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Posted in life on Nov 10th, 2003
I am feeling as if I am hanging by a thread over a bottomless pit today. My contract with the State of Illinois is being “renegotiated” to a lower rate at the State’s behest. I put negotiated in quotes as all indications are that the State will present a new rate and the negotiation will [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Nov 9th, 2003
I’ve completed an extensive overhaul of my site. I believe everything is working now, except for the track back link for each posting. Since I’ve never had a track back this is not a major concern.
I used a design from the CSS Zen Garden called “utilitarian” as the base for this design. Originally it didn’t [...]
Posted in social issues on Nov 9th, 2003
Leslie Veen was one of many who talked about the recent signing of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban.
I completely agree with her statement, “I find it striking that not one of those pictured will be directly affected by the law they just enacted. How is that representational government?”
Whether you support the current administration’s policies or not, [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Nov 8th, 2003
Thanks to Matt Haughey, Leonard Lin, and this Apple document my Powerbook G4 (867 MHz) is once again running at 867 MHz.
I just last evening upgraded to 10.2.8 figuring that all the quirks have been flattened by now. Silly me. Less than 24 hours later I read that 10.2.8 may have reset my cpu frequency [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Nov 6th, 2003
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Posted in health on Nov 3rd, 2003
Michele and I spent yesterday morning cooking both a pot of spaghetti sauce and a crock pot of swiss steak. Originally we had planned on preparing and having swiss steak for dinner. It is one of our favorite meals and we hadn’t made it in too long.
We use a 2-3 pound eye roast, cut into [...]
