April 6, 2010 by Jim Mulligan.

It all worked out in the end.  The iPad came on Saturday, and was shipped-out to France on Monday.  Whew!  Now all I have to do is return the extra moolah and simoleans to my friend’s ex’s cousin in Corsica.  I’m so glad that’s over with!  Or nearly…

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March 26, 2010 by Jim Mulligan.

I contacted Apple and found out that I had ordered two iPads, so I cancelled one.  We’ll see what happens with the money on April 3rd, 2010.  In the meantime, life goes on.

For some reason line breaks don’t work anymore. I actually do use paragraphs when I write.

I coded this one by hand.

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March 24, 2010 by Jim Mulligan.

So, I tried to do the right thing.  Here’s the tale…My friend’s ex-husband’s cousin wanted an iPad and a Nexus One phone, so he could do some testing of applications he had designed.  No problem, right?  Well, he happens to live in Europe and you can’t get either one of those fine products there yet.  I offered to buy them for him and ship them to him.  The right thing to do, right?He sent the money to me via PayPal, and I transferred it into my account without a problem.  That is, no problem until I actually bought the phone and ordered the iPad.  The bank assumed the transactions to be fraudulent, and locked my account.  I had to go there and speak to a very helpful and apologetic representative who called the fraud department on my behalf.  The right thing to do again, right?I got the phone and promptly shipped it off to somewhere I assume is sunny and wonderful.  The iPad, however, is another story.  For some reason the money I spent ordering it reappeared in my bank account, even though the tracking seems to still be in order.  I re-ordered the iPad, and again the money has reappeared in my account.  The iPad will ship on April 3, 2010, and I’m either going to get two iPads or none.  I have no idea yet, but I’m not going to order a third one until I find out exactly what’s going on.  In the meantime, I have more money in my bank account that I can’t spend because it’s not technically mine, and an anxious person in Europe that I don’t actually know depending on my honesty and integrity, and living in hope that I will do the right thing.I live in a semi-anxious nether-land betwixt time and faith in the Apple online ordering system and my bank account’s magically enlarged status.  I’ll let you know what happens next month.  In the meantime, I’m going to assume that no iPad will be shipped to me on the 3rd, and my European compatriot will just have to be patient with my lack of promptness due to bureaucracy and  my well-meaning bank.  Uggh.

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July 2, 2009 by Jim Mulligan.

So I went for a job interview.  Again.  I don’t know why I even bother.

I deleted everything off of this site, and now I regret it, of course.  Nobody noticed, though, so I’ve actually managed to alienate everybody, apparently.

I think I’ll sell everything and fly away.  Please send potential destinations.  I’ve already been to Hell, so don’t bother being a wise-ass.

Here’s a pine cone.

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