No,  really, George, I’m serious. And I was totally reveling in pride at my  personal financial achievement. For about 5 minutes [OK it was more than 5 minutes, but that's not the point]. Until I was checking my account online a few weeks later, as I often do, to make sure the payment had cleared and all.

That’s when I saw it. The stupid $35 late fee charged to my account. For a “late payment.” Talk about a buzz-kill. I was so distraught and in need of comforting.

But never one to miss an opportunity to browbeat a customer service rep eat a $35 late fee, I decided to call the credit card company and semi rationally discuss the obvious mistake on my account on their behalf.

And I just asked them, point blank: “Why is there a late fee on my account?”

And their perfunctory reply, “Because your payment was late.”

So yeah, I guess my inner Jacki Chan got the better of me just then. I just couldn’t control myself.

And I clarified, “[WTF?!!] How can my payment have been ‘late,’ when I paid the bill on the 3rd, and I didn’t even get the bill until the 9th, which showed a due date of the 16th?” [This isn't rocket science, nor is it even advanced math; the payment was made well ahead of its due date.]

That’s when my inner Captain Jack Sparrow took over to voice the only thought in my head.

And then the CSR politely (kudos to her for having to deal with a whiny biatch like me) explained to me that my payment was made before the new bill had even posted, and when that happens and no subsequent payment is made, the system doesn’t recognize payments made prior to the post date as payments for the current billing cycle.

Cue the lightbulb moment, people.

No. Not this one.

This one.

Once she cleared this up to me, she promptly removed the offensive $35 late fee from my account, and all was well and good again in the land of Tinalicious.

And the moral to this story?

1. Don’t pay your credit card bill before the billing date.
2. Never waste the chance to use photos of some of your favorite celebs in a WTF Wednesday blog post.

Tom Hanks on Bosom Buddies

Seriously, who can forget the TV show that brought us the two guys who had to dress like women to live in an all female apartment building to have an affordable place to live. Yes, really!

Kip Wilson and his alter ego Buffy Wilson were played by Tom Hanks. His friend Henry Desmond and his alter ego Hildegarde were played by Peter Scolari.  Buffy and Hildegarde were supposed to be Kip and Henry’s sisters.  Quite the striking resemblance to their siblings, to be sure. The show only lasted a few seasons, but it sparked a really BIG career for Tom Hanks.

George Clooney on Facts of Life

I used to love the Facts of Life, the show about the all girls boarding school. Who can forget miss perfect snooty, Blair;  the tomboy, Jo, who loved to give Blair a hard time; cutie Miss Tooty, who spent a lot of time on roller skates in the first season or two; and the funny girl we all loved, Natalie. I was a teenager, and they were teenagers, so of course I loved them.

I also loved the first time I saw the handyman character, George  Burnett (who didn’t appear until a later season), who was played by none other than future Oscar winner, George Clooney. His role was fairly minimal, only making occasional appearances. But hey, he got noticed (and I don’t mean by just me). He later appeared on Roseanne and that little medical drama, what was it called? Oh yeah, ER. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Leonardo DiCaprio on Growing Pains

Growing Pains is known for launching the career, and teen heartthrob status, of its teen star, Kirk Cameron (brother of Candace Cameron, one of the stars of the 80′s show, Full House). But it also gave a helping hand to a then up-and-comer with a very long name: Leonardo DiCaprio.

Leo’s character, Luke Brower, didn’t appear until the show’s 7th season. He was a complete unknown at the time. The show had sank in the ratings by this time, and Leo’s character was an attempt to give it a jump start. It didn’t work for the show, but hey, it worked for Leo. He went on to star in (need I say it?) Titanic, and while that ship sank too, the movie sure didn’t. And Leo’s film career has been sailing on ever since.

Johnny Depp on 21 Jump Street

I think I have to be one of the few people who didn’t watch 21 Jump Street. Not sure why I didn’t watch it, but I definitely knew of the show, and of one of its stars in particular, Johnny Depp. You kind of had to be living under a rock not to know about that show and its stars. Their faces were all over the place.

The show was a police drama, about young looking police officers, who went undercover to investigate crimes in high schools and other teen hangouts. There wasn’t much undercover about Depp’s career though, which this show helped to catapult. He also became a teen idol, which he apparently detested being, so he left  after the 4th season. Depp has appeared in a lot of movies since then, but he didn’t win my heart until he became Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. Come on, who doesn’t love a pirate? Savvy?

Bruce Willis on Moonlighting

Before he was kicking ass on Die Hard, before he was saving the world in Armageddon, before he was Unbreakable, Bruce Willis was my favorite PI in the 80′s show,  Moonlighting.

Bruce played David Addison, who partners up with Maddie Hayes, played by Cybill Shepherd; she is a former model and owner of the agency. She was swindled by her investment adviser, who took off with all her money and left her with only the detective agency. I think the show was good because of the chemistry between David and Maddie, which is kind of funny, considering that at the time, rumor had it the two of them couldn’t really stand each other in real life. But you know what they say, there’s a fine line between love and hate, and the show worked great until the two characters finally consummated their relationship. Not long after, the show pretty much dissolved into TV nothingness. But hey, Bruce’s moonlighting days are long over. I’d say he’s made a pretty good name for himself. And rumor has it that Die Hard 5 is coming to a theater near you in 2012. Yippee-ki-yay, mother f****r!