Netflix Frequent Renter Throttling

You have probably read about the tactics of Netflix to "Throttle" frequent renters by now. If you haven't, it has been discovered that Netflix slows down the turnaround time for DVDs for customers that watch a certain number of movies. Well, I believe that I have been throttled. It takes on average 2 days longer for them to receive and send me out a new movie. Plus, recently about 20% of the movies I've received have been damaged or otherwise unwatchable due to scratches or big gouges in the disc. I'm not going to quit yet, but this is definitely a disturbing trend. Does this happen to anyone else?

Bye Bye Geo

I sold my car this morning, the black one to the left. The people came, drove the car and loved it. Then they went to the bank to get the money. When they went to the bank, I washed the car so it looked pretty. About 20 minutes later, I get a phone call from them saying that they got into an accident on the way home from the bank! They ran into a parked car while trying to avoid a semi or something. Now... (in a Cosby style) I had told them that there was a problem with the sunroof leaking and I had fixed it. It hadn't leaked since Christmas. So I get in the car to go pick them up, and whaddya know?? the sunroof leaks all over me and the car so the inside of the car is all wet when I pick her up from the accident. She gave me the check and then the car started leaking again on the check. Great. However, she still wanted the car, gave me the check and was really happy about everything. eep.

The Jam of the Year

Our jam from Trader Joe's recently ran out, and since we don't have a TJ's here, we thought we'd go to the local store to find a good jam. Nope. All had these crazy ingredients like FRUCTOSE (he he to Dave Quinn). No, seriously, all jam needs is berries, pectin, sugar and lemon juice. The jams with only those ingredients were like $4.50 for a small bottle. To make a long story short, we decided to make our own jam. Simple recipe... 1 3/4 cup sugar, 10-12 oz berries, 3 oz liquid fruit pectin and 1 tbs of lemon juice. Then cook for an hour. The tricky part is putting it in the jars. You have to sterilize them by boiling, then put the jam inside. Then you cap them and invert for 5 minutes. Then you let them cool in their normal upright state. You hear a "pop" which means the the lid is airtight and it is ready for storage. Our first jam was blackberry. Mmmmm... it was sooo good.

So, a not so interesting post, but it's what's on my mind today.