Not a lot has been happening lately. I've asked the executors for an advance of 30K and for the paperwork.

Our DVD player gave up the ghost last week - I was reduced to watching either the PBS beg-a-thon (both stations at the same time and with the same program) or American Idol. Actually, American Idol wasn't bad.

Therein lies a tale. We went to Fry's Electronics; I found a basic DVD player with HD upgrade capability for a sweet sale price (67$!). I grabbed a box, one that it didn't look like the corners were mashed up. I went to the checkout, got checked out, paid, walked out, and met one of the guys checking receipts, who got a bit agitated. I had inadvently grabbed a DVD player previously returned, so I should have gotten a 5% discount for that, too, at least according to the receipt checker.

Trudge back to the checkout. No, we take the open box discount first, but the sale price was even lower than that, so the sale price wins.

Back to the receipt checker. No, no, they were supposed to take the 5% open box discount after the sale price.

Back to the checkout. Checkout person brought her supervisor who confirmed the 5% discount should be taken first.

Back to the receipt checker. I told them both that for 3.50$ discount, I got a lot of exercise but the fun was over, I don't have time for this, and I hope you get your facts straight.

At least the DVD player works fine.