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Manchester, NH (AP) — A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars. Josh Muszynski checked his account online a few hours later and saw the 17-digit number – a stunning $23,148,855,308,184,500 (twenty-three quadrillion, one hundred forty-eight trillion, eight hundred fifty-five billion, three hundred eight million, one hundred eighty-four thousand, five hundred dollars).

Wow. Cigarettes have really have gotten expensive. I'll bet Q is glad she gave them up five years ago.

Muszynski says he spent two hours on the phone with Bank of America trying to sort out the string of numbers and the $15 overdraft fee.

*snerk* I am amused that the bank let this charge go through without any sort of error checking, and just gave the guy an automatic overdraft fee.

The bank corrected the error the next day.

Well yeah, after the guy complained.

Bank of America tells WMUR-TV only the card issuer, Visa, could answer questions. Visa, in turn, referred questions to the bank.

EDIT: It just occurred to me... If that's the price of a pack of cigarettes, how much does a carton go for?

From the People Who Did the Animated Portion of the Star Wars Holiday Special
Back in the 80s, there was brief talk of an animated Doctor Who series on Canadian television, to be made by Nelvana Ltd. Below the cut is the concept art by Ted Bastien:

( Exterminate, Eh? )

Mostly cute, but occasionally dips into the Uncanny Valley…

Created by me (or, rather, by my Massive Tool), from the idea by SethCohen.

Really Quick Recap

I spent far too much time trying to drive and/or Metro in, through, and around Washington, DC, on the weekend of the Fourth of July (not to mention arriving at the station near the Nationals' Stadium just as the hordes of fans were leaving) and not nearly enough time sleeping. So now, because I'm not tired enough, I'm off to give blood this afternoon (because I actually feel fine).

"You Drank My Battleship!"

ENIGMA – Battleship Drinking Game

Current Mood: Want.

(Ganked from

evilgrins.)

Sort-of Fic
Collected Paperwork, by

phaetonschariot, is a collection of Torchwood sexual harassment incident reports.

My Onion Horoscope (Earth-Shattering Kaboom!)

Pisces Feb 19 - Mar 20
No matter what path you ultimately take, or what choices you ultimately make, this week will still end with you being shot out of a cannon.

I Just Made This

Current Mood: Too Soon?

I Blame Those Extra-Dimensional Aliens For Screwing Everything Up

IsraelNN.com — Abuna Pauolos, Patriarch of The Ethiopian Orthodox Church, was in Rome this week to meet with Pope Benedict XVI. While there, he told reporters that the time had come to reveal before the world the Holy Ark [of the Covenant]. He said that the holy container has been in the custody of his church for hundreds of years. Paulous said he would make the full announcement this Friday, June 26, 2 PM local time at a press conference in Rome. The claim that the Biblical Holy Ark has been kept at the Church, in the city of Axum, is an old one, but this is the first time that the Church plans to actually reveal the actual container, or news of it. It is not known whether the Church claims that the actual Tablets of the Law are inside it. …

If they have the Ark of the Covenant, then what the hell was that thing Indiana Jones found?