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Jul. 11th, 2011 08:44 amExhibit A:
Exhibit B:
(Note how close those bottom entries are to The Crazification Factor. I'm just saying.)
Exhibit B:
(Note how close those bottom entries are to The Crazification Factor. I'm just saying.)
Jul. 11th, 2011
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Jul. 11th, 2011 11:55 amMan is arrested, loses job, and has car stolen, for cashing a Chase cheque at a Chase branch, while black.
Short version: Chase owes him $8500, sends him a perfectly real cheque. He comes in to cash it, provides ID, and is arrested for "fraud" because no black man could possibly have that kind of money. When Chase discovers their error, they don't actually call anyone on duty at the police station, so he spends a long weekend in jail, and loses his job for not showing up. His car is towed and then auctioned off because the cheque is "evidence" and he doesn't have the money to pay the impound fees without it.
Short version: Chase owes him $8500, sends him a perfectly real cheque. He comes in to cash it, provides ID, and is arrested for "fraud" because no black man could possibly have that kind of money. When Chase discovers their error, they don't actually call anyone on duty at the police station, so he spends a long weekend in jail, and loses his job for not showing up. His car is towed and then auctioned off because the cheque is "evidence" and he doesn't have the money to pay the impound fees without it.
On Vacations.
Jul. 11th, 2011 10:41 pmSo, I haven't had a vacation in two years. I haven't had a REAL vacation in four. I need one. I'm taking one.
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torrain and I *had* scheduled a road trip through Sault St Marie for a wedding, and figured while we were there, we'd hit Toledo and Columbus and Chicago, then come back via Niagara Falls since she's never been there.
Then she got a new job that guarantees we can't do that. It was a flat condition: Can't take the job *and* be off the first two weeks of September.
So our vacation got cancelled.
Or, really, rescheduled.
And since we're not constrained to Sault St Marie on the 3rd any more, that leaves us open to do anything, anywhere.
So! Two weeks-ish, late September/early October. Where should we go?
(Related: I'm tempted to cut myself off from news and updates for the first time in a decade, for the duration. Bets on how soon I go completely barking mad and reconnect?)
torrain and I *had* scheduled a road trip through Sault St Marie for a wedding, and figured while we were there, we'd hit Toledo and Columbus and Chicago, then come back via Niagara Falls since she's never been there.Then she got a new job that guarantees we can't do that. It was a flat condition: Can't take the job *and* be off the first two weeks of September.
So our vacation got cancelled.
Or, really, rescheduled.
And since we're not constrained to Sault St Marie on the 3rd any more, that leaves us open to do anything, anywhere.
So! Two weeks-ish, late September/early October. Where should we go?
(Related: I'm tempted to cut myself off from news and updates for the first time in a decade, for the duration. Bets on how soon I go completely barking mad and reconnect?)
