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PayPal Account Levels

I used PayPal for a couple of years with no problems. Now I have had more problems in the past six months than ever before. For my own documentation purposes, here’s what I just sent via their Contact Us form.

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Texas Double Yuck

The Burger King “Manthem” commercial is back on TV, almost identical to its spring 2006 version. And it’s time for me to add my voice to those of many other bloggers who have expressed their dislike for this ad spot. Although I have been a vegetarian since 1993, my dislike for this ad has nothing … Continue reading »

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Cold Calls at Work

I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned this here before, but the interpreter who had my position before I got here put herself on a ton of mailing lists. She was here for several years, and I guess she thought she was never going to leave, but there was a falling out between her and the … Continue reading »

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Pharmacy Debacle

I get my medications – there are a lot of them – by mail-order pharmacy. At the beginning of the year, my insurance company switched from using Express Scripts for that service to using Medco Health. All of my prescriptions transferred properly, except one: fexofenadine, the generic for Allegra. Due to complete incompetence on the … Continue reading »

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Master Password

All day I have been flipping out about forgetting my website’s master password. See, I reset the password shortly before going on vacation, and now I only remember the last half of it. I have submitted one helpdesk ticket through the website (priority one), two e-mails to support@my_host, one of which was from my Sidekick … Continue reading »

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I’m Annoyed

Well, I’m annoyed. We had brought a shopping bag from Lord and Taylor in the trunk of the car. In the bag was a wrapped present and two bottles of meds, and a giant koosh ball we bought today. And when a certain guy who lives with us went to the car to bring in … Continue reading »

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A Tip For You

Here is a word of advice for non-interpreters: never ask a sign language interpreter if they are “in training.” Unless you have been an interpreter yourself – and if you have, you know better than to ask – you have no idea what our work entails. When I stumble in the last five minutes of … Continue reading »

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