Those Little Purchases!

• Went to use the credit card today, but it was cancelled, apparently some MSC. expeditures caught the credit card company's eye: I've been a victim of Identity Fraud! Finally, I can actually say I'm a resident of California! It's funny how LebowskiFest, Brazil and Miami didn't phase them a bit, but these purchases in Baltimore and Denver caught their eye:
  
  -Boston Market--> Denver, CO $ 22.67
  -Safeway Store --> Denver, CO $402.82
  -SuperShuttle Denver-> Denver $ 54.00
  -Safeway Store--> Denver, CO $600.00
  -Denver Niketown-->Den, CO $408.88
  -Quizno's Subs--> Denver, CO $ 40.16
  -Giant Food Inc-->Baltimor,MD $415.74
  -Exxon Mobile-->Baltimor, MD $ 29.74
  -Foot Section-->Baltimore, MD $630.00

Hmm. $2,604.01 on nothing in less than a week. Well done, crooks. Besides the obvious disappointment in the amount of work that is going to have to be done in order to fix this, it saddens me that today's criminals still don't know how to spend money. I can only imagine what better things I could have spent $2,604.01 on! That's a trip around the world, easily!

It reminds me of a Jazz station I used to listen to in Detroit. They were holding this contest where the winner could fly anyplace in the world. Well, one morning I tuned in and this screaming lady who won was going to pick her destination. She was taking a long time to decide, and rightfully so I thought. As I waited at the stoplight, eagerly anticipating her response, I imagined the most expensive ticket I could think of; the jungles of Madagascar, the nerve center of Genghas Khan's Nomadic tribes in Kharkhorin, Mongolia, or perhaps a visit to Tashkent. Hell, why not Antartica? Well, before the light turned green there was a long drawn out sound of a horn...for me beating my head againsnt the steeling wheel in defeat. She had chosen....Sin City, Las Vegas, Nevada. I hope she runs into the guys that stole my credit card information.