My Life In A Dozen Lines This WeekI

Of course it will be more than a dozen, so here's the trainofthought about my life and what I'm thinking about...

•Jake heading off to school in Southern CA
•Making sure his car is running right how much will THAT cost?
•Angela's birthday dinner went smoothly...we had a fight that day but were
so in sync that it took only an email or two to right it
•I'm tired every night by 11pm from working my regular job and
working the online sales
•I'm not playing enough tennis...have I lost or gained weight? I find out
tomorrow at weightwatchers...
•Stephanie will lend us her car while she's off to Carnegie Mellon
teaching for the Fall Semester...woo hoo...
•There's money in the bank...
•My Peet's job is going smoothly...falling into a nice pattern there
•Haven't bought any new comics collections lately...where are they?
•I need to have sex...sometime in the next six months would be swell
•New TV soon...soon...soon...

It's July 3rd; Freedom In Australia!

Yes...yes...eBay has been foiled in Australia from requiring that payments to sellers from buyers in that country ONLY be made through Paypal. The general sense in the Australian eBay community of sellers is, from the conventional wisdom I've scanned, to be quite happy with the outcome.

If this policy had passed muster with the Australian government's financial PTB, Aussies would not be able to pay in cash or check or money order--only Paypal (which is a proprietary online financial system owned by eBay).

Thank gawd.

eBay having had its policy 'run out on the rails' bodes well for trying the same trick here in the US or other countries where it's presence is strong. Another fine example of a big loudmouth corporation getting a just come-uppance.