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Posted in elsewhere, life, nerdliness on Feb 11th, 2009
To Whom It May Concern: I have read the daily comics since I was old enough to understand that they were in the newspaper. Since the early days of the Internet I have consumed them from their sources online. With the purchase of an Apple Macintosh computer some six years ago I have used Comtastic [...]
This evening we decided to treat ourselves to pizza rather than cook something at home. We both like the personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut on occasion, so I called their number to place my order. And got to listen to a canned ad for the newly added “Wing Street” offerings. We’ve called them enough [...]
When I was 13 or 14 years old, the last year I was an active member of the Boy Scouts, my troop spent a week at camp. The camp was new and modern and full of great activities. The pool director liked to have people tossed in the pool. Birthday. New merit badge. Any kind [...]
Posted in diversions, random on Nov 15th, 2008
Going to the movies isn’t what it used to be. Or maybe it isn’t what I fondly remember it as being. The timing of our weekly trip to Manhattan this Saturday allowed me to take in the new Bond movie while Sibylle was teaching. The 1:45 show time fit neatly into our usual schedule so [...]
Posted in social issues on Oct 4th, 2008
Yesterday the $700 Billion bailout of Wall Street was signed by President Bush. Like many Americans I felt scared and uncertain about the financial crisis and the need to do something about it. We won’t know for sometime whether history will see this as an intelligent response to the situation, or a knee-jerk reaction. However, it is [...]
Posted in social issues on Sep 25th, 2008
Or in this case, the man behind the Palin or Wall Street bailout negotiation. The Republicans and the McCain campaign have done a masterful job of changing the subject of this Presidential election. For weeks not it hasn’t been about John McCain and Barack Obama, it has been about Sarah Palin instead. And now that [...]
Posted in life on Aug 21st, 2008
The front page of today’s Kansas City Star has an article about an incoming freshman basketball player who has been arrested on suspicion of shooting a passerby with a plastic BB from a BB gun, possibly while intoxicated. Personally, if I were the coach or athletic directory at a university, I would make it abundantly clear to those students [...]
Posted in life on Feb 18th, 2008
Last week, on Thursday, Sibylle and I pulled the trigger on a bookcase purchase from IKEA. As a full-time music teacher, Sibylle has a lot of music, and a lot of reference books that she’d like quick and easy access to. We also have lots and lots of books that we’d like to display. Sibylle [...]
Posted in random on Dec 6th, 2007
Today marked the start of the 2007-2008 Car Hockey Season here in Kansas City. Freezing rain followed by a few inches of snow fall start this morning. By the time I left work at two o’clock, the roads were slick if not icy. Most people on the highway were driving a cautious 25 or 30 [...]
Posted in random on Oct 1st, 2007
My employer utilizes Microsoft Outlook for email and calendaring. The culture here uses the calendar to track outages. When you are going to be out of the office, whether for training, the dentist, or vacation, you are to send a meeting announcement to your team letting them know of your absence. It’s a good idea, [...]