2002-07-08

jay: (defiant)
2002-07-08 12:42 am

A bit concerned... identity theft?

Someone just asked me by email if I knew a "Leigh Ann Hildebrand"... no context given. The name sounds vaguely like someone I might have worked in the same dept. with at NASA ten years ago, or maybe someone from high school... but no one comes to mind. The same person that asked me that question also took me off of their LJ list at roughly the same time. And their .sig included a reference to http://www.haltabuse.org, which deals with cyber-stalkers.

I don't know what is going on here... I'm a bit concerned. I haven't been in contact with Ms. Hildebrand, wherever/whoever she is... I wonder if I've fallen prey to identity theft, and someone is using my ID to send out bogus emails. If anyone gets an out-of-character email ostensibly from me, let me know ASAP! Thanks...
jay: (muddy)
2002-07-08 01:01 am

Sawdust

Today was spent doing home renovation... 10 hours adding a separate 20A circuit for the refrigerator, plus running 1/4" copper pipe 40' through and around walls to the kitchen island, in order to activate the icemaker. And I went ahead and ran two cat 5e lines there likewise, while I had the walls open, because the other side of the wall abuts the living room (and it would be convenient to have a phone and data jack there sometime).

Pat took the kids out for most of the afternoon, since there were bare wires and power tools within easy reach. Now my lower back aches, and I'm all sweaty and smelly... but at least the icemaker is working, and the new lines are in. The first step in an overall kitchen remodel...

Tomorrow, I'm off to Phoenix, then to Los Angeles on Wednesday and Thursday, on business.