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Oh look, someone's been trying to log into my online account management site for one of my credit cards. I got back from the gym and found email from my credit card company saying that "For [my] security, [my] account has been locked out because the allowable number of incorrect login attempts has been exceeded." Since I had logged on once, and successfully, today (and wasn't even home, much less online when the email was sent) I will chalk it up to someone having gotten a hold of a list of usernames. I'll ask tomorrow when I call to unlock it and change the password if they had a lot of users locked out. Several people recently have mentioned that they've found fradulent charges on their credit cards (people who never shopped at Egghead, even); something to watch out for it seems. How annoying.

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http://oboylephoto.com/ruins/index.htm

Very nice stuff. I'm considering buying some prints; some of the stuff from the asylum and the orphanage are gorgeous.

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Heh. I did this a while ago, but since I'm a complete joiner, I think I'll do it again. =) Neither one is completely spot-on, but there's an interesting mix of truth in them.

Cathy
Your first name of Cathy has made you a friendly, approachable, and generous person.
Generally you are good-natured, though at times you can be blunt and sarcastic. As
you are naturally talkative, you find it easy to meet and make friends with many
people. This name inclines you to be sympathetic and generous to those in difficult or
unfortunate circumstances. You can be firm, positive, and independent in your own
ideas and in reaching your own decisions, yet when it comes to taking action or
following things through to completion, you often need encouragement. You respond
quickly to kind words or any appreciation shown you. There are artistic, creative
abilities in this name that you could express through music or singing, or, in a practical
way, through sewing or interior decorating. You enjoy freedom from monotony and are
stimulated by unexpected opportunities for meeting people, entertaining, or pursuing
activities of a carefree nature. In your work, you find it difficult to be neat and orderly.
You rarely plan things ahead of time, or follow a routine. Emotion and feeling, the desire
to be carefree, friendly, and happy, are the driving forces in your being, rather than
shrewdness, ambition, and material success. You could experience headaches, or
problems with your teeth, ears, eyes, or sinuses. Health weaknesses relative to the
functioning of the liver could appear.

and

Catherine
Your name of Catherine makes you easy-going and refined, but detracts from your
physical vitality. You desire all the finer things in life--lovely clothes, home, furniture,
and environment. However, procrastination is your worst enemy, and you find yourself
lacking the ambition to make your dreams a reality. People are inclined to take
advantage of your sympathetic, tractable nature. You naturally attract people with
problems who seek your understanding and advice. You can give good advice although it is unlikely that you would follow it yourself. You would be most successful in
situations where you can use your skills in diplomacy in handling people, but where you
are not under pressure or required to carry responsibility and make decisions. It is
difficult for you to be individual and make your own decisions, for you lack
self-confidence. Your desire for sweet, rich foods could cause overweight, circulatory
problems, or weakness in the kidneys.

And thanks to Spike's posting, I wasted enormous amounts of time on http://www.stor.co.uk/ creating my icon. =)





(Well, the glasses and the pimptastic coat are right at any rate. ;) )