oh em eff gee!

1) TWO MORE SLEEPS TILL HEROES IS BACK. YAY!!!!

2) I have three, count 'em, THREE plot bunnies for SGA fic (one of them being AU). Help??? If, in said AU, these people are actors, and there's a performance of Othello because, hello, Rodney-as-Iago? WIN. But, anyway, if in this AU Ronon's playing Othello, is this fandom going to rip off my head and use it as a chamberpot?

2a) In rewatching "Rising", I can so see how they wanted Ben Browder for the role of Sheppard. I wonder what kind of chemistry he'd have had with everybody. Of course, I think Browder could have chemistry with plants...

3) I dun wanna work today. But on the other hand, oh Lord, I need to escape this house. Mum and Dad made the sudden decision to rip up the carpets upstairs and lay down all new flooring (hardwood laminate tile... things...) and boy is my dad ever a grumpy gus. But I don't want to go to work.

Look, assholes.

Do a search for "visa" + "unsigned and a whole bunch of hits come up. They give you information from Visa themselves and banks. Merchants do not, and in fact should not, accept an unsigned credit card. Visa themselves in an info packet tell you to ask for ID, otherwise, do not accept an unsigned credit card. IT IS NOT VALID. A merchant doesn't fucking have to accept it.

Look at the back of your MasterCard. Damn near every MasterCard I've ever held in my hand says that the card isn't valid unless it's signed.

Technically, your card isn't valid, either, if you put "SEE ID" on it or some variation thereof.

SO FUCK YOU. Fuck you and the fucking horse you fucking rode in on. No, not all establishments follow these rules and try to protect not only themselves, but their customers.

And, y'know, if a card is signed, legibly, and the gender of the person matches the gender on the card, there's not much that can really be done. Credit cards are kind of a lose-lose situation for everyone involved and all you can do is just, y'know, hope you don't get your card stolen ever.

Just as someone can find your card in the parking lot or out of your purse, and study your signature and forge it, they can also take your unsigned card, sign it however they feel comfortable, and go on a shopping spree. There's no easy answer. Sign the card and then put "SEE ID"? I don't know. I don't fucking know.

But I'm just doing my fucking job. And I hate you. I hate you if you don't sign your goddamn card and then freak out and hunt me down in the fucking store to berate me like I'm a six year old idiot. I understand that I'm a cashier and you're a doctor so you're more important than me. I understand that -- I'm an uneducated worthless human being, and you're a doctor. I GET IT. But, bitch, please. Just -- just fuck you.