Stuff
(Totally random.)
rant
And I thought link spammers were bad.
Ouch. (Hat tip to Steve Leahy.)
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The power of 13.2%
I registered for permanent absentee voting because I don’t enjoy rushing to find my polling place before it closes. Okay, really it’s because there are too many elections. November is the easy-to-remember one because of all those primo election signs. Once every four years, we have the bumper crop (presidential election). The other three are
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Seahawks
I’ve not been following football too closely since getting out of fantasy football. And, having already been heartbroken by the Mariners during their 118-win (just not the right games) season, I’ve been trying not to think too much about the Seahawks’ progression. For example, I spent last Saturday afternoon working on my bike, replacing both
American versus Trade Show Dollars
Even though I’ve done a gazillion trade shows, I’ve never gotten used to the ridiculously over-inflated prices charged for stuff that a rational person would expect included. For example, last week’s operational expenses came to $1,394 for the three days. Here’s the breakdown:
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Does TSA get hungry inspecting all those bags?
I needed to bring a desktop computer for the big demo we’re doing at a trade show this week. To keep the suitcase weight down, I thought I’d implement something akin to “Sealed Air.” I filled Ziploc bags 3/4 the way with air (leaving a buffer for pressurization changes), and coddled them all around my
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Hosting booyah
My hosting provider Dreamhost has, once again, increased my allotment of disk space and bandwidth as part of my plan. It’s a shrewd move on their part. First, they’re constantly improving their offering, something Yahoo didn’t do during the years I had service with them. Second, they’re increasing the allotments to ridiculously large levels that
A $255 death benefit?
On alternate years, the Social Security Administration sends me a statement estimating various theoretical payouts should I retire or die. I showed up in their system in 1981, when I made a cool $1,337 working in the local grocery store bakery after school. Like Susan, some of my compensation was under-the-table (the forms required to
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