August 06, 2003

Transcript
Okay, I need to go to bed because I've found myself reading Larry King transcripts, but this one is pretty priceless:

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(EXPLOSIONS)

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KING: Memories of the war in Iraq.

Scroll about 2/3 of the way down, in the roundtable discussion part.
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Fraud
How to go directly to hell without waiting in line:

People posing as Army casualty notification officers have contacted the families of five soldiers deployed to Iraq in an apparent fraud attempt. The suspects contacted the families by telephone and went to their doors in Army uniforms, said Maj. Joe Golden, rear detachment commander for the 3rd Brigade Combat Team. The suspects told the families they had important news about their loved ones but asked to first see documents such as Social Security cards and birth and marriage certificates. One of the impersonators asked for a check for $300.

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Marriage
Oh no! Ever since gays have been allowed to get sort of married in Vermont my marriage to K has been on the rocks. But now that there's a gay Episcopal bishop we're breaking up for good. Too bad, because we were quite deeply in love (just last week!) and very much looking forward to our new baby.

Looks like the Republicans were right all along: gay people really do threaten The Sanctity of Marriage. Who knew?
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Crash
Argh. Palm Pilot crashed. (It's only supposed to do one thing! What kind of loser ships an address book whose default behavior if anything at all goes wrong is to drop all of its information irretrievably on the floor?!)

Send addresses and phone numbers if you want us to have them.

On the other hand, the guy who came to deal with the hot water heater looked at it and told K, "Yep, it's a slow leak. That's funny. These things usually just explode." Holy crap! (So it could be worse. Today I heard a couple of war stories from people at work about spontaneous, catastrophic hot water heater failures. Too terrible to recount here.)

So after informing K how lucky we were, he accompanied her to Home Depot where he laid down his serious Alvin Hollis jujitsu on the typically slow Home Depot staff and got the thing replaced under warranty, when he could have just said, back in the basement, "Yep. Leaking. The one I have in my truck will cost you $500," and been done. The replacement one works great. Alvin Hollis rocks! But do not let their oil delivery guys give your kids a sip of heating oil straight from the hose as depicted on their site.
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Lib
Libby is updating from Greece.
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