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Alan's InsaneJournal:
- "What was your favourite sport to play in highschool?" (I had medicals out of gym/sports)
- multiple versions of this.... "What's the name of your eldest/youngest son's/daughter's best friend?" (Like no doubt plenty of other clients, i have no children)
- multiple versions of this...."What's the name of your eldest/youngest brother's/sister's best friend?) (Like no doubt some other clients, I'm an only child)
- "What year did you graduate college?" (I'm sure I'm not the only client to not have gone to or graduated from college)
- "What was your most memorable promotion?" (being on disability since childhood, I've never worked, let alone had a promotion)
- multiple versions of this...."What was the name of the bestman/maid of honour/flower girl/ring bearer at your wedding?" (I'm sure I'm not the only client to have never had a wedding (yes, "married" to bug forever, but not "legally" to our gov't, and never did a ceremony))
- What is the name of your father's boss? (How the hell would I know? He died when I was a kid.) (Note, they don't ask about your mother's boss, (not that that would help me since she doesn't work either, but a bit sexist!)
| Thursday, May 10th, 2012 | |||||||||
| 6:10 pm | So, This story about Mitt Romney's so called "pranks" is supposed to horrify and make people not want to vote for him. But I doubt it will impact many people that way. It reminds me of the Maurader's pranks- and the less dangerous/mean ones at that- and those, both in the books, and by most of the readers, were dismissed as "boys will be boys", especially since they were, by virtue of birth/the-author-says-so, gryffindors/chosen.w | ||||||||
| Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 | |||||||||
| 9:37 pm | A chick/poult (baby chickens/turkeys) order i've been waiting on just came back to me b/c they didn't get payment- Why? PayPal only knows. I have a backup credit card that they are supposed to use in such cases (and regularly DO use). I checked the card- there's more than enough $ on it. But Paypal claims there isn't.... WTF. So Now I have to call the hatchery tomorrow, explain, and have them just debit the credit card directly instead of going thru paypal (and have Bug pretend to be me if they need to verify why the name on the Credit Card (birth name) doesn't match the name I use for shipping or even my PayPal card). This (paypal thinking I either don't have a back up fundign source, or thinking I don't have money available when I DO) has happened to me before- once online, and once when checking out at a store. It seems completely random. Does anyone else have this problem happen? Current Mood:  aggravated | ||||||||
| Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 | |||||||||
| 9:32 pm | Microcenter cheating Bug We bought Bug a laptop at Microcenter a little over a year ago. Since Bug's limbs don't always do what they want (possibly MS?) we asked for the 2-yr (accidental) physical damage protection warranty. Well, bug has had 2 things go wrong with the computer... first, there have been vertical lines on the screen. The lines come and go, sometimes get wider or thinner, and this is influenced by shaking the computer. Without opening it up, I'd say its most likely a loose or faulty cable. The other problem is that one of the internal fans stopped working. This is a common thing to go wrong on desk tops and laptops, especially those used for long periods of time. The motors just die. I'm not randomly guessing on the above; I build computers, i have some clue. When I build computers I just buy a warranty for the more expensive individual parts; I bring in the parts if they die and get a new one- I never had trouble with them before; but maybe they know they can't lie to someone who knows how computers work.... See, we brought the computer in and were told a 2-3 week turn around, which seemed fine. Then we got a call saying that they couldn't fix it because we don't have the 2-yr physical damage protection warranty we thought we had, but a 3-yr parts only warranty (the two apparently cost the same price, so we didn't notice the cashier make the error at checkout). They further insist that this is physical damage- without opening it up even, based on the fact that a cosmetic plastic covering to one of the hinges is missing- and this somehow caused the problems we brought it in for. Bug pointed out we bought the 2 yr accidental damage protection plan, not the 3yr parts only plan - and since they cost the exact same thing, can't they just correct the error, and get on with fixing the computer? This has resulted in numerous "I have to ask my supervisor/manager/repair department/warranty department/etc" with a phone call back re-iterating "we can't fix it