I passed my driver's test, with zero demerits. I am a perfect driver, and I have proof.

Before the test started, I asked how long it would take.
"About 15 minutes."
"Faster if I speed, though, right?"
"Oh. Yes."
he laughed about that one for about 5 minutes. You'd think he'd have heard it before.
The examiner actually wrote "Good Job!!" and ( Read more... )

Grr.
For the last 10 years or so, I've had excellent credit. My bank routinely called me trying to offer me new credit products, or raise my credit limits. I once had the manager of a car dealership take one look at my credit report and walk away from another customer in mid sentence to deal with me ( Read more... )

Talking with one of my oldest friends today, we were reminiscing about comic books, and how very very good some of them are, or at least were, back when we still collected. The conversation was brought up by this . Not so much because of the character, (who I always thought was kinda cheesy, even if they did write some good plots for him) but ( Read more... )

I just got a social security number! This means I can finally get things like a phone and TV, which require a credit check. My apartment and insurance required credit checks as well, but I was able to convince the people at those organizations to run a Canadian credit check ( Read more... )

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In two weeks, my keychain will have zero keys on it. That's a weird feeling ( Read more... )

Civ 4 is fun. Why didn't anyone tell me this before?

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I'm trying to get a feel for the current job market. Everywhere, really, but since I'm looking at chip design, processor design, and ASICs (I've got a M.A.Sc in electrical engineering - embedded processor architecture), any job hunting I do will naturally bias towards southern California, so inside information in that area is particularly useful ( Read more... )

I've been trying to sign up for a rakeback program at ultimatebet, (courtesy scottro) and kinda fucked it up. I created a new account, but when I went to make my first cash deposit, my credit card was denied. What follows is an email conversation with support, and my comments in boldCustomer Information ( Read more... )