When you first hear Carl Paladino, you might think he’s a divider, not a uniter. But when Carl apologized for his remarks the other day (I’m not sure whether he was apologizing for saying out loud what he believed, or for not believing what he said, but anyway) he did something that brought homophobes like Yehuda Levin and gay people a little bit closer. As for how Levin heard about Carl’s apology, Levin says

…they come running and they say, ‘Paladino became gay!’ I said, ‘What?’ And then they showed me the statement. I almost choked on the kosher salami.”

Don’t worry, Yehuda. I’m sure you’re not the first nice Jewish boy to choke on the old kosher salami, and you won’t be the last, either.

Still working on a closing date, here. Yesterday, they told me all they were waiting for was verification of my employment (this in spite of all the documentation I’d already sent them). They said they called and got voicemail, and the people on my end of the deal called them back and told them where to fax the form. But they didn’t need to fax the form, since they already had all that, they were just checking to see if maybe I quit or got fired in the past 30 days or so. So, I gave them the number to call. They said they couldn’t call that number, because they needed to call the “main” number and ask for an extension. Oy. OK, so call the “main” number and ask for the last 4 digits as an extension. No word on where things stand now, except I figure I’m the only one who’s not making money off this deal, so they can bite me.

Can’t they just close theur eyes and sign off like they do for everybody else?

Oh well, I guess I better get ready to go to work. If they decide to approve this mortgage, I’ll need to pay for it somehow.