My god, I hate, hate, hate, hate, HATE Bank of America's customer "service"! They are beyond incompetent. And the person I was speaking with is right here in the U.S., not an outsourced employee, so there is no language-barrier excuse ( Read more... )

I'm pretty disgusted after reading this article. Robert and I were planning to see Borat this weekend, but I don't think that's going to be happening now. This is really pathetic. I thought what made the film so unsettlingly funny was that the people portrayed were just being their ignorant, mysogonist, anti-Semetic selves. This article makes ( Read more... )

I received the following e-mail today. It sounds like a good opportunity to participate in trying to minimize the chasm that exists in this country.

A message from Dave Joseph, PCP Program Director ( Read more... )

I was in D.C. for meetings most of last week, and when I flew home yesterday I picked up an issue of New York magazine mainly for this article about Barack Obama. The more I read about this guy, the more impressed I am ( Read more... )

fridayfiver

1. Who do you live with? The husband and our two cats

2. Do you like who you live with or do you want change? Well, I live with the best life partner a girl could ask for and two of the coolest cats around, so - no.

3. Describe the ideal roommate: One who doesn't exist

4. How much sleep did you get last night? ~6.5 hours

5. Where would you ( Read more... )

I am amused (is that the right word?) with the way Bush is integrating the U.S. into the success of the UK thwarting this terrorism plot. According to a BBC News article, credit actually goes to Pakistan for their assistance. If I'm not mistaken, the White House didn't even know about this investigation until this past weekend. I guess I'm not ( Read more... )

From hipsterbookclub

Instructions:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth [full] sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

I waive ( Read more... )

I've been squeezing lemon juice over chopped up cucumbers and adding some chili powder, and eating them like crazy. It's a damn good snack.

I was just messing around on the Amtrak website and came across the Lakeshore Limited route. Turns out I can travel from Boston to Chicago for $147 each way. That's somewhat comparable to airfare, and I absolute prefer traveling by train than by plane. Yeah it takes longer, but it's an ADVENTURE! Wanting to travel to Chicago by train is sort of ( Read more... )

States Ban Hunting of Live Animals Over the InternetLouisiana has joined 21 other states in banning Internet hunting, the practice of using a mouse click to kill animals on a distant game farm ( Read more... )