Things I Want (or Need) to Know

Megan and Harry asked Queen Elizabeth for permission to name their new daughter after the Queen.  My daughter’s name is Elizabeth.  Was I supposed to ask?

I understood when the price of gasoline went up after the Colonial Pipeline was shut down.  But it reopened a while ago and prices went up again.  Why was that?

Sirius XM is running a promotion, where your device works for free until tomorrow.  Why aren’t those of us already subscribing included in a few free days?  And how come they’re only advertising this on Sirius XM?

When you write out a year, you do it like this: “2021.”  When you write out a number, you do it like this: “2,021.”  What’s wrong with a little consistency?

It just occurred to me that it’s been years since I heard from Rachel at Card Member Services.  I hope she’s alright.  Has she called you recently?

I understand targeted advertising.  It is an invasion of privacy, but a small one and sometimes it’s even useful to me as a consumer.  However, I just purchased a new camera case.  Now, almost all the targeted advertising I’m seeing is encouraging me to buy a new camera case.  What good does that do?

Author: Tom

I know by ABC's, I can write my name, and I can count to 100.