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		<title>NYC photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In NYC with Louise for the weekend&#8230;annoying her by snapping pictures of people and things on the street. </p>
<p>In line at TCKTS for Rock of Ages tickets&#8230;looks like Times Square needs to be rebooted.</p>
<div id="attachment_1264" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://hyperdad.com/wpupload/2010/07/billboard404.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1264 " title="billboard404" src="http://hyperdad.com/wpupload/2010/07/billboard404-600x567.jpg" alt="Billboard with a 404 error message" width="600" height="567" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">404 - billboard not found</p></div>
<p>I wish this picture had come out better, but I was aiming, zooming, and crossing the street at the same time.</p>
<div id="attachment_1262" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 596px"><a href="http://hyperdad.com/wpupload/2010/07/formal_dogs.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1262 " title="formal_dogs" src="http://hyperdad.com/wpupload/2010/07/formal_dogs-586x600.jpg" alt="Girls in black dresses buying hot dogs" width="586" height="600" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">They must have cheap dates.</p></div>
<p>I love the guy doing the robot at the bottom left.  Every wedding photo should have a robot pose.</p>
<div id="attachment_1263" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://hyperdad.com/wpupload/2010/07/nyc_love.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1263 " title="nyc_love" src="http://hyperdad.com/wpupload/2010/07/nyc_love-600x509.jpg" alt="Wedding of love" width="600" height="509" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Post-nuptial fun at the Love sculpture on 6th Avenue</p></div>
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		<title>Fuddrucker&#8217;s nutritional information, some of it anyway</title>
		<link>http://hyperdad.com/2010/07/24/fuddruckers-nutritional-information-some-of-it-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Partial nutritional information for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://hyperdad.com/wpupload/2010/07/Fuddruckers1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1246" src="http://hyperdad.com/wpupload/2010/07/Fuddruckers1-200x119.jpg" alt="Fuddruckers logo" width="200" height="119" /></a>    Mmmm Fuddruckers.  We love us some Fuddruckers in our house.  We hadn&#8217;t been in a while, what with the wife trying to look even hotter in her bikini and with me being generally fat.  My interest in visiting was rekindled when I recently read somewhere that their veggie burgers are quite good.  I even read <a href="http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/nutrition-calories/food/fuddruckers/veggie-burger-with-bun/" target="_blank">on the internets </a>that their veggie burger with bun has only 170 calories!  Though I didn&#8217;t believe that I still wanted to try the veggie burger so we piled into the family truckster and headed to Fudds.</p>
<p>     It was good.  Mostly.  The veggie burger, not so much.  I washed the taste of it out of my mouth with onion rings and the usurial &#8220;daddy tax&#8221; I levied on the kids&#8217; milkshakes&#8230;standard practice when I&#8217;m buying the tasty treats.</p>
<p>     Unable to locate official nutritional information on Fudds food I contacted the company through their website.  They asked for which items, I answered, they provided:</p>
<blockquote><p>Here&#8217;s the available nutritional information you have requested:</p>
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<tr>
<td width="316"><strong>Menu Item</strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Total Calories (kcal)</strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Saturated Fat (g)</strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Sodium (mg)</strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Total Carbs<br />
(g)</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="316" valign="bottom">Original Burger, 1/3 lb</td>
<td width="47" valign="bottom">500</td>
<td width="53" valign="bottom">9</td>
<td width="44" valign="bottom">439</td>
<td width="35" valign="bottom">27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="316" valign="bottom">Veggie Burger, 1/2 lb with Wheat Bun</td>
<td width="47" valign="bottom">359</td>
<td width="53" valign="bottom">2</td>
<td width="44" valign="bottom">1114</td>
<td width="35" valign="bottom">63</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="316" valign="bottom">Turkey Burger, 1/2 lb with Wheat Bun</td>
<td width="47" valign="bottom">627</td>
<td width="53" valign="bottom">11</td>
<td width="44" valign="bottom">974</td>
<td width="35" valign="bottom">42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="316" valign="bottom">Original Grilled Chicken Sandwich</td>
<td width="47" valign="bottom">540</td>
<td width="53" valign="bottom">4</td>
<td width="44" valign="bottom">1074</td>
<td width="35" valign="bottom">38</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="316" valign="bottom">Kids Macaroni and Cheese (1 serving)</td>
<td width="47" valign="bottom">340</td>
<td width="53" valign="bottom">3</td>
<td width="44" valign="bottom">830</td>
<td width="35" valign="bottom">48</td>
</tr>
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<td width="316" valign="bottom">Fries, Small</td>
<td width="47" valign="bottom">296</td>
<td width="53" valign="bottom">3</td>
<td width="44" valign="bottom">572</td>
<td width="35" valign="bottom">36</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="316" valign="bottom">Onion Rings, Regular</td>
<td width="47" valign="bottom">566</td>
<td width="53" valign="bottom">6</td>
<td width="44" valign="bottom">1367</td>
<td width="35" valign="bottom">58</td>
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<td width="316" valign="bottom">Sweet Potato Fries</td>
<td width="47" valign="bottom">485</td>
<td width="53" valign="bottom">2</td>
<td width="44" valign="bottom">373</td>
<td width="35" valign="bottom">61</td>
