Archive for the 'Aggravations, Peeves' Category



Gas Watch!

Published on April 5, 2008

Here’s a picture I took today, Saturday, April 5, 2008.  Gas prices have already risen by 30-40% from what they were 2 years ago.  (May I note that my salary has not?)     Now, talk is always that the price of fuel has to do with stock markets, and instability in the Middle East […]


Debacle of de BillPay

Published on April 1, 2008

My bank offers BillPay service, but I continued with the old tried-and-true method that I’d used since sand was still big rocks my first checking account, right out of school.  With paper checks and paper registers to keep the records.   And it’s worked for me, and I’ve stayed on top of things and bills got paid […]


Check your prescriptions, damn it

Published on March 18, 2008

I had to have eye surgery (again) about 3 weeks ago, because I couldn’t see out of my eye and the doctor couldn’t see in.  Two weeks later, when he got a good look through the hole he punched, he didn’t like the swelling and inflammation that he saw there, seemingly a normal condition for […]