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I walked up to the front office a few minutes ago to pick up a fax I was expecting (and alas, wasn’t there).

However, one of our front office ladies motioned to me to come over to her. She was on the phone with our T1 provider (who used to be our DSL provider until we upgraded), and she put the phone down and said:

“They cannot cancel our DSL service without your permission since your name is on the account”

So I pick up the phone, say “This is Caleb” and talk to Becca, who tells me she needs my permission to cancel the service.

I say: “okay, you have my permission”

And she says: “Great, we’ll get it started”.

This is funny that they had this extra layer of security, and yet I never had to prove who I was. Just saying I was Caleb was enough to prove I was, apparently.

My mornings are very hectic. Today was a little extra hectic.

There’s no dress code at the college but I try to dress on the nicer side of business casual except for Fridays but I still like to look nicer. Since I was in a hurry today, I opted for a t-shirt.

About 8:20 this morning the boss-lady walks up to me and says you’ll be joining me at the extended cabinet meeting this morning at 9:45. I said “You’re kidding.” No such luck.

Boss-lady found an IT shirt but it was way too big and not ironed. My suggestion was to run over to the bookstore and buy a t-shirt. Boss-lady agreed and promptly brought me $20. Frickin’ sweet, a free t-shirt.

The extended cabinet meeting went well. The morning didn’t turn out to be so bad after all.

I learned today that “pizzle” is an archaic word for penis.

Who knew that Snoop Dogg was such a historian?

*p.s. - archaic means “historical” or “of the past”

**p.p.s. - in archaic, that would be “hizzy” or “of-the-pizzy”

Let me preface this by saying this: We don’t have children, so anything I can possibly say about them or the raising of them is purely hearsay. You are completely welcome to ignore it.

The following comes in response to the Viv blog, located here.

Disclaimer aside, let me say this: I abso-FRIGGIN-lutely despise the use of cutesy names for people in the family. My mom is mom or mother. My dad is dad or father. My mom’s mom (and so forth) is either “grandma” or “grandmother”.

There is no “grammy” or “grams” or “mimi”.

There is no “pah-paw”. That one I really hate.

Yeah, you know what. Pah-paw is okay when the kid can’t muster syllables. But he/she needs to grow out of it. It’s not cute past 2 years old. It’s downright sick.

In summary: Kids who talk like two year olds even after they turn 8 are monsters. Parents who perpetuate it are even worse.

You know who used to talk like that? Wilford Brimley. Now he’s got the diabetes. You do the math.

Surely by now you’ve heard that you can get a free copy of your credit report at AnnualCreditReport.com.

I’ve done it twice in the past year and a half or so. Nothing that I didn’t already know popped up.

However, I never did find out my credit (FICO) score. Mostly because you have to pay for it. And I’m a cheapskate.

Now, I get plenty of 0% credit card offers, so I’m figuring it must be pretty good. WellsFargo has no problem lending us a lot of money on top of the mortgage I already have. So they must have some faith in it.

But what I heard tonight dropped my jaw.

I was talking with Ryan@WellsFargo who is handling our new mortgage, locking in rates, and getting some details about the mortgage. I was trying to find out about a timeline and stuff for closing, and he said all we’re waiting on is an appraisal (this is exactly one day after signing a purchase agreement). He said we may also have to provide a written letter stating our intent to sell the first home, which is no problem.

However, I asked him about paperwork he would need from me to finish authorization. Previously, I had to supply copies of bank statements, W2s, savings accounts, retirements accounts, etc. Ryan told me that wasn’t needed. Our credit scores were high enough, they don’t need verification of our information.

Basically, they were going to order the appraisal and as soon as it was done we’d be able to schedule closing. My guess is it will happen before the home is inspected, which is a week from today.

Color me stoked.