oh damn, Perkins. That is no good.

ita! no more collapsing for you.

Thanks all.

As these things go, this is not more than an annoyance so far. I've checked my bank account and the other credit card I use, and they are both fine, so it's just that one card and not my whole identity.

I may be saying something different in a few weeks, but for now I'm just thinking it could have been a lot worse.

So it would seem that someone stole my credit card number a couple of days ago and has been busy ordering thousands of dollars of merchandise and airline tickets since then.

What is it with the airline tickets?! The person who jacked my number a few weeks ago bought, like, 3 tickets from Ryanair, which I'd never even heard of until I called the fraud line.

I'm sorry you have to deal with this crap, too. And damn it, I just remembered another place where I have automated billing that needs to be changed.

So far I know I need to tell itunes, Amazon, the phone company, the cable company, and the place I bought my furniture that I still owe a balance to.

Beyond that, I have no idea.

Evidently one of the warning signs of bedbugs is that they leave streaks of excrement in your bed and other areas where they're biting you. (At least I'm going to believe that for now.)

Time to invest in mosquito repellant for the season, I guess.

I wonder, why there aren't more lotions that combine sunscreen with mosquito repellant. You'd think that more people would want an all-in-one solution to their outdoor needs.

I wonder, why there aren't more lotions that combine sunscreen with mosquito repellant. You'd think that more people would want an all-in-one solution to their outdoor needs.

I remember reading that those don't work too well, because something in sunscreen makes the insect repellent not work as well, and something in insect repellent makes the sunscreen not work as well. It was several years ago that I read this, though, so they might have figured out how to fix it by now.

combine sunscreen with mosquito repellant

There was/is Bullfrog, which makes some people (my father) break out with a horrid rash.

The CDC says it reduces the efficacy of both products and the fact that sunscreen is supposed to be applied often and liberally conflicts with the understanding that the active product in repellents (DEET) should be used sparingly and not over-applied.

And also, bug repellent is supposed to go on ones clothing, not the skin, especially when containing deet.

I would think that buying airline tickets with a stolen card would make it easy to catch the thieves.