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AWESOME theme!

Yah, I thought Cutline was all that until now. I’ve configured this theme to my satisfaction including redoing all my header graphics and logo in about 3 hours. Cutline took me, oh, probably 20 hours over 2 weeks. And I was still fixing random things after a year of using it.

We call it the chupacabra theme because we can’t pronounce “Atahualpa” but despite the horrible name, it’s the best theme I’ve ever used. I’m even donating to Bytes For All I like it so much. :-)

All photography is mine, btw.

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Trying out a new theme

I REALLY like that I can change the CSS from within WP rather than have to root through it by hand. Yes, I’m that lazy. :-) Supposedly, this theme has bloated code and is slow… So I need you guys to let me know if it is indeed slower than the other theme.

I’ve not added my header pix yet, but theirs are enjoyable. I also have to redo the fav.ico and make myself a logo. I really like that the fonts are all sans like they should be and header graphics will automatically size and randomize for me. Nice!

Also: I would totally recommend this theme for people who want a certain look, but aren’t good with raw CSS. Kate, I’m looking at YOU. :-)

Thanks for feedback about this theme! This is Atahualpa Theme by BytesForAll, FYI.

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Bank of America can suck it

So, since the wankers at BoA refused to do a fucking thing yesterday, I contacted the various vendors that our brilliant thief tried to charge to and got responses from two out of three. Good thing I know how to deal with vendors and shit! BoA is certainly not going to do a godsdamned thing about this!!

The hosting service had already declined one of the charges from the moron and when they heard from me, they issued a refund for the other. The diaper service who received $23,320.50 in charges had sense enough to decline them immediately, so that’s all done. The only vendor left is asknet-shops.com and the charge is a piddly $39.95, which I’ll refuse to pay and BoA can handle it. (After I call AGAIN to tell them what to do.)

And again I wonder: what is the point of making huge charges to a few random vendors? I really do not understand what this dumbass thief was trying to accomplish. It makes NO SENSE to me! If I were gonna steal someone’s card info, I’d make a ton of small purchases that might slip by, not $23k worth to a single vendor!!

I called BoA again today, however, because the wankers had a hold on my account and not only were the charges not posting, but the refunds were not posting, either, which was leaving my account standing at -$2490 or so. So I called in again and told them what to do (DUH, nothing can clear if you have a hold on the fucking account!!) and got the account back into the black. Of course I’ll have to call again to dispute the $39.95 from asknet-shops.com, which is a sketchy software “shop” that sells gods know what.

It still chaps my ass that I have to call in over and over to TELL BoA what to do to fix my account. Just damn. Again, if this was Amex, it would have been straight in 20 minutes. Which is why I am not using the biz card for much of anything anymore, I’m switching everything to Amex. FUCK BoA. They feel that they don’t owe me the courtesy of watching my back because they are a bank? Fine, they can watch me slowly move all my business to Amex and other companies who DO feel that they should watch my back.

Once we get a refi and roll in (pay off) the BoA HELOC, it will be my mission to start pulling away from BoA. They’ve treated me very well over the years (until the last 3-4 months) and they give us all our accounts for free, but their customer service is SHIT. Total and complete SHIT. ::sigh:: But, honestly, it’s probably not much better anywhere else. :-(

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Hi Ho!

Guess what? I’ve got some drama!! Ladies, start your Llamas!! :-) I’ll not be joining you, though, I just can’t seem to get really rattled by this. Sorry! You can feel free to ride for me! :-)

I was at a questionable site yesterday when I was checking prices for phentermine (allpillsrx dot com – SCAM SCAM SCAM!!) and I put my CC # into the cart software then thought better of it and backed out. Or maybe I tried to click through? I can’t remember, but either way, the transaction appeared to stall, then the cart was emptied – NOT normal behaviour! The empty cart was actually someone snagging the CC info from the cart. They used my CC overnight but the funny part is that they were making these HUGE transactions, hell one was $9800 or so! Yah, no one will notice THAT, ya morons!

So, today when I was out, I had to go to Sally and while there decided to check out the Avenue next door. For some reason, I pulled out my biz Visa for the transaction and it was declined. I knew right then that my CC # had been stolen. So I called Nick and sure enough, there was almost $30k put on the account, and it was showing $24k overdrawn! Ha! Of course the damn bank had not called or anything. ::shakes head:: If this was Amex, it would all be handled within 20 minutes – and they would have called me.

I went to the bank and of course they can’t do anything because I have to call the Fraud department. So I finish my errands and come to call the Fraud people. After 15 minutes on hold and one asshole hanging up on me, I find out that they can’t do anything until this crap posts. ::rolls eyes:: So, it’ll take another hour of my time to fuck around with the bank tomorrow, but overall this is not a big deal.

When I went to look at the account a minute ago, all the huge charges had already been rescinded and there are only two vendors left with about $350 in charges that have not been rescinded. I sent them both emails advising what happened, but if they don’t reply, they will be hearing from Bank of America shortly.

Although it’s shocking to see those kinds of numbers, I’m not really concerned since I’m not liable. It’s more of an inconvenience than anything. I don’t anticipate closing the account, just changing the card #. Fortunately I only had a couple of things on auto pay with this card.

Also fortunate is that this account is totally stand alone from our personal account – otherwise this would be UGLY.

As it is, it should all be fine by tomorrow or Monday. :-)