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I have this great story to tell about an EX-Landlord of mine (James A. Wallace). When my wife & I moved into our 1st place together, we made a $500 security deposit. Nine months ago we gave 30 days notice. We had been living month-to-month for over 3 yrs.

My wife got check images to prove what payments were made. I mailed these to Dr. Wallace with written 30 days notice. We cleaned the place well; wiped down walls, vacuumed, etc. I mailed him his keys via certified mail, stating what my new address was & requesting a return of our deposit. Sound familiar? How many people have been ripped off by previous landlords? I didn't trust these guys, so I documented everything & then waited.

According to [PA Law], a landlord MUST return the deposit within 30 days. If he is to claim damages, receipts of such must be returned along with any remaining amount within 30 days. If the landlord fails to comply, the tenant can sue for double the amount of his deposit. There are more, very interesting, stipulations. But the point is, the landlord gets 30 days.

Well, as you might expect, my loser landlord blew me off for, not the first 30, but the first 60 days! I called once after 40 days. He said, "I haven't gotten around to it yet. I'll mail it eventually." When I called after 50 days, he was quite rude & hung up on me. >oops BIG mistake<

So I filed a complaint here: [PA Attorney General] Hahaha! Oh yes. How many of these scoundrels try to rip off their tenants!? But how many tenants don't know the 1st thing about their rights? Once I got the Attorney General's office involved, things played out VERY differently. Within 2 weeks, I had my money!!! Sweet victory....


Jul 2, 2007

Wow. It's been over a year since any updates.


May 18, 2006

If you have a wireless network at home, you need to secure it. There are lifesucking organizations like MPAA and RIAA which track down file sharers and slap them with ridiculous law suites. But how do they "track" such people? By their IP address. If you share (voluntarily or unknowingly) your internet connection with others, then they are using YOUR IP. Thus, YOU could be held liable for something that some other slimeball did! Please secure your wireless connection, if you haven't already. Check out these tips: [Wireless Network Security Tips].


May 09, 2006

A while back, I bought a jar of "Reduced Fat Jif." Please note, this is NOT Reduced Fat Peanut Butter. If you examine the label closely, you will see that it is actually "Peanut Butter Spread," containing only 60% peanuts. What about the other 40%? Corn Syrup Solids, Sugar and Soy Protein --eww!! But that's the trade off you make if you want reduced fat, right?

Let's talk about that "reduced" fat. The label says: "Regular Peanut Butter contains 16g of fat per serving. Jif Reduced Fat contains 12g of fat per serving." OK. Well I have a "regular" jar of peanut butter. It is Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter (Creamy), and it contains 16g of fat. Out of that 16, 2.5g is Saturated Fat. [Saturated Fat is an evil, murderous type of fat which is second in vileness only to Trans Fat]. But what about the Jif? Surely it has less, since it is REDUCED Fat, right? ....WRONG!!! Jif Reduced Fat has 2.5g of Saturated Fat -the SAME amount as "Regular Peanut Butter."

So they left the SATURATED Fat alone, reduced the UNsaturated Fat by 4g, and in the process, created a product that cannot even be labeled as peanut butter. The Sodium is doubled. The Carbs are nearly tripled. And yet, the Fiber is cut in half. The moral of the story... READ YOUR LABELS!!!


May 02, 2006

For all you fanboys out there who think that Apple computers are invincible: [the Month of Apple Bugs]


Apr 24, 2006

Control of your own TV? No, consumers would never want that... Check out this new technology: [Philips' TV-Advert Enforcer] What are they going to come up with next!? I'm suprised that nobody has found a way to broadcast commercials on the insides of our eyelids!!!


Apr 6, 2006

I have pretty much finished up with another website design. It was set up for AmeriTech Industries, Inc. (a tool & die company based out of Leechburg, PA). Go here to check it out: [AmeriTech Industries]


Mar 1, 2006

How many people out there still haven't made the switch? Firefox is the BEST browser out there. It's secure. It's skinable. And it's totally free. Try it, and you'll never go back to Internet Explorer! [Firefox]


Feb 3, 2006

OK. I think I'm going to actually start putting stuff up on here...


Dec 28, 2005

I just got done revamping Albosauce.com. I like the layout and graphic elements a lot more now. The content is still the same, but I'm slowly refining everything.


Nov 30, 2005

Shame on you, SONY!: [READ ME]


Nov 22, 2005