So I took my replacement ATM card and walked up to an ATM. I slid the card through. I entered my PIN. I waited. I waited some more. Denied. I tried again. Then again. Frustrated that I couldn’t activate the freakin’ card, I called up Bank of America. ”Ohhhhhh… we probably gave you a new PIN number. It would have been mailed separately.” ”To my house in Houston?!” ”Yes.” ”But I’m in Philly. You overnighted me the card, why didn’t you send the PIN?” DUH! So, the short end of the story is that they sent me along to VISA International to do a wire transfer from my account since I’m leaving the country and won’t be around to receive any more of their fabulous overnight packages. Today I went to the grocery store that they (VISA) told me would have a Western Union that would give me cashy cash. I filled out the form. They told me that was too much money. Niiiice. So, now what? A few phone calls to VISA and to Western Union cleared everything up. Now I have to get to a AMEX Travel place to get traveller’s checks before 5:30 PM. Whee.


Aside from all of this crap, I also bought a watch off ebay that was never delivered to me. There’s a signature confirmation somewhere, but it wasn’t me who signed. Very annoyed. It was delivered on Saturday when I was in Texas. The genius guy from ebay I bought it from NEVER wrote me. He just accepted my PayPal payment and that was it. No ”hey it’s coming” or anything. Bastard. Now I think I’m screwed. Here is a link to the watch. Unless it magically shows up this afternoon, which is highly doubtful since it was already supposedly delivered, it looks like I will have to file a claim of some sort. At least my dropping off Chew Chew at the vet went without a hitch this morning. A new record of only 11 minutes of standing around. Way to go, Society Hill Veterinary Hospital. It’s Miller Time for you guys.


Oh, hi Corrie. Hey, if anyone wants some more blog, visit Corrie’s site. It’s gooood. Corrie, it’s Miller Time for you, too.