~ Just returned from an office field trip (the reasons behind this are lengthy, convoluted, and boring. i'll spare you) to a "display warehouse." If anyone finds themself in need of a dozen or so 9-foot replicas of the Eiffel Tower, let me know, and I'll send you directions.
~ Former landlord returned our security deposit from the old house yesterday. Gave me a starter check with his bank account number handwritten along the bottom. Go ahead. Just try to get a starter check written for $1,400 cashed. It's well nigh impossible. Now, stir in a handful of former roommates who are itching to get their share of the deposit back, and who are irritated that the check is made out to you, and can't comprehend why you can't just magically turn a check with the legal merit of a note scrawled on looseleaf with Crayola into $1,400 cash. Whee.