Friday, October 5, 2007

When Irony is Rich

So, to continue the mattress theme....this website may have read my blog.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Yay! So, I finally got tired of the dithering around we've been doing over this mattress issue for the last few weeks, and did some more internet research yesterday. Turns out Macy's is having a really amazing mattress sale, and they carry Simmons Beauty Rest, which was the kind we wanted.

Mission accomplished for probably about 50% cheaper than the mattress we bought usually retails!

Yay - no more sleeping on the air mattress with a feather blanket as cushion on top of the POS posing as sleep substrate!

If you need a mattress, I suggest you consult Macy's between now and the end of the sale!

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Buying Mattresses...

So, Super Thin Man and I need a new mattress. This didn't seem like a complicated purchase to me-you go, lie down on a couple of the things, buy one, and get them to bring it to your house. Bonus points if they will also remove the sagging POS currently posing as a sleep substrate.

Well. I was wrong.

First off: There are about 1000 different kinds of mattress from probably 50-ish different manufacturers.

Second: One person who will be using said mattress is slender and tall-ish and gets upper back and shoulder pain from sleeping. Since this person is so slender, there is the issue of their shoulders being much wider than their hips, so the upper back takes all the weight... The other person is...ahem...curvy and a little bit shorter, therefore having lower back pain because their body takes the weight quite differently. This results in each of these people finding different mattresses which are comfortable for them.

Third: Mattress stores are creepy. They only ever have one staff member working and rarely ever have any other customers in the store. As a consequence when a customer walks in they are practically hounded by the lonely associate and are forced to lie down on all the mattresses (an oddly intimate thing to be doing in public...) in front of a complete stranger who is trying to sell you stuff. This sets off the creepy factor quite well.

Fourth: MY GOD. You could buy a decent used CAR for what a mattress costs. And the comfy ones are all even MORE expensive. Damn. Just...Damn.

Fifth: One can find better deals online, as well as see a much wider variety of mattresses, but you cannot test them online. This is a problem. See Point 2.

So, I suppose the solution is to grin and bear the creepiness of the deserted mattress stores to find the one you like, then go online to actually buy the thing.

Sigh.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Then again...

By The Way, I have several much more important posts, but for now I'm not able to concentrate on work, much less this....

Yew Wand

The following wand has chosen YOU:
Yew; Demiguise Hair; 13 and 1/2 inches

-Associated with both death and rebirth
-Enhance magical and psychic abilities
-Especially suited to spells of transfiguration
-The user of this wand must be extremely careful of its innate, destructive workings
Which Magic Wand Are You Destined To Pick?

Sure, why not?!

Your Score: 12", Holly, Dragon

You scored 42 wisdom, 33 bravery, 21 emotional, and 16 martyrdom!

Holly is a powerful protective wood that good for use against evil, but it also represents dreams and fertility. Your dragon's heartstring core makes your wand very effective in hexes.

Link: The Harry Potter Wand Test written by sputnik845 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test