I recently had an Amazon package delivered to the wrong address, and then two days later had to run half a mile to catch the driver about to put a package multiple blocks away from my address.
The odd thing though was that in the Delivery Tracking, it showed my Address as correct, but the pin on the map was incorrect.
After some digging with Bing (I get $10 in Amazon gift cards a month using Bing!), I found numerous other accounts of people having similar issues, and it took some time to find a solution that works. Thankfully one guy figured out the solution. Below is how to reset your Address Pin.
The Problem: Amazon Address shows as correct but the Pin is in the wrong position, and packages are being delivered to that pin.
The Solution:
These instructions should work for both Desktop and Mobile App.
* Go to your Account page: https://www.amazon.com/gp/css/homepage.html
* Click on “Devices” under Digital content and devices.
* Then click on Preferences.
* Click Change on the Country/Region Settings.
* In the popup box use the drop down to choose the correct address.
And that should do it!
If you go back to a recent Order and click on “Track Package” you should see the pin back in the correct position of your address. It worked for me!
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Boo. It’s scary movie watching season. And Amazon Prime is not f-ing around this October with their Horror movie options. Some new and old classics included. Check out a list of 8 great Horror movies currently on Amazon Prime, with 5 bonus movies at the end.
Direct links to the movies on the Title and the Image.
About: Barbarian is a very rewatchable movie. Maybe stay away if you have a scary basement. Justin Long’s character is an irremediable piece of shit, but man it’s hard not to love his opening scene in the movie (prior to him answering the phone, where it’s all down hill from that).
About: As a The Shining lover, when I first watched Doctor Sleep, I wasn’t holding my breathe for something I loved, or even liked. HOWEVER, despite realizing it’s not “great”, I really do enjoy this movie. Ewan McGregor and Kyliegh Curran are both excellent in the film. Probably helps if you’ve seen The Shining, but I think you can pick up on the whole Shine plot either way.
About: This was my first and only Cloverfield movie, so far. Not Bad. Have to love John Goodman. I think this would be considered a “Bottle Movie“, and I think it works well.
About: I’m going to be strong enough to watch this movie this October. I’m going to be strong enough to watch this movie this October. I’m going to be strong enough to watch this movie this October.
I just watched the trailer and it frankly looks very scary. VVish me luck.
About: I know real Horror and Film heads will probably hate this take, but I found the original 1977Suspiria essentially unwatchable. However this 2018 version from Luca Guadagnino is very good and very rewatchable. What’s with me and all the rewatchability stuff??
About: John Carpenter’s masterpiece? Probably. Such a great flick. So great in fact, I’m going to go put on The Thing (1982) on Amazon Prime, right now!
How many streaming services are you paying for? How much a month do they add up to?
And that likely doesn’t even include what you are paying for high-speed internet! And commercials now too! Boo! They have fully Cable-ized streaming services.
It sucks and you likely are paying for some you aren’t even using, or if you are, maybe just few times a year when a new season of a good show comes out every 1 to 2 years.
Here’s my trick to minimize the money you are giving to these ghouls.
Quick note before we get into the step by step guide: Some of these platforms/services have yearly options, and these can have discounts compared to paying by month. If you know it’s a platform you use frequently, it may be better option to go the yearly route.
Step 1: Unsubscribe from every service with a monthly fee.
Spotify. Washington Post. Netflix. HBO Max. Uber Gold. Tinder. ESPN+. Disney+. Every Patreon. Everything.
You want to start with a clean slate. Go through all of your cards/accounts/etc. and make a list of the monthly payments that are coming through for these different services. Then spend the 20 to 60 to 120 minutes going through, logging in, and unsubscribing/cancelling future payments.
Step 2: Take Notes On All The Services
From the list you made above make notes of their monthly cost (or discounts for yearly), and realistically how much you enjoy/need them. Is it a “must have”? Did you forget you even had been paying for it? Do others use your login info? etc.
Step 3: Think of how you can substitute some of these services.
Can you share logins with others? Have you been looking for motivation to start reading again? Maybe do a daily walk? Start-up that COVID hobby again that fell off?
Do you have a local library you can easily use? You can borrow not only books, but DVDs/Blu-Rays! Some will even have free streaming services you can get access to, such as Hoopla or Kanopy.
Step 4: As you need, start resubscribing to the services when you need them
Absolutely can’t make it without your nightly, 17th time through rewatch of F.R.I.E.N.D.S? Go for it girl.
Commute and need your pocasts ad-free, or just want to support them because they make 45 minutes each morning bearable? Right on. Slap that Join button on Patreon.
You’ll notice you will not immediately resubscribe to everything. But you’ll slowly build at least some of your previous subscriptions.
