Note to Whirlpool

For those of you who have kept up with things around our home, you realize we currently have the anti-Midas touch. Basically everything we touch...falls apart! Let's see, since November we've had the following breakdowns: Our fridge, clothes dryer, Laura's cell phone and our van. Not to mention the vehicle I'm driving is not exactly running at peak efficiency. Needless to say, we've incurred several expenses in recent months.

We've been pleased with our new Estate (made by Whirlpool) refrigerator - and on a side note, why isn't that word spelled with a 'd'? Fridge has the d...refrigerator does not, strange don't you think? I do have one qualm with our kitchen cooling unit, however. We now are able to get ice from the front of the fridge! Yes, that's right! For some of you, that's no big deal, but you must understand I've opened up my freezer door all my life to get a few cubes and now it's available right there at the front of the fridge...amazing! Cool (what a horrible pun)! I don't like it!

I should like it, but here's my problem. There are 2 choices -- cubes and a 'shaved/crushed' ice selection. I like cubes, my spouse likes her ice crushed. When I approach the machine and try to obtain a few cubes, there are always small pieces of ice still left in the dispenser from the last time my lovely bride got ice. Hence, I end up with a mixture of cubes/ice shavings. This disturbs me greatly.

So, here's my solution offered to Whirlpool so they can solve similar dilemmas popping up in kitchens across America. Get rid of the crushed ice option! Normally, I like to compromise but I'm standing up for the safety of this nation's youth! Who wants their young people drinking from glasses that contain sharp, jagged, pointy objects? Cubes are much safer - I'm calling them the family-friendly option. I shall enjoy my lukewarm beverage in protest to this injustice!

Pearl of Wisdom

First, allow me to apologize. I've become one of those people. You know the kind. Folks who maintain a website, in this case a blog, and fail to update it in a timely manner. I deserve to be drawn and quartered, given lashes with a wet noodle and taken behind the woodshed for a good, sound beating. Or perhaps the kind admonishment from a loyal reader in Lafayette was enough. Let me assure you, I have many things to blog about. Hopefully in 2008, I'll do a better job putting the fingers to the keyboard. I know many of you are itching to know what's on my mind!

For now, I'll leave you with the following tidbit from someone who shall remain anonymous. It's an actual quote from someone dear to me: "People remember you when you go to their funerals."