Finn Dog uses a lot of battery

I wanted to take a photo of Finn Dog and it took like 12 attempts because he is always moving. Meena once asked if Finn's tail ever stops wagging (she was much younger than she is now) and James told her "Noooo.. if his tails stops wagging, the world ends."

Minotaur Riddles

So I've had enough of the telemarketers. You've all heard my speech about how is it legal for them do use my stuff to do their business... can I borrow some strangers car to deliver pizza in? no. why can they use my phone which I pay for to do their business? But we'll skip past the greatest crime of all time for now....

I researched getting a 900 number. I wouldn't mind the telemarketers calling me then, but that's $1k/yr.

So I decided there's no purpose in me having a home phone if the only people that use it are telemarketers. I have a cell phone. BUT! can I cancel my home phone if I also have DSL with Verizon? I called and asked and apparently, in my area, yes I can have DSL w/out phone service. Cool! I thought.

So I called Verizon back and told the representative I want to cancel my home phone and just have DSL (which is called 'dry loop DSL') for $34.99/mo.

"May I ask why you wish to cancel your home phone?" the representative asked. "Is the connection not good, have you had problems with your line?"

"No, the connection is fine. I'm tired of the telemarketers calling me all the time and I've signed up on all the no-call lists, and it doesn't stop. People that know me call me on my cell phone."

"I can offer you a cheaper rate for your home phone of $10/mo off your current price and $10 off your DSL with a 12 month contract?"

"And how does that solve the not wanting telemarketers to call me?"

She ignored that with silence.

I ask, "Does that make everything cheaper than just having DSL?"

"No."

Silence from me this time. I might even call it 'incredulous silence', because I like to use big words sometimes.

"Are you sure you want to cancel your home phone? You won't be able to use it at all to make calls."

(Oh noes! You mean not having a phone line means the phone won't work?)

I reply, "I'll review your offer, will you send me the details in writing?"

"Oh we don't have this in writing but I can go over it again with you."

"I don't feel comfortable signing up for a one year contract with someone who's just told me about it on the phone. You can't email me this offer?"

"We have no way of doing that."

(If you're not going to go to the trouble of writing something down in an email, do you expect me to go to the trouble of giving you a sale?)

So I give up and say "I'll call again tomorrow, thanks."

I'd made up my mind, but I wanted to move away from the phone in case she was contagious.

Harry Potter - book 7 predictions

This is my prediction of what will happen in book 7, based on the highly trained English-major methodology that I became an expert of at the University of Texas, so if this predicition does not follow the book, its most likely that J.K. Rowling has worms in her brain and has deviated from the natural plot outcome.

1. Dumbledore is not really dead
2. Potter will not die
3. Snape will die, and likely from the actions of Harry, which Harry will later regret
4. Voldemort will capture or nearly capture Harry and importantly read his thoughts which includes a bitter hatred of Snape, therefore solidifying Snape's position within Voldemort's minions which will be Voldemort's downfall
5. Dumbledore will die for real this time


I just wanted to let you all know that these are my predictions so that when they come true, you can be witness to my omniscience. In essence, you are my bookies and this is my bet.

If you would like to know any of my reasons for my prediction, let me know, but otherwise I don't want to sway your own personal expectations, which happen to be wrong if they contradict the ones I've listed above.