I don’t know if it’s subconscious due to Saturn Return or actual, but I have a HUGE urge to toss unused stuff from my appt all of a sudden!
Trailer: Cat Ladies, the Documentary - no joke… this look amazing! Cat Ladies FTW!
Heidi Klum’s in a Shiva Costume (a Hindu God) - This costume is FANTASTIC! HONESTLY, WOAH!!! I. AM. IN. LOVE!!!
Upon attempting a $1.07 purchase today with my credit card at the following business, I was informed that there was a $5 minimum purchase fee. When I attempted to inform this business that this is a violation of the Merchant Agreement they signed, my objections were ignored. The full information for this business is as follows:
Ivan T. Matthei Pharmacy
25 E. Washington, Suite 53
Lower Level-Pedway
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: 312-263-7194
Day of Minimum Purchase Demand: 2009-10-28, 2:32pm
Demanding a minimum purchase is against the policy of both MasterCard Worldwide & Visa Inc. and I wanted to bring it to your attention immediately. I’ve copied and pasted the relevant parts of your Merchant Agreements below:
MasterCard Worldwide
Minimum/Maximum Transaction Amount Prohibited. A Merchant must not require, or indicate that it requires, a minimum or maximum Transaction amount to accept a valid and properly presented Card.
Page 5-10 from the June 2009 MasterCard Rules Document. Call 636-722-6100 for more information.
Visa Inc.
Always honor valid Visa cards in your acceptance category, regardless of the dollar amount of the purchase. Imposing minimum or maximum amounts in order to accept a Visa card transaction is a violation of the Visa rules.
Page 9 of the 2008 Visa Card Acceptance and Chargeback Management Guidelines. Call 800-VISA-911 for more information.
I respectfully request that you either demand this business follow the Merchant Agreement they signed when you entered into the contract with them; or immediately revoke their license to do business as a MasterCard Worldwide or Visa Inc. vendor.
Respectfully,
Shivian Balaris
Proud MasterCard & Visa Card Holder
MY INTERVIEW IS OUT! The Feast of Fun (formally Feast of Fools) show “Hocus Poke Us” - just in time for Halloween! I had a blast recording it with these crazy fun guys! Thanks to Feast of Fun for having me, and to Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion for showing me a spooky good time!
Painfully Honest & Epic Mobile Home Commercial - I wish all commercials were like this!
Today I get interviewed on the Feast of Fun (formally Feast of Fools) podcast by Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion about the Halloween season, it’s pagan / witchcraft roots, and more! Tune in later this week to listen to waht we record today!
I’ve now watched all of Dexter: Season 1 to present. I think if I ever saw a Kill Room in a haunted house I’d freak a bit! I love that show!
Heading home after a social night out with @rubberkai and friends, though a lot of regs were missing… felt odd / awkward…
“Do you know where you are?” - “Hell.” - “Actually, you’re in LA… so I can understand the mixup.” — Topher & Sierra, Dollhouse
Now that it stopped raining its effing GLORIOUS outside!
I love BS “rules” about Ouija Boards: “Burn a white candle as far from the board as the tallest person is to protect from negative forces”
One of the BIGGEST and MOST EXPENSIVE books of pretentious neopagan bullshit I’ve seen - least the binding is pretty. A Book of Shadows costing $498,000 and claiming to be “the most complete and comprehensive Book of Shadows in existence. This book opens real craft on how the magic is done and brought to life.”
Ooooh, you can now manage your Google Address Book / Contacts at http://www.google.com/contacts — hyperfaboo!
