Holy poop, I won something... (aka, Thanks, WLRH!)

BLOT: (11 Jun 2014 - 08:27:09 PM)

Holy poop, I won something... (aka, Thanks, WLRH!)

Ok, truthfully, I'm not exactly the kind of guy to enter contests, so when I say that I'm not the sort of guy to win contests, it is a bit of a self-fulfilling identity. Still, I do occasionally enter, and rarely win, so bear with me, Dear Reader, as I present this awesome picture...

That's a year-long family membership to the Huntsville Museum of Art, four tickets to the Space and Rocket Center, and a pound of coffee from the Kaffeeklatsch. Since Sarah and I are the kind of people that love to visit the museum, have been wanting to visit the Space and Rocket Center, and [at least in her case] the kind of people who love Kaffeeklatsch coffee (I'm much more of a Kaffeeklatsch tea person); this is really cool. It's like a slightly late birthday gift for me, hitting on several things that I enjoy about Huntsville. We won it through WLRH's weekly Blast giveaway, where, as part of the Blast podcast, they hand out tickets to events and other sundry. I've entered a couple of times in the past (and so has Sarah), but this is the first time it's paid off. I've needed some positive thought juice, so this is excellent timing. This Saturday, Sarah and I will have bit of a day-about-town. It has been forever since I've seen an IMAX movie, so I'm excited about that, too.

On the less good side of things, the missing post office package I blogged about several weeks ago is still in an unknown state. Which is to say that the book has never resurfaced. The seller on Amazon Marketplace has basically refused to refund it. He did send me an insurance claim form which I turned in. And the Claims Office denied it because despite going to the post office three or four times to talk about a stolen/missing page, it was never noted on the delivery record, so the Claims Office went "Um, it was delivered" and I got to explain the whole situation, again. I might be screwed here, which really sucks, since of all the people who are partially responsible for this, the one person who paid money for the item is the one person who is trying to get it resolved. And failing, because everyone else seems to be washing their hands of it. Ah well, I know whom not to order from on Amazon (and the stuff I order is in a small enough field that such information comes in handy). I know to regularly check shipping status so I can respond immediately next time. I know what sort of stuff to send the post office right off the bat. I'll learn from it.

And, for now, I'll focus on the positive. Like looking forward to seeing a movie about pretty space scenery. Ooooh. Ahhhhh.

Me in 2014

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