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If you pull the front seats all the way up to the dash the cargo space in the van is exactly 4×8


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Someone should class action Sear’s collections

So I was a Craftsman kid. Loved their tools! Bought my ladder and washer and dryer at Sears. I was well into paying off the Sears credit card when all hell broke lose. So, back in 2000, I had a little bit of a breakdown. Breakdowns come and breakdown go. What I did about it was quit reading my mail for the better part of a year. Your creditors really don’t like that. Since 2000, Sears has taken a $900 bill and increased it to over $4000 with not a single purchase. Since my home phone went away they have made at least two calls to my parents house. Now, these people have no business with Sears. They are in no way associated with my account. Such calls are harassment, an invasion of their privacy, and absolutely a total disrespect for my privacy.

I decided to call Sears and request the removal their number from the collection database. The response I received from the rude person on the phone was, "deal with it!" When I prompted for his employee id number and a way to file a complaint he hung up on me. My second attempt to call them from Skype failed (blocked?) There should be a way to counter this but that employee will go unchecked and frankly Sears doesn’t care. Really, the people this most directly affects are the least capable of bringing change. How can the working poor afford a class action suit against a giant?

One recourse, we all could quit shopping at Sears! Yeah boycott! Another might be that we all quit paying their bills but that’s as absurb as not buying gas for one day and thinking that gas prices would change. Here’s hoping karma comes into play.

Apparently the $165 million dollar punishment Sears received in 1997 has not been very effective in changing their collection practices.

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The Inheritance Books

Christopher Paolini began writing Eragon when he graduated from high school at the age of 15. Eragon and the second book in the Inheritance series, Eldest, captivated me. I shunned responsibility to absorb chapter after chapter. Book 3 is scheduled to release Summer 2007. That will be a long wait! And I will have to fight Tommy for first read. Eragon the movie is airing its trailer now and will be in theaters on December 15, 2006.

Eragon is an epic story of a farm boy’s travels in a land with dragons, elves, dwarves, and humans ruled by an all powerful overlord complete with allegiances, underground resistances, ancient broken promises, and magic. The book is riveting with unexpected plot twists that wrench at your sympathies. I must balance that statement by pointing out at times I felt the story was somewhat formulaic as attempted to guess its direction; however, it never failed to disappoint. I give it a high recommendation and suggest reading the book before seeing the movie.