I’m nearly 90% cleaned up as far as my Philly to Houston transition is concerned. One bad thing did happen as a result of my suddenly having access to all of my property. I needed to write checks out for my taxes, the DeLorean insurance, and a lab fee from my last physical. I thought I was using the new checks I’d ordered recently. In reality, I was using checks from a Money Market account I’d opened briefly in 2004. I closed it after two months when I decided I didn’t have the time to dedicate to it. So, dumb me, I used these checks and now I’m getting delinquency letters in the mail. Makes me feel so good. I just got back from the bank and then the county tax assessor’s office. They’ve got my money plus a $30 return check fee. Ugh. I found out some fascinating things while I was there, including the fact that the judge will be marrying people all day on Valentine’s day. He makes $40 on each wedding and gets to pocket the money! He waives the fee for couples in the armed services, but other than that, it’s his cashish. Not too shabby. They finally worked out their problem with the payment computer and I was on my way. I hit up the Fuddrucker’s for a 1/2 pound bunless ostrich burger to go. Mmm. Dead bird.
Yes, I do have Mardi Gras stories coming. Please to be standing by.
The crazy psycho religious nut continues to write me. I’ve stopped replying because he’s obviously having some mental troubles.
I blocked him from visiting the site and he wasn’t amused by my technical prowess. I’ve removed all the extraneous spaces between each line of wacko babble, but I’ve left in the misspellings. It evens things out. Check it:
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:21:22 -0800 (PST) From: "sam cole" <maineman_11@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: REMEMBER THIS IS AMERICA and is not run by YOU why did you ban me from WWW.REALWORLDAUSTIN.COM second why did you block all librarys and even a Homeless shelters computers WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY YOU'RE denying others GOT A CLUE? MTV WITNESSING GODS WORD
He must have grown impatient a few hours later, because I then got this:
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 20:08:07 -0800 (PST) From: "sam cole" <maineman_11@yahoo.com> Subject: Snap Snap Click Click snap snap snap Oh anymore Photos of the REAL WORLD AUSTIN BUILDING MAY CONTAIN A man Lifting up GOD'S WORD AS i am to check into the CITY to findout exactly my Legal rights to Move GOD IS ANGERY WITH THE WICKED EVERY DAY AND HE HATES THE WICKED AND THOES WHO PRACTICE IT REPENT EVER BURN UR SELF? KNOW somone who has been burned? ever smoked a CIG and have a HOT ASH hit you ever sit in the SUN TOO LONG EVER burn in LUST i tell you if you have been burned by a Fire i tell you that little burn is NOTHING compared to what you will face if you do not turn and repent i do not hate you nor ur soul i hate the sin you promote and the war i am wageing is not of the Phyisical world but the Spirtual Wickedness in High places GOT A BURN? REMEMBER THAT PAIN? I TELL YOU HELL WILL COVER YOU'RE ENTIRE BODY WITH THAT PAIN AND MORE but thre Christ JESUS you can be saved from that Condemnation AND leave the Judgeing to the LORD
Isn’t that special? I’m not worried — I’ve got a special edition Jose Cruz commemorative baseball bat set aside just for this guy’s face.
God, I love the internet.