RIP Farrah, MJ and Ed
Farrah Fawcett,
Michael Jackson, and
Ed McMahon.
God must not have been able to find much on Cable TV today, to have to call three legendary entertainment personalities home in one day.
RIP, y'all.
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edited to correct: I wasn't online or in touch—I guess Ed died Tuesday.***
In happier news, the new realtor handling Grandma's house seems to be more focused. There is a historic renovator interested, as well as an older cousin who bears our family name (which is also the name of the street the house is on). I'm voting for it to stay in the family, because nothing would make me happier and make me feel better about letting it go. So—send a few words up to the Big Ear in the Sky about all of this (esp the house sale!) and keep happy house-sold vibes going.
Cuz it's my birthday on Monday, and I've been telling everyone, all I want for my birthday is to have that house SOLD (for a good price) and the estate closed shortly thereafter.
Rock on...
Labels: breaking news
The Power of Positive Thinking
This has nothing to do with the interview, though I thought it went well. Decisions to be made next week. Keep the digits crossed.
What this post concerns is the national or global mindset. If you understand the Law of Attraction, you know that what we focus on expands—meaning, we get more OF that. What we complain about is what we are focusing on. What we
agree to is what we focus on. When your friend says, "all people in X category are X", and you nod and say offhandedly, "Mm-hmm", you are in agreement with that statement whether you want to be or not.
In the Bible, it says, "wherever two or more agree, it shall be done."
If gas prices go way up this year, I can tell you whose fault it is. Blame it on Toledo. (I voted that they would go down, btw.)
Labels: Law of Attraction, positive thinking
I Don't Generally Complain, But...
/begin rant
Whomever is claiming my phone number and possibly also my last name and first initial but not first name, then signing up for things, not paying the bills, and letting the collections company give ME heart failure over it,
STOP IT RIGHT NOW.
First, it was Charter Communications last week. They left a cryptic robo-call message on my machine. It gave the name of the rep, the company name, and said, "please call the number at the bottom of your statement about this important matter".
Well, I've never even HEARD of them. So I googled. OK. It's a cable company. Still. I looked up their customer service number. I also googled to see if there were complaints about them (many, but not like my experience).
I called.
The rep said, "OK, if you give me your account number, I can look up the data, but it's about an unpaid bill."
OK... but I don't HAVE your service. Therefore, I don't have an account number.
The rep on the other end of the line asked for my zip code. I provided it. He was shocked.
"Uh, ma'am? We don't even service your state. So... it's not possible for you to have an account with us."
As I said. So... WHO IS USING MY NUMBER?
They said, because it's an unpaid bill, the service will eventually be disconnected, which doesn't affect me, of course, since I'm not a customer, but the calls should stop after that. So just bear with, and should an actual human attempt to make contact prior to shutting off services, try to intercept the call and explain to them this situation.
Nice. Let my machine fill up with these robo-things until the company gives up.
Oddly, there have been no further calls since.
Today, I get a robo-call from MCO or NCO Financial, stating it is an attempt to collect a debt.
Again. WHO ARE YOU? Nobody I do business with. They left a number. I called.
By the time the rep finished his rambling unintelligible spiel about how this was anattempttocollectadebtandthiscallmayberecordedforsecuritypurposes (at least, that's what I could make out), I was a bit irrational.
I said I'd received a call from your company and asked quite tersely who they represented (Charter, maybe?). He stated their own company's name. I said, "I don't do business with you nor have I ever heard of your company. And I've been having trouble with calls coming in on debts that have nothing to do with me, so I'd like to know who it is that is using my number."
He said "we're looking for a Ms. ______". And gave my last name. I repeated the name as if I'd never heard it before, just to be on the safe side.
He said "Yes, _____." And gave a female name that STARTS with my initial, but isn't my name.
I said, "Well, that's not me."
"Do you KNOW a _____?"
Nope!
"So then we have the wrong number."
I said, "Yes, and I'd like to know WHO this person IS because I'm tired of getting their calls!" I then told him about Charter.
He said jokingly, "Well, if you'd like to pay her bill for her, we'd accept that."
I said, "I have a better idea. How about SHE pay MY bills. That would work for me."
He chuckled and said "When we track her down, we'll have her do that."
I said good. He said my number would be removed from the list.
Now. Here's what I'm thinking happened. With cell phones and Vonage, it is possible to live in one part of the country but have a phone number from elsewhere. My friend moved to Minnesota for a year or so, but took a cell with a local Ohio number with him so he could call home for free. He never got phone service IN Minnesota. Didn't need it. So, it's plausible that he could have and probably did sign up for utilities in MN, and provided his Ohio number.
Same with my friend who stayed here a few weeks. He had Vonage. So his number was local to Nebraska. But he was in Ohio, and he got a cell phone here. Then he moved down South. I can only imagine...
So it is also plausible that someone either looked UP a phone number in another state bearing the same last name (sort of like identity theft but without the financial implications) so they could provide a number and get services without being easily trackable; or someone made up a number that happened to be mine; or... someone is purposely using my number.
I don't care which it is, just, whomever you are, STOP. Because I get enough calls of my own without dealing with yours.
/end rant
Labels: whines and rants
