Is kissing at protests a thing? From the 9/2001 IMF Protest in DC.
June 17, 2011
May 29, 2011
What do you do if you have 54 Banana Slugs?
At work, someone noted they had found 54 banana slugs. Someone else suggested eating them, "Like Escargot" my reply:
Chris DiBona's Banana Slug Recipe:
Ingredients:
54 Banana Slugs.
1 pile of salt.
1 trash can.
1 dumpster
1 marbled steak, your cut of choice.
Butter
Parsley
Directions:
1) Acquire banana slugs.
2) Put slugs in large bowl.
3) Put salt on top of slug.
4) Put cover on bowl
5) Shake bowl.
6) Throw bowl in trash.
7) Throw trash in dumpster.
8) Have dumpster hauled to the desert.
9) Light dumpster contents on fire.
10) Return home, shower.
11) Take steak. Cook to taste.
12) Plate steak.
13) Add butter, if you like.
14) Place parsley next to steak.
15) Eat steak.
Chris DiBona's Banana Slug Recipe:
Ingredients:
54 Banana Slugs.
1 pile of salt.
1 trash can.
1 dumpster
1 marbled steak, your cut of choice.
Butter
Parsley
Directions:
1) Acquire banana slugs.
2) Put slugs in large bowl.
3) Put salt on top of slug.
4) Put cover on bowl
5) Shake bowl.
6) Throw bowl in trash.
7) Throw trash in dumpster.
8) Have dumpster hauled to the desert.
9) Light dumpster contents on fire.
10) Return home, shower.
11) Take steak. Cook to taste.
12) Plate steak.
13) Add butter, if you like.
14) Place parsley next to steak.
15) Eat steak.
November 30, 2010
Preying on the family of the dead. My FTC Comment.
Dear Readers, consider commenting, in the next 12 or so hours, on the Statement of Policy Regarding Communications in Connection with Collection of a Decedent’s Debt . Here's my comment that I submitted to the FTC:
I would ask that the commission modify the statement of policy to read that it will continue and in fact improve enforcement against those who would violate 805(b) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
The inhuman treatment of the relatives of those who have passed on by the debt industry impacted my family personally upon the death of my sister at 35, who died leaving a small amount of credit card and some student loans behind.
While a few loans which had be co-signed by my parents were paid off promptly by them, the remaining led to about 12 months of calls from the various creditors telling them they were "morally responsible" for her debt. It took some strong words from my mother to a half dozen creditors before they backed off and stopped tormenting my parents over the death of their daughter.
This is not an industry that needs less oversight and more rope. They are not suffering for being unable to collect legitimate debts from the estates of those who have passed on. The interest rates charged by the industry are specifically designed to accommodate the additional potential risk posed by the death of those that they grant loans to.
Thank you for considering my request.
Christopher James DiBona
To file your own comment, see the link above.
I would ask that the commission modify the statement of policy to read that it will continue and in fact improve enforcement against those who would violate 805(b) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
The inhuman treatment of the relatives of those who have passed on by the debt industry impacted my family personally upon the death of my sister at 35, who died leaving a small amount of credit card and some student loans behind.
While a few loans which had be co-signed by my parents were paid off promptly by them, the remaining led to about 12 months of calls from the various creditors telling them they were "morally responsible" for her debt. It took some strong words from my mother to a half dozen creditors before they backed off and stopped tormenting my parents over the death of their daughter.
This is not an industry that needs less oversight and more rope. They are not suffering for being unable to collect legitimate debts from the estates of those who have passed on. The interest rates charged by the industry are specifically designed to accommodate the additional potential risk posed by the death of those that they grant loans to.
Thank you for considering my request.
Christopher James DiBona
To file your own comment, see the link above.
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