Step 5: As soon as you resubscribe to a service, UNSUBSCRIBE
This is a crucial step. Your subscription will last for the month, and then next month you repeat Step 4. There could be some services you subscribe to immediately, some you wait a month or two, or some you never subscribe to again!
Using this method I’ve successfully cut back my monthly subscriptions by ~75%, and I’m doing just fine (arguable, mike). Give it a try. Save some money. Touch some grass. Read some books.
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Ever since the Jackson Lord Of The Rings films came out at the turn of the century, Tolkien’s world has been in the zeigiest non-stop. And with with the Rings Of Power show on Amazon coming out in 2023, the internet is buzzing with Hobbit talk, and the like. Elvish even. Check out these subreddits on reddit related to Lord of the Rings, Rings of Power, and The Hobbit.
I recently made a list of things I want and at the top of the list was “to visit London”. The last few years I have, like much of America, have been steeped in British Media. The Great British Bake Off is probably the most popular, but there is Peep Show, Taskmaster, the growing hate of the Monarch, and so on.
This year has been British heavy for me, even compared to other years. Here is what I have been watching and listening to.
Taskmaster [TV Show/Podcast]
Between November and February of last year I watched all (at the time) episodes of Taskmaster. I almost immediately started a rewatch, this time doing a ranking of the season (coming soon!). It’s truly a silly and pointless show, but it is legit one of the funniest things I’ve watched in the last decade. And you know what’s great, you can watch it all for free on Youtube!: https://www.youtube.com/@Taskmaster
Oh! And they have an official Taskmaster Podcast, hosted by one of the former contestants, Ed Gamble. I’ve only recently just started listening, but I have a feeling I’ll be listening to it frequently in the near future. https://www.taskmaster.tv/podcast
Trying [TV Show]
I have no longing for having kids, but I do think an accidental pregnancy would fix me. Trying is about a couple desperate to have a child, and struggling to do so. It starts off with fucking on a bus, but the last episode I watched, I think the couple was in like 3 scenes together. It’s a fun enough show, and I like all the shoots that take place in actual London, but I’m finding series 4 a slog. I think couples would have a fun time watching this though.
Slow Horses [TV Show]
Slow Horses is an Action/Drama about British spies (MI5) mostly spying on themselves. The cast is great, and works so well together. Topped off with Gary Oldman as the alcoholic, cynical, old man yelling at clouds. He’s great.
It’s a quick 18 episodes over 3 seasons.
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster [Podcast]
Sometimes you just need to hear two to three British people talking for an hour or so. They have a good mix of British guests (Paul Hollywood, Jamie Oliver) and American guests (Jason Mantzoukas and Paul Rudd). It’s fun to hear the slight and sometimes significant differences in the two cultures as well. Why isn’t curry a bigger part of my life?? (Oh because America didn’t colonize India probably, huh?)
I want Kevin McCloud to follow me around my day to day life and critique every decision I make. I would be 100x the person I am now if he did. It’s not quite Taskmaster Easy to watch, but it’s pretty easy. Some seasons are at times available on Netflix and Amazon Prime. You can watch a 24/7 channel of Grand Designs on Amazon’s Freevee. AND you can also find on Youtube a lot through non-sanctioned channels. Try this: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=grand+designs
If you love houses, you’ll love this show.
Would I Lie To You [TV Show]
The British are really onto something here: another show where all, or at least a good chunk, are available for free on Youtube. I think all TV Shows should do this.
Would I Lie To You is a short and sweet celebrity panel show that’s low stakes and fun. Look at those three blokes, what’s not to love. Give it a watch here: https://www.youtube.com/@WILTY_TV
What am I missing? Please tell me the good British shows to watch. I can’t get enough.
Listen, this post a day thing gets hard when you [redacted] [redacted] [redacted]. I’m trying to make it at least 30 days. Getting close. BUT there will be some duds. There will be some bullshit. There will be some trash.
Welcome to dud/bullshit/trash city.
(These are affiliate links. I will get pennies on the dollar if you buy these duds, bullshit, or trash.)
I’m not a coffee snob, but a coffee snob enough to know that the Folgers sludge my mom drinks is bad. After a few years of trying better, beaned coffee, which I grind prior to putting into my French Press, this Stumptown variety has become my favorite.
I read this book over a year ago and I still can’t stop thinking about it. Care about climate change? Think about how oil executives [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted]? You should read this book!
It’s not the best, but it’s what I use. That Stumptown Coffee up above, morning British black tea, nighttime chamomile tea, trying to unclog drains with hot water, my HB 1.7L Electric Tea Kettle has seen it all.
About: I’m mad as hell (that you are not watching these 5 Newsroom Thrillers!) and I’m not going to take it anymore! (actually, that’s fine. please keep reading, and watch one of these great flicks).