because you have the wrong plan" instead of answering the original question they said they were going to talk to them about (if they can just correct the error and give us the other plan)... So they'll call back, again. This has been going on over a week now. And the most infuriating thing to me, is that they are totally using this little broken cosmetic plastic piece as an excuse to not fill their obligation under the warranty.... See, it doesn't matter which warranty we have- A dead fan motor and a loose/faulty video cable are NOT due to physical damage (especially not a hinge cover)! This should be fixed under the terms of EITHER warranty! My mum has offered to go there with me in person to talk to the manager (Bug already talked to him on the phone and got nowhere) in hopes that more people- complaining in front of other customers- and a person who has bought a lot there (my mum) threatening to shop elsewhere will help. I dunno if it will or not; guess it doesn't hurt to try. Anyone have any other ideas? Current Mood: angry | ||||||||
| Monday, April 23rd, 2012 | |||||||||
| 1:04 am | ABP Bug and I have been working on ABP again. We've made a bunch of edits to the middle/end of the "current" book, and we both agree its much neater and better. Just a couple more scenes to go over .... wow, I might actually start writing and posting again soon (by which I mean, maybe in a few weeks) *crosses fingers* Although, I wouldn't blame anyone for not reading even IF they are still interested, until the book is complete. Current Mood:  excited | ||||||||
| Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 | |||||||||
| 11:35 pm | Harry Potter : How it should have ended. Harry Potter : How it should have ended. Current Mood: amused | ||||||||
| Saturday, April 14th, 2012 | |||||||||
| 8:28 pm | CCOKC - Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron Funny: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/b6ddedd Current Mood: amused | ||||||||
| Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 | |||||||||
| 9:48 pm | Great. My credit card is requiring that I come up with 3 answers to security questions. There's like 20 options, but they are all TERRIBLE! They are things like .... There's NOTHING asking about books/movies or pets, which is what I usually do for these question requirements. How the hell am I supposed to answer any of these!??? | ||||||||
| Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 | |||||||||
| 12:16 am | I wanted to get back to writing ABP. I reread EVERYTHING we have online (took a while!). OMG, the first book- the first half of it- I can't imagine why anyone read it! It is the most awful writing ever- well maybe not the most, but darn close. Seriously, if I was a reader, and faced with that, i'd not bother past the first few pages. That said, it did get better. And there were things I forgot about. ANd Bug has been able to concentrate more to work together- maybe not as fast as before, but thats ok. Still, I'm not sure if/when I'll be able to focus on writing again (see my last post- messed up sleep, not taking half my pain meds so Im in alot of pain, distracted by peopel in the house, etc), but at least its fresh in my mind now. Oh god... our last update was Dec 2007 !??? *ashamed* Current Mood:  ashamed | ||||||||
| Monday, March 12th, 2012 | |||||||||
| 11:54 pm | Just what I need, another reason to hate Chik-Fil-A.... Check this link out, and donate if you can to help the Little guy being bullied by the mega-rich. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1674 In otehr news... i hate my life. I hate having people constantly in the house (eg nurses, homecare helpers etc). I cannot concentrate on any kind of work, my sleep pattern- which is messed up to start with, is even more messed up now by havign to try to force myself to be awake when they are here (to let them in and keep the dog away from them), so when they aren't here. i HURT- I can't afford to buy half my meds- one the insurance wont cover, so its $160, the other they will cover for a copay of $40 but not until I pay the deductible- that med is $260. I keep making dyslexic mistakes- like writing checks for the wrong amounts for our utility and mortage bills, or even forgetting which I sent and didn't. I'm about $200 off/behind in bills due to sending in the wrong amount or sendign things late and incuring fees... to top this off, The dr put Bug on Lunesta - which we told him that it didn't work so he just increaed the dosage- and sure enough, Bug managed to buy $200 worth of virtual, non-returnable stuff on second life. Part of the money bug used (my paypal balance and then the credit card attatched to Paypal to verify my identity) was sent to me by other peopel who wanted to go in on an order for turkeys together... now, i