Short post: WaMu is absolutely, positively, the worst POSSIBLE bank ever even IMAGINED my man. I am ASTOUNDED that one financial institution can get SO many things SO wrong, SO much of the time. NEVER, EVER bank with these idiots.

For those who know me, I don’t mind a little drink now and then. So this article was especially interesting, considering I have personally experienced ALL of those symptoms, and more than once in the past month.

So I think I’ll lay off for a while. Of course there’s New Years Eve, so it will have to be after that. And then my birthday, so after that. Then Vegas end of January – so February. After Valentine’s day. Although that is getting pretty close to St.Pats. Which is only a couple of weeks before The Masters – and we always have a party for that. So May. Damn. Cinco De Mayo. June is Father’s Day and the US Open. 4th of July. August. We’ll shoot for August.

That’s right kids – 12 months of sick fun for the whole family for just $15 – or 3 entries for $30!

Get over to stiffs.com right now and sign up. It’s super fun!

Yes.  It’s here.  I’ve heard nothing but good things, and was about done with the outages and poor customer service at Time Warner cable.  So I did it – and this is no small deal.  I have digital TV, DVR, phone ANd Internet ALL through Time Warner.  But I did it anyway.

First step after signing up was to get the actual fiber pulled from the pole to the house, done by a different team than the Verizon installer.  That took a week to schedule, but installed no problem once they were out.  Then came the install.  I got an 8-10am install window last Thursday, and was told to play 4-6 hours for installation, and an extra two if I was getting TV AND Internet.  No way would it take that long, I thought.  Actually, it did.  The guy showed up at 8am and left at 3pm.  7 hours.  Oh – but worth it.

So now I have 4 TVs with boxes, 3 of hem with HD and DVR.  I have Internet phone, with my old number ported over, and Internet that is just about exactly FOUR TIMES FASTER than it was before.  I actually tested before and after the install.  Time Warner:  5750 Kbps down, 485 up.  Verizon:  19518 down, 4488 up.  Crazy.

Best part of all?  $50 a month LESS than Time Warner.  So yeah.  Recommended.