Yes, I do still have two Top lists to post and, including today, only two days before the New Year to post them. However, I really wanted to do another Snippet Wednesday. Plus, Katie and I are talking about seeing a movie (or two) on New Year's Eve and I'd like to give those movies a fair shake on the Top Films list. So that one will be on New Year's Day while the Top Shows will be tomorrow. Promise.
Banking
This bugs me. We are receiving bills for an urgent care
visit for Katie from February and March of 2008. They’re claiming we
never paid. Never mind the fact that it took them nearly two years to discover
this supposed discrepancy, we did pay it. They say they’ll waive it if I
can provide them with copies of the canceled checks. Due to that stupid federal
law that passed some odd years ago, banks no longer have to send back canceled
checks to us. So I checked our online account to find the digital images of the
checks. I can only access back through August 2008. So I call my bank branch
and they tell me they can look for it but it will take “research”
as the information is “archived” and they may have to charge me for
the research time. Isn’t that supposed to be the great thing about online
banking is that your history is entirely digital and should be available at
your fingertips 24 hours a day, seven days a week? Why would you archive
digital information and make in inaccessible to the user? This makes no sense.
Stupid banks.
Bear
I was reading Marty’s top albums of 2009 list and I really like this one
thing he did which I might try next year… he included lists of albums
that he considered a letdown or that he just didn’t get. It’s a
pretty cool concept considering how much hype some albums receive. And I
completely agree with him on his assessment of Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest
in this regard. I’ve listened to that album a ton of times and I just don’t
get it. Why is it so highly regarded? What makes it so great? Why was it one of
the top selling independent albums of the year? And the real kicker for me is
that usually when I see a band live, I wind up gaining an appreciation of the
album by hearing the songs up close and in person. I saw Grizzly Bear at
Pitchfork and the live experience helped not at all.
Bears
Can someone tell me where the hell the Jay Cutler that we
saw on Monday night against the Vikings has been all season long? Damn. Even
though the Bears defense really started to stink things up a bit in the fourth
quarter giving up 17 unanswered points and letting the Vikes tie it up, it was
a very exciting game! This is something we haven’t really seen all season…
save for the stinking things up bit. That was pretty much par for the course
for the Bears this year.
Book
I cannot, for the life of me, find my Moleskin notebook. I’m pretty sure
I’ve exhausted the places where it could possibly be located. Dammitalltohell. Why is it that when you don't need something, it's always there, but when you do need it, it's nowhere to be found? I wanted to
do some writing and, of course, it’s nowhere to be seen.
Books
The reason I’d like to find my Moleskin is because I
have an idea for a book I’d like to write and I want it along for the
ride. Maybe I should just buy a new one that would be dedicated to this
endeavor. Actually, that probably would be a better idea since I have some
ideas for illustrations that would accompany the text and an oversize Moleskin would be better for this project. Yes, it’s a
children’s book. Anyone have contacts in the children’s book publishing
industry?
Bark
Dog collar beer bottle opener? Greatest. Invention. Ever. Me wanty. Hey, do you guys need a blog reviewer? Drop me a line. E-mail addy's in the top menu bar.
Time to head to work. Adios, peeps.
