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Psychotic blogger in the wild

So here I sit. Savouring the last of my double full fat Swiss cheese, triple ham, French’s classic yellow mustard, on wholemeal. Thinking and musing. You know, I think to myself, I was a real dick. My endless agitation over the poor Telstra coverage at home and our in-store embarrassment ended in almost hysterical fervor and, to be honest, ended with me achieving just slightly more than hypertension and disharmony at home. Yep, I was a dick. Read the rest of this entry →

Big business is such a complex beast of many heads and separate brains. One head speaks to the public, selling wares and providing the Ryan Gosling-esque white toothed grin of confidance. Another is the elusive, complex and often brilliant mastermind, finding solutions and planning new creations. They don’t often speak to each other and this often shows. So continues the drama with Telstra that began months ago. Read the rest of this entry →

As a bit of a follow up to my ongoing drama with Australia’s premium mobile communications provider, Telstra, I’ve done a couple of tests.

I’d said that we’d moved from another carrier to Telstra to fix the issues that we’d had with poor coverage – but alas the issues have continued – only this time we’re paying a premium for it. At this point I may be acting like a dog with a bone but the solutions offered have been both less than appealing as well as seriously insulting. Read the rest of this entry →

Boy I’m getting into an aggravated and militant mood. Yesterday it was Telstra and their unwillingness to assist a customer and today it’s the Japanese and those infernal whalers. I’m all about the grrr at the moment. So what’s got me riled this time?

Well as it turns out, at least according to the Sea Shepherd captain when interviewed on The Project and in this The Age article, the Japanese government is handing over $28.5 million dollars to support the Japanese whaling fleet. This money had been slated to be spent on the recovery efforts post Japan’s March natural disasters. Read the rest of this entry →