You know, the news media sucks (at least the local news). They air stories which are, intentionally or not, designed to scare the shit out of people. Although these are the same people who believe all the “virus alert” emails they receive, it still pisses me off to have to endure crap like that. Which leads me into what I originally started this update for…I recently read The Onion, a satire newspaper that makes fun of the media by over-dramatizing the most insignificant news stories. My favorite in the latest issue is “Miracle of Birth Occurs For 83 Billionth Time.” Just give it a read…the first time I read it (about a year ago), either it wasn’t very funny or I wasn’t in a very humorous mood, but the past several issues really cracked me up.
Me, Mike, and Matt Marshall are going to the cave tomorrow. Nobody else has expressed any desire to go, except my bro-in-law Jaysen, but he has to work. I am again bringing a disposable camera, so I might have some cool pictures up soon (probably not until next weekend, though).
I decided today that I hate my auto insurance company (AIG), and I’m going to switch to another company really soon. It took them almost a month to get a check cut to us, which was supposedly mailed Wednesday, but we still haven’t seen it. State Farm, who is covering the damage to my Jeep that was caused Monday of this week, has already given me the check and I have already scheduled to have it fixed next week. How sad is that? If you’re ever looking for a new/different insurance company, I would recommend NOT going through AIG. Their prices are pretty good, but it’s not worth it for the crappy service they have. They really give you the run-around when trying to collect on a claim, but two days after they sent me the bill for my premium (which didn’t have a due date on it), they sent out a notice of cancellation, which said to disregard the notice if I’ve already paid.
Well, I’m on my fourth Seagram’s Fuzzy Navel Flavored Malt Beverage, and I’m a little tired, plus I have to get up early tomorrow to get ready for my cave trip, so I’m going to sign off now. Until next time…