I just tried to enter publisher clearing house sweepstakes

and major FAIL. If you are reading this... the pch.com or publisher's clearing house online entry is a complete joke. Maybe I was entering with the wrong browser but I do not think so. I went through dozens of screens by skipping the offers only to return back in the progress screen. Than the entry seemed to disappear by redirecting me to some other website like for surveys and stuff (WHERE IS MY ENTRY?). So after doing all of backs and going further back into the history I gave up because it never verified my entry. It was a very confusing experience. No big loss since the end date is in february 2012. That is Over 2 years!!! to wait to know if you won. At least it caused me to make a very hateful blog post about it.

Almost scammed near Cooper Square

This is the first time I almost got involved in a crime/scam on the streets of Manhattan. This is a new one though so get ready to read closely. I was walking at Cooper Square between east 7 toward east 6 (just across from the village voice office in the park area.) and some black guy quickly walks ahead of me. Suddenly he sees a bus (I saw out of service flashing) and he runs toward my direction to presumably catch the out of service bus. Suddenly I notice a nick on my right hand and glasses fell on the street. Funny how this jerk is holding glasses. I say sorry by impulse though I don't see how I could have touch anything of his. He is around 20-30s? with stupid chin hair, picks up the glasses and says it's cool.

I take no notice of him anymore and walk across the street a little further off the Village Voice and I look back and notice the asshole walking toward me showing me the broken glasses with a very large crack on the left lense(not possible by the way from someone who's had over 10 pairs in the last 10 years. The mostly polycarbonate and very rare glass lenses do not crack like that unless it's fake). I do not realize this but I was not having any of that and continue walking saying it's not my fault.

The jerk than has the nerve to tell me to watch my back. You believe that crap? So be careful. Unfortunately nothing can be done because it's a victimless crime. That's so sad that garbage like that can go do shit like that so next time though I'm tempted to call 911 just so something can be done and definately safer cause garbage like that is always violent. Oh well, that's a new one.

a godaddy ripoff report

This is an anniversary of how godaddy.com ripped me off with a service called "Domain Alert Pro Backordering". The price wasn't that expensive if it manages to successfully backorder a domain since it includes the registration and at that time I wanted to watch a particular domain. For an extra 10 dollars to be able to order an expiring domain is a pretty big deal but that never happened because it failed twice. First on the domain that I wanted and second on a domain expiring that month. Since a failure means a domain is renewed for a year.

The caveat is that the backorder system is only a years service. If you are just setting it up to watch one domain than you will most likely lose out in the godaddy system which other people can place the same backorder. So now after the first year you must pay a 5 dollar additional year auction service for the backorder to work. Than if your backorder is still not done in 3 years you lose that credit.

Well after getting suckered by godaddy I no longer use any of their services except maybe promotional items for domain transfers where I save a few bucks but than I immediately transfer 30 days later so godaddy will not hold my domains hostage because they really make money off their useless services. Not their domain registration which just sucks you in. If domains are important to you I suggest you find a dedicated domain registration provider.