When you sign up for a card, they often give you the option of an "Account Shield" program that helps if you lose your job or otherwise can't pay your bill. Those are great if you have a high-balance card, but they're also expensive (based upon a percentage of your bill). They're also tricky and won't always cover you if you get into trouble (as I ( Read more... )

 Over in Corona by Citi Field (the old Shea Stadium area), there's a place called "The Iron Triangle." It's a section of Queens that our mayor wants to "clean up" (read: take over, often by misuse of Eminent Domain) and build luxury hotels and a convention center upon. What's there now is a series of junkyards and small vehicle repair shops. Yes, ( Read more... )

  Uh oh. DNS failure.  I Googled "DNS failure" and saw all the tweets coming up from all over the world regarding DNS failure on FB -- at least I know it's not just me!

That's OK -- I've been feeling I've been neglecting my LJ lately.  How are YOU doing?

I am a media maven. My wide and varied tastes, in fact, have helped me a lot in my publishing career, because it helped me to be able to work in a variety of genres.

Netflix has trouble pigeonholing me at times. I did the 'Rate it" thing so they could suggest stuff for me, and honestly, most of their suggestions have either been stuff I've seen or ( Read more... )

My inner lit geek and inner costume history geek have collided again. I'm reading Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross, and the errors are starting to get to me. The most egregious so far are using "kirtle" where she clearly means "girdle" as in an early-period *belt*. Argh.  One's a dress or a gown (can be for either gender) and the other's a belt ( Read more... )

The Old Spice Guy is at it again. There's a website where you can get an MP3 of him and use it for an outgoing voicemail message. The choices are funny, and the end results are absolutely hysterical.

http://www.oldspicevoicemail.com/

 I don't normally watch Jimmy Fallon (I'm a Craig Ferguson-kinda gal), but the other night, I was busy and didn't switch channels. I'm glad I didn't, because I'd have missed this!



Edited to add: If the embed doesn't work, try this direct link:

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/ladysmith-snack-mambazo-six-flags-8-11-10/1243773

 Hahahahaha!  Thanks to Terri for this gem:

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/06/mta_to_remove_fml_signs.html

There are signs in the subway station at 14th Street and Sixth Avenue that direct people to the F train, the M train, and the L train. Unfortunately, put together, those letters tell people they can transfer to "FML."

Oops. Again, like "FAP" ( Read more... )

Mmmmmffffmmmmfffffmmmmfffff...

( No, really, this is a BIG spoiler. If you haven't seen this ep, move along. Really. )

 ...and I'm an Interneterial girl! Heh!

And apparently, the rest of the world is not completely Interneterial.  If they were, could any of the following happen?

For instance, I'm listening to NPR right now, and they just did a bit about the ATT hacking job, and mentioned a company called "Goatse Securities."

I have to admit -- hearing the word "goatse ( Read more... )