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My fourth hernia surgery
If there are any statisticians reading this out there, I’d love for you to tell me the odds of having hernia surgery four times.
My doctor says there’s a five percent recurrence rate for each hernia surgery. Since I’ve now re-done three of them, totaling four altogether, I wonder what the percentage for my lucky odds [...]
The Truth About Santa, a book for our time
I enjoyed a report on National Public Radio today about the book The Truth About Santa: Wormholes, Robots and What Really Happens on Christmas Eve by author Gregory Mone.
In the interview Mone explained in straightforward scientific detail how Santa Claus accomplishes the task of traversing the world delivering just the right stuff to all the [...]
Shame on Peery Hotel in Salt Lake City for very poor customer service
We give the Peery Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City an F for customer service!
Our good friends had planned a nice four-day, relaxing stay together at the historic Peery Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City to celebrate the end of another college semester.
They parked their car with the Peery Hotel valet on Wednesday night. On [...]
Advice from an attorney on how to prevent identity theft
There’s an email going around with an attorney’s advice for preventing identity theft. I think I’ve received it a few times, but now that I’m a victim of identity theft, these types of things really hit home.
After reading what is outlined below, I have to say I wholeheartedly agree.
I think every person should have a [...]
Bad, Bad Countrywide
This identity theft thing has to be the most frustrating thing I’ve experienced in recent years. I must say I’m quite bitter towards Countrywide’s rogue employee and the person who’s using my personal information to get credit.
Almost every day we receive either new credit cards or letters denying credit due to numerous credit inquiries under [...]
Why I love Arctic Claw snow tires and Big O Tires
On Christmas night our family left Vickey’s parent’s place in Holladay in a pretty heavy snow storm. I thought we could make the 20 minute drive back home in 30-40 minutes, depending on how heavy the snow was on the freeway.
The trip took almost 90 minutes because the freeway was a mess and there was [...]
What to do if you’re a victim of identity theft
Back in September I blogged about a letter we received from Countrywide saying one of their employees sold our personal information, which they inferred, may lead to identity theft. They graciously arranged for credit monitoring for two years. And they let us know that their employee was fired.
Late last week, through the Experian credit monitoring [...]
Countrywide rogue employee gives away our personal information
Has anyone else received a letter like this from Countrywide?
We are writing to inform you that we recently became aware that a Countrywide employee (now former) may have sold unauthorized personal information about you to a third party….it was determined that the customer information involved in this incident included your name, address, Social Security number, [...]
Why I love the Olympics
We’re barely an hour into the 2008 Olympics opening ceremonies. What an amazing spectacular. It’s truly incredible what they’ve put together.
I think the Olympics provide us with the perfect opportunity to remember that we’re all human, children of a loving Heavenly Father.
They set the stage for bringing out the best in human triumph against tremendous [...]
Funny BYU memory
On my flight last night to St. Louis where I’m attending a business conference, I read BYU Magazine (Summer 2008).
First of all, I have to say publicly how much I admire and LOVE reading anything authored by Elder Hafen (see A Disciple’s Journey, pg. 26). As a member of the BYU Young Ambassadors I traveled [...]