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<td width="316" valign="bottom">Vanilla Shake</td>
<td width="47" valign="bottom">630</td>
<td width="53" valign="bottom">18</td>
<td width="44" valign="bottom">411</td>
<td width="35" valign="bottom">86</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="316" valign="bottom">Vanilla Shake with Malt</td>
<td width="47" valign="bottom">660</td>
<td width="53" valign="bottom">18</td>
<td width="44" valign="bottom">444</td>
<td width="35" valign="bottom">91</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="316" valign="bottom">Cookies N Cream Shake</td>
<td width="47" valign="bottom">677</td>
<td width="53" valign="bottom">18</td>
<td width="44" valign="bottom">591</td>
<td width="35" valign="bottom">89</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="316" valign="bottom">Cookies N Cream Shake with Malt</td>
<td width="47" valign="bottom">707</td>
<td width="53" valign="bottom">18</td>
<td width="44" valign="bottom">624</td>
<td width="35" valign="bottom">94</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> Thank you for your interest in Fuddruckers.</p></blockquote>
<p>     I thanked them then asked for the whole list.  They couldn&#8217;t go for that&#8230;no can do:</p>
<blockquote><p>Hello Paul,</p>
<p> Sorry for the delayed response.  I wish I could send you the information I use; however it’s an unofficial list and I am unable to do so.  We hope to have this information available in the near future.</p>
<p> Thank you for your continued loyalty and patronage.</p></blockquote>
<p>     So here&#8217;s the plan&#8230;everyone ask for a different item and post it in the comments here.  Eventually we&#8217;ll have a more complete list.</p>
<p>     In the meantime, I think I&#8217;ll stick to my regular turkey burger, skip the fries, and tax the hell out of the kids&#8217; shakes&#8230;and my wife&#8217;s sweet potato fries!</p>
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		<title>Great customer service story &#8211; Canon</title>
		<link>http://hyperdad.com/2010/04/05/great-customer-service-story-canon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I said previously my next post would be amusing.  Sorry,  I lied&#8230;get used to it, for I will play fast and loose with your trust and emotions.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d also said our basement had flooded.  That was true.  One of the casualties was a scanner &#8211; the power supply was underwater and did not come back to life when it dried.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 730px"><img class="ngg-singlepic ngg-none" src="http://hyperdad.com/wp-content/gallery/flood/flooded_office.jpg" alt="This is actually a slight improvment on how my office usually looks." width="720" height="540" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The scanner sits idly by in the background, unaware it is already dead.</p></div>
<p>Besides scanning in magazine articles of Maggie Gyllenhaal (to make desktop wallpaper, of course) I use the scanner to deposit checks.  Our bank is cool that way.  With my bank being in Texas and I in Maryland, it&#8217;s a nice service.</p>
<div id="attachment_1215" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 143px"><a href="http://hyperdad.com/wpupload/2010/04/maggie-gyllenhaal_tissue_paper.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1215 " title="maggie-gyllenhaal_tissue_paper" src="http://hyperdad.com/wpupload/2010/04/maggie-gyllenhaal_tissue_paper-133x200.jpg" alt="Maggie!" width="133" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">She looks good even wearing, uh, tissue paper?</p></div>
<p>I searched (sorry, Microsoft, I can&#8217;t bring myself to write &#8220;I binged&#8221;&#8230;not only does it sound retarded it&#8217;s a word that should either be followed by &#8220;and purge&#8221; or &#8220;and fell off the balcony of my frat house&#8221;) but came up empty.  As a last resort I wrote to Canon, not expecting anything beyond an automated response for weeks.</p>
<blockquote>
<div><em><strong>31 Mar 2010, 8:32 pm</strong></em></div>
<div>Hi,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>  I need a new AC adapter for my Canon Canoscan 8800F scanner.  Mine was ruined in a basement flood.  I don&#8217;t see the adapter on your website &#8211; where can I get a replacement?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Thank you,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Paul</div>
</blockquote>
<div>A few minutes later came the autoresponse&#8230;</div>
<blockquote>
<div><strong><em>31 Mar 2010, 8:36 pm</em></strong></div>
<div>Dear Paul:</div>
<p>Thank you for your inquiry.  We value you as a Canon customer and<br />
appreciate the opportunity to assist you.  We are sorry to hear that<br />
your CanoScan 8800F adapter was ruined in a flood.</p>
<p>We would be happy to send you out a replacement as a gesture of<br />
goodwill.  So that we can do this, please reply with the following:</p>
<p>[etc etc]</p>
<div>Thank you for choosing Canon.</div>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Devin<br />
Technical Support Representative</p></blockquote>
<div>&#8230;except that&#8217;s not an automatically generated reply.  Not only did they get back to me in 4 minutes, they&#8217;re going to send me a free replacement!</div>
<div>At 8:47 pm I wrote them back with the required information, and they wrote back:</div>
<blockquote>
<div><em><strong>31 Mar 2010, 10:20pm</strong></em></div>
<div>Dear Paul:</div>
<p>Thank you for your response.</p>
<p>Your information has been processed and we have ordered a replacement AC<br />
Adapter and Power cord for your 8800F.  Please allow a few business days<br />
for the items to arrive.</p>
<p>Thank you for choosing Canon.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Naomi<br />
Technical Support Representative</p></blockquote>
<div>That was last Wednesday night.  The replacement part came today, Monday, by 2 day FedEx. Amazing service. </div>
<p>Now I can get back to my scanning.  Stupid Sandra Bullock, hogging all the magazine space.</p>
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