A co-worker of mine had a (presumably) wrong number on his cell phone this morning at 1:30 AM EDT. The number was 92213xxxxxx. He showed it to me because I’m one of the in-house geeks and he wasn’t sure what to make of it. I suggested that it might be an international call, but I …
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Why Parrots are Annoying
I do not self-identify as liberal. Nor do I self-identify as conservative. And I agree, Liberals are annoying (so are conservatives). But not half as annoying as this young woman. Let me know how far you get through the video.
Tax Day, 2008
Today is TurboTax’s day of reckoning. Will they burst their servers’ seams like last year or will they weather the storm? We shall see. That is my introduction the day’s topic of discussion: Taxes. As an American who proudly states that I live in one of the best countries in the world1, I really don’t …
Happy Down with Sauron Day!
Today is the anniversary of the culmination of Frodo and Sam’s journey to the Crack of Doom and the downfall of Sauron and the end of the third age. All hail the age of Men!
Flight Check-in Woes
I learned today that Delta is following other airlines’ lead and has started charging for a second checked bag. $25 is the nominal fee. My response? What will this do to check in lines? Honestly, I don’t really object to the airlines charging us more for carrying more luggage. If they need to do that …
On a Personal Note…
Today marked several things, two of which I’ll mention: One, I ran farther than I’ve ever run before (at one time). I mentioned this last fall, but I’m training for another half marathon and today I ran 13.3 miles. Very exciting, for me, at least. Two, we went to see Doomsday at the theater today. …
Bookshelves by Color
I’m not this bored. Or artistic. Check out Chotda’s Rainbow Bookshelf.
Sunshine
We finally got around to seeing the movie Sunshine”. In two words: It sucked. I wasted another two hours of my life on overblown trash. I’ve been looking forward to seeing this movie for 8 months and boy was I disappointed. The physics made no sense. The spaceship made no sense. The mission (even though …
McDonald's and Science
Apparently, they’ve not fixed their problem. A ways back, I noted that there was a bit of a science issue with the Happy Meal Container. Now, Milowent has made the same observation.
Email Spam
I just received some email spam. The subject line was “New Job! Jargonizing!” I want a job where all I do is “jargonize.” It sounds like fun.