cant place the order, and I have no way to pay them back. I hate my mum telling us to contact her if we have a problem before it gets out of control but then blows us off when we do... (this all started in January- I didn't know I screwed up in Jan until i got in bills for Feb. I told her the mistake I made (paid one bill twice, and forgot another one- and then thought the remaining money/difference left int eh account was extra that was free to spend) and that I thought I fixed it - when instead, i made MORE dyslecic mistakes- which I only know about now, in March when this months bills came in. This month also sucks because normally i make an extra $200+/month in cash from selling pet rats. Litters just were timed (not by me, but by the rats paired up) so that none are available to place until early April. I can't even put anymore rat or bird toys online to sell to make some money, because my camera's batteries died and I have no way to buy more :-( Current Mood:  miserable | ||||||||
| Thursday, February 9th, 2012 | |||||||||
| 12:26 am | update I now have had the experience of dialing 911. ( Read more... ) Meanwhile, I have my own pharmacy/insurance mix-up we're tryign to sort out. ( Read more... ) Speaking of next month... I'm excitedly looking forward to putting in our poultry order- ( Read more... ) There is also a good chance (*crosses fingers*) that we will get a ram (*and* at a great price because his owner thought she might use him, and then never did, and he's past the popular "lamb" age to We do have a new aide for Bug- so far they seem nice, they haven't swept the dirt under the sofa (we don't have a rug for that), and I don't think they've stolen anything! (Its really sad that this has become a criteria). ( Read more... ) I see I have a gazillion (it feels like) snarry fics to read from the last fest... I keep telling myself that having lots of snarry to read is normally a good thing, lol. In the last exchange, Bug and i wrote: Wandless; and ![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small} gingertart50 wrote Heart of Stone for us, which I still have to read. Bug and i actually have an epilogue for Wandless but couldn't get it done in time- fortunately it stood on its own. But, I'll try to get that up soon. Although "soon" is relative and our track record has been pretty abysmal...Oh hell, look at the time, and i have to be up at a decent hour tomorrow :-( Back, trouble sleeping. And I see Bug is still up on second life in zombie mode. The house call dr put them on Lunesta- which past experience tells us is BAD NEWS (eg: sleep walking/sleep online surfing with no clue wtf you are doing). I've already had to rescue them from almost walking off the bed, trying to grab the rotating ceiling fan. They went to our regular dr who instead of prescribing something else, increased the lunesta dose! I fully expect them to fall down the stairs, and/or spend a thousand dollars online on virtual "goods". There has got to be something else they can take, (other than Ambien which was just as bad). Do the drug co's give the dr's kick backs that outweigh the risk of being sued by people who get injured/killed on these drugs???? >:( </user> | ||||||||
| Friday, January 20th, 2012 | |||||||||
| 2:46 pm | update SO Finally got the GoDaddy problem fixed. I know, usually being polite helps, but when that fails, telling them you're blabbing all over social media about their stupidity and that you are considering the many suggestions people are giving you for places to move your business to, gets results. Apparently a wordpress plugin was overloading the processor, and I just had to delete it. Such a simple thing they had to pointlessly blow up. Also... I'm passing this on because it worked for me today...Dr Oz on TV said that to reach inner peace we should always finish things we start, and we all could use more calm in our lives after the hectic Holiday season. I looked around my house to find things I'd started and hadn't finished, so I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Chardonnay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of wum, an a box a chocletz. Yu haf no idr how fablus I feel rite now. Sned this to all who need inner piss. An telum u luvum. | ||||||||
| Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 | |||||||||
| 10:42 pm | Other Doamin Registrars and Hosting companies? So if GoDaddy doesn't fix things asap, I'm thinking I better look at moving. I've been there since, gosh, i think it was the late 90's? so I really have no idea what other options there are or how easy/hard it is to transfer stuff. One thing I'm worried about is that ( Read more... ) Current Mood: tired | ||||||||
| 6:25 pm | |||||||||
