From the “A Surcharge By Any Other Name Still Sucks!” Dept:

A couple of months ago, I got a text message from AT&T indicating they were intending to lower the "discount" for paperless billing and automatic bill payment when using a credit card as the stored payment method. Whilst I have no problems with electronic billing, ordinarily I'm not keen on "automatic payment" schemes when my credit union has a perfectly acceptable bill payment solution built into their banking portal. This forces me to keep a…

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From the “He Certainly Won’t Be Missed By The Kremlin” Dept:

Ever since the leader of the notorious mercenary group "Wagner" led a brief insurrection and marched his forces from the Ukraine through Rostov-on-Don and within 200 km of Moscow, it was only a matter of time before Yevgeny Prigozhin would be made to answer for daring to challenge the authority of President Vladimir Putin. If the reporting by Reuters, the BBC, and now everyone else picking up on the story is correct...it appears that one…

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From the “Why Yes, It *HAS* Been A While…” Dept:

And the irony is that it's been slightly more of a while as I just got distracted with dashing off a novella for a friend who has many photos that she'd like converted to digital and offering my opinions on what someone looking at outsourcing photo scanning might want to consider. Don't worry, I'll capture the guts of that and clean it up for a post in the "Photography Tips" section as soon as I…

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From the “Család. La familia. ‘Ohana. Family!” Dept:

I've had more than a little time to reflect upon what family means to me ever since that fateful Friday night almost three weeks ago and the many nights and days of many thoughts but much rarer instances of peace and solace that have followed since the ambulance pulled away from our little cul-de-sac at the end of our street. Truth be told, it seems absurd that what seemed absolutely crystal clear in my mind…

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From the “For The Sea Is So Wide And Our Ship Is So Small” Dept:

I've purposefully withheld comment on the story the submersible that was diving to the wreck of the RMS Titanic alone ever since the news broke on Sunday that contact had been lost with the Titan which was carrying crew of a pilot and four tourists to approximately 13,000 feet below the surface of the Atlantic. Until we knew for certain the fate of the submersible and the crew, I'm sure I wasn't alone hoping beyond…

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From the “Always the Bridesmaid!” Dept:

What on earth is it going to take for me to finally experience the joy of voir dire and being empaneled as a member of a jury of a supposed peer to the accused?!? For the second out of three tries, I ended up getting the thumbs-down from the recorded voice message at the courthouse: Jury Summons DateJuror NumberResultJuly 2017250Excused, juror number greater than required by the CourtMay 2018316Excused due to unavoidable conflict/hardshipJune 2023177All potential…

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