Could've guessed.

I did have a Verizon cell phone back in 2000. Still owe $225.

No phone till I pay up.

While I need to do this as part of my credit score repair process anyway, $225 is not in any foreseeable budget.

So, for the time being, the only way to reach me (non-lj) is via email.

jxtc69@gmail.com ...learn it, know it, love it.

They actually admitted it was fucked up and credited my account $71 ( Read more... )

This Sunday my ex-wife and I are splitting the $150 cost of the Bad Boys of Magic to perform for 45 minutes in my living room for my younger son's belated 10th year birthday party.


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Things have deteriorated enough here at work that I am going to submit my resignation. The intense level of effort combined with an atmosphere of perpetual failure is too much. And all for Wal-Mart. This place I've gotten myself into is simply unacceptable ( Read more... )

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Back in August I named several movies that were stolen (although I did not name the person who stole them).

As the weeks go by, I remember more movies I knew that I once owned that were missed on that list. Here's 6 more:

Spirited Away
Barton Fink
The Simpson's (1st & 2nd seasons, 3 DVD set)
Freddie vs. Jason

Tina, Dawn and I particularly miss ( Read more... )

Retirony: Dying around the age of retirement (from The Simpsons)

I sorta experienced my own oddly predicted retirony last weekend. There was a meme I took on here, or myspace, or okstupid, or somewhere, which provided me with a projected date of death given various factors, e.g., family history, lifestyle choices, where you live, etcetera. In ( Read more... )

One of the many things I've been doing to try and take better care of myself (one of the sure solutions to yesterday's lament) is to start buying my own clothing. Those of you who know me well know that I have not done this very much my whole life. It is embarrasing to admit, but the fact remains that almost all of my clothing for the past 4 ( Read more... )