"Oh, you mean this gate key" We recently noticed that a deposit we had made during the process of refinancing our home loan hadn't yet been returned to us, despite the fact that the refinancing closed two months ago. I called the mortgage broker, who said, "wasn't that handled in your closing?" No. "Well, we probably just mailed the check back to you." No, you cashed it. "Oh, well, that's odd." The next morning, I got an voicemail saying that oh, my goodness, we don't know how that could have happened, it was a miscommunication with accounting ... blah blah blah... the check is in the mail.
"One of these things is not like the others..." The curse of a job where you work on a satellite TV receiver all day is that you're forced to watch a lot of daytime television. Today I saw the episode of Walker, Texas Ranger where Chuck Norris goes undercover as a Mexican immigrant. Umm... I know all the criminals on that show are dumber than bricks, but, umm, ...
"But you might feel better if I gave you some cash" This week, a report came out clearing a Columbine police officer who had been accused of firing the shots that killed one of the students during the massacre there. The report concludes that -- are you ready for this? -- the student was killed by Eric Harris, one of the two psycho gunmen. Well, that's certainly a shock. While the events of that day were surely a terrible tragedy, the numerous accusations and lawsuits that have followed surely form a tragedy in themselves. How long will it take to rebuild the community while lawsuits drag on for years, and money that could go to rebuilding instead goes into trial costs? Also this week, the mother of the teenage pilot who flew a Cessna into a building shortly after 9/11 last year filed suit against the manufacturer of a prescription drug he was taking, alleging that the drug made him crazy. Yeah, that's the ticket.
"Time, don't let it slip away..." This week, I had church events Monday and Wednesday nights. Meredith did (and does) Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday nights. And Saturday morning and afternoon. I wound up skipping the thing I was supposed to go to at church Monday, in no small part because of the desire to actually see my wife for more than an hour this week. Clearly we need to do a better job of scheduling in the future.
Posted by Mike at April 17, 2002 06:25 PM