So I’m sitting there staring at it going, what the heck!? What possible insurance policy could cost only $20.33?

Then I see that it’s earthquake insurance and I’m going “oh no they did-n’t!”

Pulling out the statement for earthquake insurance that I got in May, I think it was, I read: “Total Amount Due: NONE” and then “copy of bill sent to mortgagee, do not pay.” All in caps, nonetheless.

So… what the heck!?

I’ve received no other bills for this or I would have paid them. Not to mention, both of these mailings are from the same insurance company. First they say don’t pay then they say you’re not covered because you’ve not paid. What is the deal here?

Let’s just hope there’s no earthquake any time soon, ’cause… apparently… we’re not covered.

“And now, a warning to computer users. There has been a new virus released. It’s called the Postcard Virus. It comes in the form of a virtual postcard from a family member.”

That was it! Not even a solution if you get this virus! Just that little report.

For a few seconds, I was Janice.

And Steve just laughed.

I mean, I’ve been getting emails like that since 1997! Sheesh people! GET WITH IT! lol

I hate the news. I’ve been yelling at the TV for the last half an hour now… (Hour and a half if you include CSI: NY.)

She looked down at me, gave me this… not even a half of a smile, more like a smirk, and turned away.

When she came back through, I was again looking to the left so this time I didn’t really see her coming at all. But it didn’t matter, she flew through with the boys and didn’t even say a word to me. The second time through she could have stopped and chatted five minutes or longer, even just to say, “hi, how you doing?” I would have asked her about her pregnancy, she’s like hugely pregnant now. But nothing. Not even a smirk that time, just blatant rudeness.

So now I’m left to wonder what’s got her panties in a bunch. She used to be nice to me, I wonder why she’s suddenly such a snob. She was also one of the ones who ignored us at that wedding (well the reception, since they didn’t think it important enough to show up to the actual wedding) in August. Anyone remember that? That was such a stupid mess, Steve and his dad, especially, were just fuming. I haven’t even seen her since November, since Grandma’s birthday luncheon, I don’t think, if she was even there (she may have been working). She was also one of Steve’s best friends in high school – they were in the same grade and such. So now what’s her deal?

As much as it may seem to be the opposite, I’m not really letting it bother me. At the time I was just like, what, the, heck? But now, I guess it’s just further proof of what certain others have been saying all along. We can only figure it’s because we’re not Catholic. Whatever. I guess I’m just blindsided because, like I mentioned before, she didn’t used to be like that. Or maybe I just didn’t notice it before?

One of her brothers and his wife, too. I remember talking to his wife when Elijah was really tiny, at some holiday gathering. She was really nice, but since then, not so much. When I ran into them at the store during Christmas shopping time, I chatted with them but later felt really stupid, like I’d said something extremely dumb. But then I realized that if I’d said anything stupid it was because I was expected to carry conversation alone. It’s not me, it was them.

I guess it might also bother me because I would never dream of treating anyone, especially family, like that. I mean, treat others as you want to be treated, right? The extended family through Steve’s mom is really large, though, and thank goodness they’re not all like that. But if any of them ever wonder why none of us ever come to the Christmas Eve stuff, but visit his grandmother on another day every year… I’d think it should be painfully obvious.

This is a blatant theft of rights, transacted under the table, it is appalling. It does not take a village, people! It is not the government’s business if parents want to homeschool their kids or not. It is especially not their business concerning why the parents want to homeschool. It is not the governments business what curriculum we do or do not want our kids exposed to. Do not let them get away with this.

There is really so much more information than what I could cover right now. Here are some great sites/articles:

Radio Broadcast (very good)
albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=1111
bpnews.net/BPFirstPerson.asp?ID=27581
citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000006717.cfm
sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/07/INCHVG0SD.DTL&type=politics
buriedtreasurebooks.com/weblog/?p=2326
Google News

KSDK – 19-year-old Gregory Smith Junior pleaded guilty Tuesday to assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

Smith admitted severely beating of a 7-year-old boy he happened to see near a tunnel along Interstate 44 near Pacific.
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The victim and his then 4-year-old brother were playing there, in May of 2006, when Smith walked up to them and started assaulting the older boy.

The 7-year-old was punched, then kicked repeatedly while laying on the ground. He was beaten so badly that both of his eyes were swollen shut by the time the young boys were able to make it home for help.

Police say Smith previously admitted to the beating, and said he had been drinking and taking prescription drugs before the attack.

It appears the attack was random.

What in the freaking heck!?!?

Last week they let a porn website advertise on this one. In their defense, the people who bought the link started out with a different URL and text but then changed their link and text to something else that went to a site full of porn links. TLA claims they will never let any adult, gambling, pharmacy website through, so this begs the question: how did the site get around that? Surely one would think the links, when changed, would have to be re-approved. But I digress, that is not the purpose of my post.

Anyway, today they sent me an email informing me that affiliate URLs for the service will be changing from the old affiliate link formats to tinyurl links.

My first thought was… what the freaking heck?

Maybe it’s just me, but it totally turns me off when I see people using tinyurl to hide the fact that they’re using an affiliate link. When I see that, I will purposely go type in the URL into my browser rather than possibly give someone an URL just because it annoys me so much. Now I’m forced into doing it as TLA gives us this as a requirement to refer people now. The old affiliate links will no longer function in just a short week.

And what’s the reason for this? I have no idea. They didn’t bother to tell me, nor have they talked about it on their blog.

So what gives, guys?

Here you have it, my wonderful affiliate URL. Yay. http://tinyurl.com/2qmxbp. How exciting is that?