I’ve had a small wart on the top of my left hand for about a year now.  Shortly after it appeared I tried to get rid of it using one of those over-the-counter salacylic acid wart remover products.  Following the directions on the bottle, I applied the stuff twice a day, every day for about two weeks.  At the end of the two weeks, nothing had changed.  I knew I should go to a dermatolgist to get it taken care of, but it was pretty minor and I just never got around to scheduling an appointment.

Last night while I was at CVS with my wife, I spotted Compound W Freeze Off on one of the shelves.  The packaging on the product, claimed to freeze off warts similar to the method used by dermatologists.  Since I had had a wart successfully removed by a dermitologist years ago using the freeze method, I decided I’d give it a try.  What the heck, it was only twenty bucks.  What could go wrong?

This morning when I got up, I unpacked the product and read the instructions.  Seemed simple enough.  Stick one of the cotton swab like applicators into the holder, insert the holder into the main bottle and press down for three seconds to unlease the freezing compound.  Take the applicator out and hold it against the wart for a period of time determined by …

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Here was my comment to an article reporting the Borders Books was on the verge of going out of business because the e-book has killed them:

What killed Borders for me is their decision to turn the store into a reading room.  I used to love buying books at Borders but all of a sudden I had to make my way through piles of people with no intention of buying anything, sitting in the aisles and spending their day reading.

I’d often see people with piles of magazines that they had taken off the rack, reading away like it was their living room.

One time I went in to buy a book on 3D animation and I couldn’t get into the aisle because a girl was sprawled on the floor with dozens of art books, copying the drawings.

Who needs this?

Now I sit at home, take my time looking through books online and end up buying on the Net; usually through Amazon.

As far as I’m concerned, Borders and Barnes and Noble lost my business when they decided to cater to the seagulls instead of the paying customers.

Adding a bit to this:

It really was uncomfortable buying books at Borders.  Since I’m a software engineer, I’d often head straight to the computer books section.  In every aisle, they had installed chairs facing in both directions.  When I’d be trying to look at the books, my …

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