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Category: rant

  • Iroquois is for Runners, or How to Ruin the Best Half Marathon in the Country

    The Course In Question Go to the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon/miniMarathon page for the course map. Where I’m Coming From I’m a runner with modest ability.  I never ran track or cross country in high school.  I barely finished the mile fitness test my freshman year in high school. Those PE exercises and recess games…

  • Do you really want me as a customer?

    Don’t make me log in or create an account just to place my order. Don’t make me do a password reset just because I haven’t logged in and I’ve forgotten my password.  If you absolutely insist on doing a password reset, do this instead: Take my email and password + repeat password, regardless of whether…

  • Just got a cold call offering web design services…

    I did a reverse phone number look-up using Google on the phone number on caller ID. [using “xxx xxx xxxx” including quotes as a search term.] Their contact page is at the bottom of the first page of results. The [Order Now] button on that page brings up: If I hadn’t been cold called on…