I have been eating at Panda Garden for at least 5 years. Every time I eat there I sit in one of the booths against the wall. There is a strange nature picture/wallpaper type of thing which hangs directly above the booths. The picture is kind of a country meadow type of thing. Strange yet somehow cool. Kim and I went down there the other night and for the first time, I noticed that this nature mural is the same one which hanfgs in my dining room. The mural in my dining room has always looked familiar to me. I wonder why?

In other completely unrelated news the City of Richmond managed to fuck up my car tax for the second year in a row. Last year they sent me a bill, I paid it and then received the sticker for my windshield. Two weeks later I received a letter stating that I needed to pay and I was in collections. I called and kindly informed them that I had already paid etc... They said I had been entered in the computer twice and it would be corrected. The same thing happened again this year. I called and had the situation "corrected". I bet the same thing happens next year too. One of the possible reasons they tried to use was that I changed my licensce plate number. How the hell would that effect my car tax? Car tax is bullshit anyway, but regardless I would just like to say that for someone who never pays a bill late, I get (improperly) sent way too many collection notices. One of the main problems with everything being entered into computers is that very few companies seem to have any method of checking to make sure that everything is entered correctly. Basically you have to wait until something gets fucked up enough for you to hear about it, to actually have it fixed. The burden of proof lies solely on the consumer. I mean it really shouldn't take a whole lot to discover that there are 2 entries for a Black 1997 Honda Civic Hatch-back with the same Vehicle Identification # registered to the same guy, with the same SS#.