Archive for January, 2007

Paypal–ridiculously stubborn & stingy

Friday, January 26th, 2007

So who gets the honor of being the first post in my Rants & Raves? None other than the prominent Paypal, who has a near monopoly in the online auction payment business. They’re actually owned by eBay, who also holds a de-facto monopoly in online auctions. The dispute at hand is over a $2.45 charge [...]

Geilenkirchen, Germany, here I come!!!

Friday, January 19th, 2007

This morning, I got a telephone call from a nice German woman who works for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, AKA NATO. She referred to an application I submitted about 2 months ago for a job as a NATO civilian. Apparently, the recruitment office liked what they saw, because I was being invited to Germany [...]

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