About: I could watch 7 hours of this movie. In fact, I have attempted to simulate this by watching this movie (129min) 3 times in a row. I gave up 1.4x in. Will try again.
Cast is stacked. It’s infuriating. No real justice, but maybe sort of?
About: This Fincher Flick might not *seem* like it would be a Newsroom Thriller, but it does the impossible: makes a nerdy, divorced, cartoonist seem interesting and cool(??).
Oh also they try to solve some Serial Killer case, I guess? I was too busy hanging with Robert (Downey Jr.) and Jake (Gyllenhaal) in The San Francisco Chronicle Pit.
Check out these movies from Amazon Prime in February 2024! And be sure to check out the Blu-rays you can get from your local library! I currently have on my shelf Miller’s Crossing and A Nightmare On Elm Street.
The Imitation Game (2014)
About: Smart British people being smart and British? PLUS Keira Knightley? Check please! I gotta get home to watch The Imitation Game (2014)! (I guess I’m like out at a restaurant and the waiter was telling me that the movie The Imitation Game (2014) is now streaming on Amazon Prime?)
About: More like Get In! An incredibly good thriller film about the horrors of white Boomer’s Neo-liberalism. It thrills so much that it’s a movie I’ll never be able to re-watch as a two time brief sleep-paralysis haver. (copied from a previous post)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
About: The final to the best trilogy ever made. Obviously only watch if you’ve seen the first two. And if you have the option, skip this 3 hour and 20 minute version and watch the Extended 4 hour and 23 minute version lol.
About: They just don’t make 70s Thrillers like they used to. Although to be fair, the 2009 version’svery 2000s editing also works quite well (not to mention an absolutely stacked cast). As a former, and short lived NYC resident and subway lover, the older train is very fun to see in action. Also you can’t go wrong with a Matthau.
About: Maybe the most perfect Camp Thriller movie of the year 1997 (and even all of the 90s)? Great performances from both Cage and Travolta. A must watch if you have never seen.
About: I can watch this movie and one hour later totally (ehh?) not recall (ehhh?) anything but the Three Boob Lady(ehhhhhh?).
Breasts aside, it’s one of Schwarzenegger’s best movies.
Fun story, when this was most recently added to Prime, it was showing all the info for this 1990 version but then would actually play the 2012 version (TRASH).
About: I haven’t watched this yet but will be at some point in the very near future. So if you decide to watch this, there is a chance I’m watching at the very second you are reading this. Cool, huh?
About: Is there anything more riveting (and sexy) than a Newsroom Thriller. All The President’s Men is the OG (Maybe not but close enough). If you like Zodiac or Spotlight, you’ll love this 70’s Watergate Thriller.
About: British Rom-com from the late 90s, early 00s. I’m there and I’m laughing and I’m creaming my jeans. A little *cheeky* but that’s okay. Any hot British actress want to do a reverse movie set in Logan Square, Chicago with me, a guy who is not Hugh-Grant-Hot and spends too much time in his apartment?
About: I’ve got 9 words for you: A Sexy, Nineteen-Eighties Schwarzenegger Dystopian Future Action Movie. It’s perfect camp and action. You’ll like if you are a fan of Demolition Man.
About: An underrated movie. Actually both this and Jurassic Park II are, in hindsight, fine and fun action movies. Arguably better than the newer Pratt Jurassic Movies. (Okay, full disclosure, I re-watched today and it turns out I confused much of II and III. III is not great. Cast was decent, Sam Neill and William H. Macy and Téa Leoni, but there is just so much yelling. Bad.)
About: There are quite a few of Batman Movies currently on Amazon Prime, however Batman Returns is probably the best (I don’t think Dark Knight is on Prime). Devito as the Penguin. And Michelle Pfeiffer as the Catwoman. A formative viewing for a young Mike and his future love of skin tight outfits and leather. *meow*
About: I watched this movie earlier this year because of the of Podcast With Gourley And Rust, during their “Yuppie Nightmare” Season 1. It just so happens they are currently doing Season 2 of “Yuppie Nightmare”. Anyways, it’s a fun/creepy lil’ sexy flick, and you should also listen to the Matt Gourley and Paul Rust podcast.
About: [Okay watching now, semi-live posting about it.] Creepy and sexy. And just a little bit of murder (possibly with an axe?). WHO ARE THESE OLD FUCKS. Okay just saw a knife murder by an old lady. These old people are the ghosts of the young people?? Sorry, I’m not paying that close attention. Enjoying the cinematography though. Hope they get back to this soft-core porn making though. SPOILER: NASTY OLD PEOPLE SEX.
About: Scoot!!* We absolutely love Scoot.* Can’t get enough of Scoot.* Okay, so we haven’t watched this yet but we will be very soon…because of Scoot.*
