Cheap Ass Hosting is now as open for business as it’s ever going to be. Only $3.50 for more disk space and bandwidth than you’ll probably be able to use, cheaper than you’ll find anywhere else. And right now, I’m offering a special deal – a year of hosting for only $36!

And yes, I’m very much aware that it looks like crap. I tried some web hosting portal scripts, and they were just too much for what I needed. I’ll probably end up fiddling with some other scripts in the meantime anyway. If I can keep it cheap for me, I can keep it cheap for you.

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They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, while expecting different results. I’ve been running a free web host, GetAPortal, for a few years now. I overpaid for it, it has underperformed drastically, and has become nothing but a cesspool for spammers. So now, I’m starting a new venture with a paid web hosting company. In reality, I’ll be a reseller for the host this very blog is parked at, but it’s pretty well the same thing – only a lot cheaper. My hosting will still be backed by a highly reliable, secure, state of the art data center, while I won’t have to worry about any of that. I’ve been working the numbers, and have found that I’ll be able to offer hosting terribly cheaper than most web hosts out there, but with the same quality and dependability.

I’ve already got the domain registered, I just have to work some things out with them, and we’ll be in business. The best part is, my costs will be pretty low, so even if it doesn’t work out, I won’t be hurt by it too terribly much (well, except for my pride, anyway). I’m thinking my target base will be fellow personal finance bloggers. We’re all trying to save money anywhere we can, so why not your hosting bill? I betcha I’ll cut it in half.

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Remember way back when I did a rough draft for my taxes and thought I owed $1200? Yeah, no, I’m an idiot. I almost wish I did owe that much, though, because then I’d be making a heck of a lot more money. I did my taxes last night with the free version of TurboTax, and it turns out my taxable income was less than $3000, so I only owed another $156, making an effective tax rate of 2.44%. Which is good to know, actually, because now when I do get a job again, instead of paying way too much or not enough, I’ll have a good number to haggle with HR over. I also just telefiled my state return, and I’m getting a whopping $1 back. Yayface.

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Woooooo!!!!!

I could leave it at that, but I shall not. It turns out that the specific accusation, which we didn’t know before today, was that I stopped her in the hallway and told her “one of these days I’m going to get you in my apartment and have sex with you.”

Seriously, with something that looks like this?

There was also mention that I was constantly in the hallway and on the balcony whenever she was. And apparently what I supposedly said to her hurt her, scared her, and struck a nerve because she’s had similar encounters in the past (which she then admitted she never filed charges over, and as such is likely as untrue as everything else she said).

After her testimony, and determining that her witness was irrelevant as he wasn’t present when the alleged exchange had occured, my attorney made a motion to dismiss, which the judge immediately granted after a long diatribe as to why he was doing so. That being, that as it was only a one time thing, that doesn’t constitute harassment, and as I had no way of knowing what may or may not have happened in her past, I couldn’t have intentionally opened any old wounds by saying what I supposedly said.

So after all that, and having to spend several hundred dollars on a lawyer to defend me, even if I had done it, it wouldn’t have mattered. Probably the most amusing part was when the judge asked me “can you understand why saying that would have struck a nerve?” I was going to start answering by saying I never said that, but before I could hardly even start a word out of my mouth, my lawyer threw his hand in front of me and said “just say yes!” Well, that and afterwards when my lawyer and the judge agreed that “she isn’t exactly a Madonna.” I think the judge knew she was lying through her teeth.

Now all I need to do is get this job tomorrow and I’ll be set. Whoopee!

P.S. I’m now an uncle x2. Third will be coming shortly.

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