international nut of pastry - I think this lines mostly filler.

On Friday, I had a small victory against what I call the Evil Credit Card Application Mailing List Machine.

I actually managed to get my name removed from the mailing list for Earth and Westpac credit cards with only 3 phone calls, being transferred around 4 times and speaking to 4 different people.

Their mistake? Including an application enquires phone number on the back of the application - something I will be looking for on any further mail outs.

I've still got a few more weeks of temporary employment. The official end date is Friday 2 March, but it might go longer if they don't make up their mind about which technical officer they're going to employ. Also... Hooray for flexi-hours - I have Friday off.

Today, I started a mission that I hope to accomplish. I want my name removed from the mailing lists for credit card applications. The almost continuous stream of the half-filed out credit card application forms to countless banks and financial institutions must come to an end, at least for me. First on the chopping block is St. George. Next will be whatever one shows up next.

Finding the phone number for St George's head office was easier than I though, and asking to speak to someone in marketing about their current marketing campaign, I was put through to someone who has, as yet, not returned my call. Tomorrow, I will call their customer relations phone number and I hope I can actually speak to someone this time.

Now to lighten the mood, attached (yes, you can all attach files now ) is a PDF of a realestate.com.au page that I was linked to last week. It shows a property available for rent... Only the "property" is a goat, owned by Borat.