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That was my dream as an eight year old too. I had actually mapped out a plan of attack at my local TRU. I would get pissed when they showed the videos of the kids who won running from the back of the store to the front of the store pushing a single bike each time instead of just horking...

They won't. You'll get a corporate-speak version of "go piss up a rope. we told you the rules and reminded you when the deadline approached."

So I guess I get to add the obligatory "You were supposed to have been paying sales taxes on all online purchases all along, you just weren't supposed to do it at the point of sale." By law, you should have kept track of all your purchases and then paid back the state along with your annual...

I've seen them here in central IL in both the Target and a central IL grocery chain. They were $.99 and every one had a buy one get one hanger on it.

Dude, get some perspective. The problem came up Saturday night and you lost access the room for only two nights? That's impressive service, not "forever". If this had happened in the ceiling of the bedroom in the house you owned, would you really expect everything to be fixed by Sunday...

Maybe its only the campuses that have exclusive pouring rights with Coke and not Pepsi. Univ. of IL is Coke territory.

Don't forget that rent will at a minimum be several hundred-low thousand dollars a month. Utilities will be several hundred dollars a month. Insurance will be a couple hundred. Replacing broken and stolen games/systems will be variable, but presumably another expense. If you hire someone...

Okay, its new that you are supposed to pay at point-of-sale, but its not new that you are supposed to pay sales tax on all online purchases. If you haven't been paying when you file your state income tax forms, you've been breaking the law. Nice to know you agree with me. Both B&M and...

I'm just amused at all of the outrage from people who think this is some new jackass policy or new money-grubbing from the state government when if you haven't already been paying the tax you've been breaking the law for years now. As to your other point, the packages you order don't magically...

Not for nothing, but weren't you all supposed to be paying sales tax on everything you bought online anyways for years now? Here in IL, and I assume with you in CA you were supposed to pay all sales tax on online purchases when you filled you state income tax form. If so, this isn't really a...

You believe you are the first to think of this? Returning the game (w/ a receipt) negates the giftcard. I forget what the exact policy is, but you will either have to return the unused giftcard at the same time or they won't take the return at all.

If you want the real medical answer, its you go to get the booster if you suffer a deep puncture wound and its been more than 5 years since your last booster. In the 5-10 year range since your last booster you are probably, but not definitely covered. More than 10 years, probably not. Full...

I just finished beating Enslaved last night. (Rented it for free from UI's library). The gameplay/story itself was kinda meh, but I thought how the post-apocalyptic world was created was very well done. I guess I have the videogame equivalent of not really liking a movie, but totally...

I hope not. This was 40 minutes I should have been studying for my Med School Pathology Final Exam tomorrow morning.

Incidentally, they had the new Family Guy Star Wars DVD for 375 and Season 5 of Its Always Sunny DVD for 275. Not sure if they are actually new additions (they're new to me), and it gives me something to spend points on rather than more Coke Zero. On a side note, its going to be a bitch to...

Thanks. Just spent 1200 points on my account and 300 on my mother's account. That should be enough Coke Zero to get me through 2011.

For what its worth I bought to give to my wife and distract her on Black Friday and just printed it out. On the coupon, it explicitly says that it can be redeemed at any US location. This was a minor concern for me as it was available from a Florida group.

That's the idea. If they have 10 of these TV sets, they have tickets for the first 10 people in line who want to buy them. If you aren't in the first 10, too damn bad. The idea is to mitigate the danger of the mad crush into the store. And no, Best Buy isn't going to hold an item for you...

Unless she was going to murder you in your sleep the next evening, thus making it an incredibly lucky escape. Just sayin'.

I've actually experienced an uptick in completely legible codes being rejected as invalid too. They don't make the link to the contact customer service completely obvious, but I can find it with a minute of fiddling on the website. If it helps, here's the exact phrasing of the emails I send...