolutely no service to the consumer. For those companies that really do nothing, they can be convicted for criminal fraud (or larceny by trick). However, these companies tend to disappear before a state attorney general gets around to prosecuting them. If the service is not entirely worthless but excessive then the company could face civil lawsuits for violation of consumer protection acts or lawsuits based on tort or contract law.

In addition, if the price is objectively excessive (to the point were no reasonable person would sign the contract), then the contract is voidable. However, convincing a judge that a contract is unreasonable or excessive is difficult as the judge probable makes over $120,000 a year and probably took a paycut to become a judge. Wealthy people (like judges, lawyers, and doctors) seem to be willing to pay just about anything for everything.

Anyways, enough on contract law.