@Frank de Paola - you're absolutely right! And I knew that, but obviously made a grammatical error. Fixed now.

My BOPH story is actually a little bit more than just about a small room. Now, the room WAS very small. How small? How about you can't close the bathroom door if the front door was open. Or that you could almost touch both of the walls with your arms stretched out?

It was very late when we checked in and when we saw the size of the room, my wife and I talked to the front desk. We got the room changed by a really nice lady, but about half an hour later, the night manager nixed the change saying that there was no more room left at the hotel. Everything was sold out, he rudely said and then refused to talk to us. We tried to argue (we had booked it through hotels.com - which was a cheaper price. Hotels.com refused to back us up on it - incidentally that was the last time I used the website). By then it was 2:30AM and we got too tired and slept. At 6AM, the lovely sound of jackhammers woke us up.

I talked to the day manager, and got us changed to a different room (sold out? What sold out? There were plenty of rooms). I ended up extending my stay at the BOPH because my trip lasted longer than expected.

Now, this was several years ago, but I still remember the experience and won't stay there ever again.

Good to have you back, Ali!

Looks just like a cat!

Unfortunately when you travel, they're kind of a necessity. Hotels are better than sleeping under a bridge, that's for sure ...

This is the silliest thing about Americans: gift cards, which is just like cash but more restrictive are OK, but actual cash isn't!

Pfft! America's best selling car already has flat-proof tires ...

Sushi Hat FTW!

Link added - thanks OddNumber!

Thanks ballastrika - FTFY.

Another great blog from Shaun (and with caps no less) - the whole premise in interesting. I found myself mesmerized by the selection of letters (the Nightstalker one is ... wow, just wow).

Another great find, Miss C!

Well, not all news have to be hard hitting! This is a perfect human interest story we love on Neatorama!

IP over Avian Carrier is also a celebrated Internet lore. From our article: 10 Things You Should Know About The Internet

GMAC Bank (now named Ally Bank) changed name to distance itself from the ailing General Motors.

Sci Fi Channel changed its name Syfy, purportedly in order to be able to brand itself better or to "imagine greater" (whatever that means ...). BTW, Syfy is an urban slang for syphilis.

The flower shop, duh! :)

Hah! That's my favorite picture in that whole blog.