OK, so it’s not all Qwest’s fault, but they’re adding charges from other companies to the bill now. My phone bill has a new monthly $14.95 charge from a voicemail company, “Voicemail Direct USA”, my mom’s has a $8.43 monthly charge from some random telecom company, “Info Billing”. I was only able to get in touch with the voicemail company and they told me the charge had be approved by a Mr. Bai-tem-ee. My conversation with the company was odd:

The charge was approved on August XX by Mr. James Bai-tem-ee. Do you know Mr. Bai-tem-ee?

I’ve never heard of a James Bai-tem-ee. How do you spell that? I may be mishearing you.

B-Y-T-E-M-E.

Mr. BITE ME? Is this some kind of a joke?

So my guess is that there’s some sort of scam, just like spam, where a scammer is adding these small charges to a lot of people’s bills and is just figuring that a few people won’t notice.

I was sore the last half of last week because of Cindy and now I’m expecting to be sore from the workouts from the past two days. I attended the Mountain Athlete seminar and if I actually had my CSCS from the NCSA I would have 1.6CEU. What does this really mean? Well, I figure that if THMFIC and the Brains Behind the Gym win the lottery, I’ll have some more idea of how to structure my own workouts without having to immediately find a new trainer. Or, if I won the lottery and wanted to lose it all quickly, I could open my own gym. I understand the money would diminish at a rapid rate, approaching but not reaching the rate that I’d lose money if I opened a restaurant.