Work was busy but I was bored. I started thinking, “What if the Treasury decided to update some of the redesigned bills with more recently deceased dead presidents?”

I don’t think any 20th Century President or Notable Historical Figure has been featured on a bill or coin (which the exception of JFK). I’m not a coin collector, so what the hell do I know. Anyway, I started thinking — if four 20th Century U.S. Presidents were going to make their way to new bills, who should they be? Certainly, the first requirement is that they be dead. (”Hey, how many Dead Presidents you got?” “None, but I got $60 in Living Presidents!”). The second requirement is that they be a cultural icon. The most uneducated bimbo should at least have a passing idea of who the Dead President was, even if it’s just, “Oh, didn’t he bang Marilyn Monroe?”

Here are my picks:

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. Teddy Roosevelt
3. Ronald Reagan (if only for his “tear down this wall!” speech, and, let’s face it, as a bone for the right-wingers)
4. John F. Kennedy (hey, like he’d be the only Dead President with a bill and a coin … Lincoln, Washington, looking at you …)

Runners Up:

Truman. Eisenhower. Wilson.

Thunks?

I don’t know, however, how I feel about having to handcuff my furniture to keep it from running off.

Today was my sister’s 24th birthday, and although I’m working tonight, I’d hoped to take her out for a nice lunch. This was complicated by her car being in the shop and needing my Dad to give her a ride up. Anyway, by the time my Dad and little sis’ got back from Bethesda (yep, she’s done with Hawaii), it was about time for me to turn around and head back home before being late for my first day back at work since leaving for West Virginia.

I got her a copy of Hotel New Hampshire and a hand-blown glass lamp from IKEA. Relatively cheap, since the lunch wound up not happening.

I did get to hear a small bit about the new apartment she shares with two lovely roomates, and, apparently, a nest-full of snakes under the front porch.

Only because my parents were in the next room did I refrain from, “Motherfuckin’ snakes on a motherfuckin’ porch!”

I’m digging the second season of Veronica Mars.

What kind of a fucking moron do you have to be to open an Adolf Hitler/Nazi themed restaraunt? Who would even go into that place?

The owner of a restaurant named after Adolf Hitler said Thursday he will change its name because it angered so many people.

YA’ THINK?!?!

Here’s my dilemma.

First, my Comcast bill is going up by $2 because Comcast needs that to carry Washington Nationals games. Why do I have to get stuck with this? I don’t know — I never watch televised baseball!

Two bucks, though, is nothing. It’s not even a full load of laundry. But it’s the little stuff, y’know?

And utilities are on the rise. My BGE bill was close to ninety bucks for mid-July through mid-August. Hot months and all, and I did run my A/C a bunch. Still. 15% hikes per month every month? Sucks. Thankfully, my apartment stays fairly warm in the winter, thanks to the fifty-some lamps in my living room. (Slight exaggeration).

So, here’s where I need help.

I have a cell-phone through Cingular that I pay about $40 a month for. I have a homephone through AT&T that I also pay roughly $40 a month for. I have no idea why my AT&T bill is so high, I never answer the phone (always telemarketers!), and I rarely call long distance. I have the AT&T phone because my cell gets almost zero reception in my basement level apartment. Cropping that AT&T bill out of my budget would be nice, but making and recieving calls in my apartment would become a hassle.

I think I should side with the hassle.

Unless AT&T is willing to give me supremo-basic-service for $10 a month …