Beating a ticket

Approaching a red light on Washington St. at the intersection with Waverly Ave. near Newton Corner.  Thought the two cars riding the yellow line at the red light were turning left (cars often don’t signal turns at that intersection, or for that matter anywhere else in the Boston area).  Started to pass them on the… Read More: Beating a ticket »

Kudos to Intuit

I use TurboTax to do my taxes every year, and I’m signed up for Intuit’s AutoRenew program, which means that they send me the new version of TurboTax automatically every year when it comes out. I’ve got a credit card on file with them, and they charge the credit card when they ship the software.

Weird prerecorded phone call and Web site mccabillexposed.com

I just got a phone call with a prerecorded message about House Bill 4493, which you can read here. The message claimed that the bill was going to be passed “tomorrow” and that I should call the backer of the bill (Senator Jack Hart) and the director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (James Rooney)… Read More: Weird prerecorded phone call and Web site mccabillexposed.com »

I just made some phone droid’s day

Chase keeps sending me these checks to get me to enroll in one of the various services they offer, like their “Chase Fraud Protector” service.  The deal is that depositing the check causes you to be enrolled in the program automatically, and then if you cancel within a month they don’t actually charge you anything.