Goodbye, WAMU.

On September 25, 2008, the banking operations of Washington Mutual, Inc - Washington Mutual Bank, Henderson, NV and Washington Mutual Bank, FSB, Park City, UT (Washington Mutual Bank) were sold in a transaction facilitated by the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).


Good bye, WAMU. You will be missed. Don't worry, your deposits (and mine) are unaffected (source: FDIC):

All deposit accounts and all loans have been transferred to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Columbus, Ohio (JPMorgan Chase Bank). All former Washington Mutual Bank will reopen for normal business hours as branches of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

The Automated Teller Machines (ATM) and on line services will remain available.

You may continue to use the services to which you previously had access, such as, safe deposit boxes, night deposit boxes, wire services, etc, as normally available at each branch.

Your checks will be processed as usual. All outstanding checks will be paid against your available balance(s) as if no change had occurred. Your new bank will contact you soon regarding any changes in the terms of your account.

My Future Home in Columbus, OH

Thanks to Google Street View (as creepy as it is sometimes)!

Spring, err, Summer Cleaning Sale

Virtual Garage / Yard Sale; started a separate blog today dedicated to selling stuff:

http://moving2ohiosale.blogspot.com

Updates (almost) daily. Check it out. Pass it on. Thanks.

My Optometrist's Middle Name is Single

No, really. His full name is Benjamin Single Threlkeld.

My eyeballs. Apparently they are pretty healthy, minus the whole nearsighted thing:

Photos courtesy of Scott Hyver Vision Care / Dr. Ben Single Threlkeld.

Wow. First they don't blow puffs of air in your eyes anymore. And now they attach DSLRs to machines that can take pictures of your eyeball? Crazy stuff., crazy stuff.