So I don't remember whether I mentioned it before, but I got a call last month from my contact at the City Attorney's office. I'd sent him a letter that gave them my new address (a little late) and asking for a status report of my case ( Read more... )

Some stupid punks graffiti'd our neighborhood last night. They spray-painted profanities and the letters "MRK" across the garages of the retirement community adjacent to our town houses, and on cars that were in driveways around the rest of the place ( Read more... )

I got a letter last week from the City Attorney's Office. It said that they'd charged the girl with Theft, and they asked me to send them details on the reparations I feel I'm entitled to - out-of-pocket expenses, charges, medical bills, etc ( Read more... )

I spent an hour at the police station after work yesterday. I feel pretty good about it.

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Here's a fabulous article I read on MSN Today. I think I need to look up some of these organizations and see whether this is something I can get into on the other end. ^_^ I bet some of you would be interested in that, too.
"Getting Graphic: More schools turn to graphic novels to turn on readers"In other news.. as expected, I haven't heard back ( Read more... )

I looked at my bank account this morning before paying my [first evar!] credit card bill, and was idly lamenting how I had been feeling vaguely rich from not eating out for a couple weeks, and now I'm not feeling rich anymore. I figured it was all the bills I've been paying over the last week or so ( Read more... )

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I came home about an hour ago, and pulled into my usual parking area just in time to see two preteen boys on skateboards go by and throw a lit firecracker across my parking garage ( Read more... )

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate our parking lot? I'm not talking about our underground parking garage, where people drive too fast with no visibility, taking up both lanes and leaving their trash everywhere and smashing pumpkins that other people have to drive on. Not this time ( Read more... )