My new internet store!!!

Big news, folks--I've started an online store. I'm planning to sell collectibles (mostly comic books, coins, stamps, etc.). I've already put one comic up for sale there. Check it out at http://jeremyotto.icareerkit.com!

coming soon to a blog near you--a movie review!

My friend Jeff who is a movie expert has recently seen (unfortunately for him) the movie "Resident Evil: Extinction". He wrote a hilarious review of it that I will be posting soon. Stay tuned!

Cult of the Sell Phone

I am sad to report that my wife and I will soon be joining the cult of the sell--oops, I mean cell--phones. She has conviced me that it would be better to switch from using a house phone to a cell so people can get in touch with us easier. Somehow, the idea of having a cell produces images of things like a ball and chain or an albatross hanging from one's neck. On the plus side, I won't have to worry about missing any important calls. The negative side is I will have to worry about not missing the unimportant ones. Oh well--like anything else in life--it's a tradeoff. And if you believe that one, I've got a bridge to cell you.

An interesting conversation

I had an interesting conversation with the elderly lady who owns the health food store in Champaign that I shop at regularly. Actually, it was more interesting the first time she told it, slightly less so today since it was approximately the ten millionth time. But what's amusing is each time she tells this little story it's just a little bit different.
She told me about how one day she was surprised to see a 2 dollar fee on her monthly bank statement which said "paper charge". She called up the bank manager and asked what it was all about, and the bank manager said that it was to cover the price of printing the monthly bank statements on paper and then he asked her "don't you have online?". She sternly replied, "No, I don't, and I never intend to!". The next month, her monthly bank statement showed a credit for 2 dollars, which she is sure was because she complained about the paper charge. But along with that monthly statement the bank had included in the same envelope was a flyer warning about the dangers of identity theft. Which was doubly ironic considering that A: it was printed on paper, yet they were charging her a 2 dollar paper fee, and B: because it was warning about a danger which presumably would be increased by having your personal information available online.
Hmmm...kinda makes you think, doesn't it?