This Craptastic Blog Is One Year Old!

Yup, one year tomorrow. TOYH just handed me a glass of champagne, although not for my blogging. (It was for her inaugural client visits as a real RN. She also got paid today. Woohooo!) I was thinking that for its' one year anniversary, I could rename this piece of crap, thus the new banner. It's time to shake things up a bit. Time for something fresh. Time for something hip. Time for something that says, "This blog is a record of the pointless, public revelation of my incredibly mundane life and a testament to the power of the internet to provide a forum for any delusional egomaniac to broadcast his every thought, no matter how stupid, insipid, puerile or just plain dull it is." Anything besides the pathetic, "white guy pretending to have some street cred," name it had before. I am open to suggestions, maybe even having a contest. Mind you, there would be no prizes for the winning name, just the satisfaction of knowing you have made a lasting contribution to this pile of garbage. Actually, if the coiner of the winning name is local or is passing through town, we could provide a home cooked dinner for you. And your family! Rather, TOYH would provide a home cooked dinner. If I was providing dinner it would consist of microwave burritos and Pop Tarts. On second thought, I don't know if I want to have to choose from the many entries which I'm sure will come pouring in. Maybe I could have a constantly rotating banner name and if your entry is chosen, you get dinner. I realize that as far as "branding" goes, frequent name changes would kill any "buzz" that this stinking effluence might be starting to generate, but hey we're on the edge here.

In other news, Wells Fargo loves us. A couple of weeks ago when TOYH and I went to the bank for a notarized signature and a cashier's check, they asked her if she wanted to upgrade our checking account to "PMA" checking from the basic no frills checking we had. Don't ask me what PMA means, I have no idea. Anyway, I'm finding out that with PMA checking we're getting all kinds of "free" stuff. "Free" electronic Bill Pay. "Free" checks. "Free" enrollment in a rewards program for getting and using a debit card. 100 "free" trades if we open brokerage account. You too can have all this "free" stuff. Here's how. All you need to do is take out a mortgage with Wells Fargo, have a line of credit with Wells Fargo, take out student loans with Wells Fargo and get a credit card with Wells Fargo. It's so simple.