So I

read that there is a pending class action suit against Trans Union for selling off our information, which they have been doing for the past 20 years. Those bastards. Seems to me that the class is pretty much everyone of who's had any credit history. This maybe the largest group every to be part of a class action suit. So it's $75M, which depending on who many people sign up, could probably be less than a dollar a person, but the lawyers will make over $10M. I know the free 6 month of credit monitoring services would be beneficial to some folks who might to need to keep close tabs on their credit.

Actually, I would have to read my settlement agreement the last time I took TU to court to see if I waived the future claims.

If you are interested being part of the class, sign up here.

11:44
That was a pretty big quake here in LA. time to call the family.
11:50
Family are okay though there is no cell service. Had to use the land lines. Need to call sister in AZ to let her know. It started as a slow roll and then a couple of big jerks for a few seconds, then subsided with more slow rubbles. Maybe lasted 15 seconds.
11:55
5.8 estimate in SE of LA in Chino Hills. Seemed bigger than that, but it was still kind of fun.
12:15PM
seems very little or no damage on the news except for a water main breakage
12:50PM
I look forward to the interviews of CalTech Seismologist because I like Dr. Lucy Jones. This time Dr. Kate Hutton is giving a press conference.
01:16PM
The quake has been downgraded to 5.4. Like housing and the stock market--everything goes down. Still felt pretty strong but probably because I am about 20 miles from the epiccenter. They say the closer you are to the quake, the stronger the jolts will be. I say that is pretty true.
11:10PM
It's been almost 12 hours since the quake, and there hasn't been any aftershock that was noticeable. They say there is a 5% chance within 24 hours, that the quake could be a foreshock to a bigger one. Some think that should bring fear, but I'm father excited at a chance to ride another one though. When you live in CA long enough, you generally don't fear earthquakes as much because yet common for here, they are really rare. For some people, they actually have a hint of regret if they don't feel one.

So rummaging through some spare change, I notice that 1 dime wasn't like the rest. It was a 1962-D dime when dimes were 90% silver. I showed it to my supervisor who is always buying older coins for her brother the coin collector. She knew it was mostly silver and wanted to the dime from me. I checked on ebay and found the low end of for this coin is about $2. Since my coin wasn't niced cared for and in a nice package, I told her it is going to cost her $1. She agreed but try to give me a Sagagawea coin, which I wasn't accepting. My hatred for the Sagagawea pretty much a whole nother entry. A dollar bill I was given and the exchange was made. This is the 2nd best profit margin I've made on a coin exchange. A few years ago I sold an older nickel to the same supervisor for $1.

So some errands ran during lunch today. I sent off both my tax filings and hoping looking forward to the 2 thousand plus anticipated refund. I'm gonna need that to pay for the gas I charged on the card today when the credit card bill comes in. At least the rate of increase is dropping off a little. On Feb 15 I pumped up at $2.85/gallon. On Feb 22, it was $3.15/gallon. Today it was $3.31. $4/gallon here we come by the summer. It's a commodity so I guess I am indifferent to the price.

I must have cursed myself when I said I would pay $100 for clear skies to watch the lunar eclipse. I was happy to drive home from work to see an opening in the clouds. So I grabbed my camera, tripod, compass, spare batteries, and headed out. Through all the hussle of pulling things in and out of my pocket outside, I think I lost the $10 bill I had in my pocket. I don't know where it is. I hope who ever finds it makes good use of that Hamilton.

I made $40 doing a survey last night. It was in regards to home DVD entertainment systems. Intriguing, but very pricey and looks complicated to put together.

It's been a while since I've done a survey with my local researching firm. I think it has to do with the girl who used to make the calls for potential responders getting a promotion. She used to call me all the time and 'lead' me to the correct answer to quality for the survey. Now I get some unfriendly robot that makes me want to avoid the survey. I probably shoulding be doing these anyways since my sister works in the media selling department for one of the major tv networks.