My phone adventures are not nearly as colorful as Joe's were, but this one just made me say, "Well spotted."

"Good morning, [Agency]. This is Aims."
"Hi. I am pregnant and I'm female."

Eye~ma for MFN's mom. Scary stuff.

Shir, definitely keep us posted!

I had the weirdest comment I've ever had from a stranger this morning. I was walking to the bus stop and a guy also walking the same way said, "Hey, nice feet!" I said, "What?" and he replied, "Oh, I just like it when a woman has nice feet." Please note, I was wearing my sport sandals for my commute. We ended up talking at the bus stop and on the bus, and he seems like an okay guy (which is good, since he's my neighbor), but wow. So random.

I hate banks so much. I just hate them all. I don't begrudge them trying to make money, but their policies in regards to overdraft fee posting and what they count first just seems so very counter-intuitive. Nothing like sobbing on the phone first thing on a Friday morning.

It's not so much counter-intuitive as it is cruel. IMHO.

Right? Thankfully, I got a very sympathetic customer service woman who waived all but 1 of the fees. I saw that we had an OD yesterday because the two year auto pay for godaddy.com pulled out the money for Joe's website and the email we received didn't tell us about the $40 pull. So I ran down to the bank to cover the OD. Then we get hit with fees this morning when I thought we were clear. She was very kind and helpful, but this is why people deal with cash and money orders only and I sort of miss those days. Truly.

A university in Kuwait is looking for a math professor. One more job I will not be applying for...

I threw away my bathroom scale a year ago. Maybe a mistake? I just bought another scale and stepped on it. Holy adiposity, Batman! What have I done?

Time to go back on the low-carb diet, stat.

Shir, it occurred to me - if a behavior that provokes people (I'm assuming it has to be more than one person) to violence is legally forbidden, what would happen if women who were tripped went after the men standing around either causing it or permitting it? Would that apply? or - to be cynical - does it only apply when it provokes men to violence?

I don't begrudge them trying to make money

I certainly begrudge them trying to make money by jacking up fee structures and manipulating how they pass deposits through in order to maximize the amount they gain, with (until very recently, anyway) no recourse or opt-out -- there's nothing at all wrong with banks making money the way they were set up to do it, by reinvesting the money that's entrusted to them in fairly safe and transparent ways.

What you said there with your knowledge and stuff. I love smart peoples. Specially MY smart peoples. t snuggles my peoples

Maybe I'll switch to the credit union.