O Holy Shit!

Well, I now have a copy of the worst singing ever recorded. It is all mine! My own. My preciousssss.

So far, I have inflicted it on Monte's family and one of my lawyers. It will spread, like many infectious diseases!

So, the ( holiday in review: )

It was a terrific holiday, full of the best parts of why I enjoy xmas. Thank you to Wired for taking me to church. Thank you to Monte's family for being so welcoming and fun. Thank you to the Moneysnakes for adopting me every year.

Only a few more days left to 2002. I wonder what 2003 will bring?

Liberty Mutual - it ain't liberty and it ain't mutual

My auto insurance decided to up my premium by over $100 a month.

Ouch.

when I called to ask why, they said it was because I was being charged for a "surcharge" for traffic violation points. Because I have 3 tickets in the last 3 years.

EXCEPT.

The last ticket was in April of 2001. I first got insurance with these guys in DECEMBER of 2001. Where I had to give them all my traffic violation info.

But the lady on the phone says I wasn't being charged for those violations. I then asked why my premium was so high if I wasn't being charged for violations. "Well, you were assigned a high risk category." (Which is true - for my TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS) I asked her why I would have been assigned that if I had NO violations. She "didn't know". She claims that my other extremely high rate was for no good reason than I was "high risk" without any substantiation, but now that they know I have tickets, it's $100 more a month.

Um...WTF?

And the best part? It's too late for me to stop them for taking this money on the first of January. (They say. I may ask my bank to deny payment.) But a competitor (Progressive) will give me a rate that is comparable to what I was paying. Armed with this, I will call back tomorrow and demand to speak to a manager and see if I can get resolution on this.

If I can't - I'm out $100 that I was not budgeting to be out. Just when I thought I was coming out of the financial hole...

Fuggity shite.