Shows We Saw in 2003

Wow, we saw a lot of shows in 2003:

  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, University of Virginia, June 21
  • The Sound of Music, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, July
  • Four shows at The Lazy Susan
  • Once Upon a Mattress, Fall
  • MacBeth, Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, November
  • Lysistrata, Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, April
  • The Birds, Northern Virginia Community College, Manassas, April
  • Le Miserables, National Theater
  • Oliver, Riverside Dinner Theater

ValPak

I just realized my Form 1500 application for Valpak got ignored by the USPS as well. Luckily, their web site has an opt-out form: ValPak Opt-Out.

And then I discovered as I was filling in the opt-out form, the USPS gave me someone else’s mail! That must be against the law! I hope no one is getting my mail.

Comcast

Isn’t it amazing that of the five (5!) Applications for Prohibitory Order that I’ve filed against Comcast Cable, that none of them have even been acknowledged by the USPS? I guess when I file the next one, I need to send it with a Return Receipt requested, so I will know that the Processing Center has received the application.

And isn’t it amazing that Comcast sends their spew from mailing addresses all across the country?

AT&T and Slamming

AT&T slammed me a few months ago. I made the huge mistake of giving them my street address when I called their slamming resolution center. I am now gettings tons of junk mail addressed to me as a “former AT&T customer.” Now I know if I ever get slammed, don’t give my mailing address to the phone company.

Luckily, I was able to get a prohibitory order againt AT&T from sending me more of their garbage.

Form 1500 records

I’ve been updating my stack of receipts from the Post Office Form 1500 applications I’ve filed. Over 25 companies are now banned from sending me mail. 🙂 Unfortunately the idiots at the local Post Office don’t believe that anyone would not want that stuff, so I am still getting the Advo Shopwise garbage. I just wrote a letter to my local postmaster asking that he remind my carrier that delivering mail without an address card is illegal.

To get off of the Advo mailing list, call 1-888-241-6760. Or file your own Form 1500.

Review: Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Filmed on location in Eastern Europe, this 1971 musical based on Sholem Aleichem’s stories was a smash on Broadway, Fiddler on the Roof is a true crowd-pleaser. Israeli actor Topol mesmerizes as Tevye, humble father of three strong-willed daughters in the Russian village of Anatevka. His self-imposed task: Preserve Jewish heritage at all costs.

A wonderful movie, very convincing, and enjoyable. The extras on the DVD were great. Listening to the director’s comments while watching the 3 hour movie again was long, but added a lot of details to the movie-making prcess. I definitely recommend this movie.

PlanetMike.com Relaunched

Well, I think I’m basically ready to put the new design to PlanetMike online for the world to laugh at, no I mean, to enjoy. Although I’m not totally happy with it, it is better than the older version. Plus it has lots of new content. And the new site will then be my old site, so I can start working on my new-new site. Does that all make sense? Enjoy.

Reading

“People never read. But if they do read, they don’t understand. And if they understand, they forget.”
–Stanislav Lem