| 5:07 pm | GoDaddy problems Can anyone make sense of this (maybe the one weird email printout below has some sort of clues?)? Rather than re-write everything,I'll just post the email exchange with their customer service dept as it says everything.... Although its not just Rodentfancy.com that is my domain there, its also, Rodentfancy.net and .org, Fithfath.com,.net,.org and Intertexius.com,.org.,net. I also host sites/backup for my mother and some fellow journal/fandom folk. ( Read more... ) I was told that an email was sent; but no email was received (i have no spam filter to check). I requested the email to be resent and I get this "escalation" and possible 3-day delay that will result in my account being shut down due to your own error. It is not a complicated issue to re-send an email! Simply RE SEND THE EMAIL so I can take care of whatever it was about. -Al
Current Mood: aggravated | ||||||||
| Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 | |||||||||
| 8:27 am | 10 wishes I have posted 10 wishes for the holidays here: http://holiday-wishes.livejournal.com/19 Given how late it is, i don't expect cards or sweets or anything from folks, especially also since I can't afford a stamp at the moment, let alone, anything to affix it to :-( But its become something of a fannish / journaling tradition, and I know id feel worse if I looked back and saw i failed at simply coming up with and posting the list. Current Mood:  accomplished | ||||||||
| Sunday, October 30th, 2011 | |||||||||
| 6:22 pm | Mikołaj 's first Halloween He was the only dog people were asking to have their photo taken with.... but the store employees didn't give him one of the 5 possible prizes. A dog that someone just slapped a wig and a tutu on however was. Mikołaj also turned 1 year old a few days ago. He's around 105 lbs and growing (slower though now). | ||||||||
| Friday, September 30th, 2011 | |||||||||
| 10:55 pm | Not sure where this is from, but it was shared by some of my fb friends. Also, it bugs me that something about the mushroom reminds me of snape:  Current Mood: amused | ||||||||
| Monday, September 26th, 2011 | |||||||||
| 3:43 pm | 20/600 vision I have characters in a story that are rats and I need to figure out if they can see certain celestial objects that might be incorporated into their cultural myths. My research has already revealed that rats have blurry 20/600 vision and their colour vision is limited to muted green/blue/ultraviolet. (most useful so far was this site: http://www.ratbehavior.org/RatCam.htm ) Specifically what I still need to figure out is if someone with 20/600 vision can see: 1. The moon (and if so- in all phases or only when X% full?) 2. The brightest stars/planets on a clear night 3. The sun (or would the daytime sky appear a bright, even gradient?) 4. a rainbow (except for the red part of the spectrum in the rat's case) I have googled for rat biology and rat vision (which got me the info on 20/600 vision and limited colour) Also googled for terms such as"20/600 vision", "legally blind", "poor vision" , "poor visual acuity", and appending "+experience", "+moon", "+sky", "+night sky" etc to those terms, and even outright questions such as "what is it like to be legally blind", and "What can legally blind people see?" Almost all the results reiterate the same thing (explanation of Snellen eye chart and fractions; and the example that "a person with 20/X vision, can see detail from 20 feet away the same as a person with normal eyesight would see it from X feet away.") I also get articles about how vision develops in newborn human infants, and uplifting stories about people who are blind (or nearly so) who overcome their disability to do something "normal" (like a legally blind kid who enjoys photography). None of this tells me what I need to know- if one with exceptionally poor vision can see, to any extent, certain celestial objects. Any ideas where I can find this info? Or anyone who has 20/600 (or 20/500 etc) can tell me if they can see any celestial objects (presumably without their corrective lenses) Thank you. Originally posted to little-details on LJ but it never got past moderation (I hope that was a glitch, b/c I can't figure out how it would violate their rules). I'm trying a post there again, but X-posting to my journals in case it gets rejected again, and maybe someone on my flist has some ideas about this anyway Current Mood: tired | ||||||||
| Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 | |||||||||
| 2:42 am | Venting about Danada Square Wheaton IL Jewel Osco Assholes I expect most of you to ignore this, I jsut had a bad night and needed to vent (and record the facts so Bug can call tomorrow) ( Read more... ) Current Mood: angry | ||||||||
| Monday, July 18th, 2011 | |||||||||
| 3:46 pm | I haven't seen it (or any of the movies since GoF), but just knowing DH2 is out depresses me. | ||||||||