Two interesting stories on All Things Considered (NPR) today. First. Yahoo and AOL want to start charging companies to allow them to mail you (sort of a SPAM deterrent) mass mailings. Examples in the segment include Red Cross, etc. Interesting concept, but equally interesting is the argument that a person should be able to control… Continue reading
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CC not a friend to Firefox
The Collin County Government website still appears to be unfriendly to Netscape and Firefox.
Is CCGLA there?
It appears that CCGLA is not following their own procedures, or have deliberately avoided collecting my certified letter sent on December 7, 2005. As you can see (click on the thumbnail to see a larger image), after repeated attempts by the United States Postal Service, my letter has been returned as unclaimed. The CCGLA Operations… Continue reading
New bed
Chris and I bought a new bed today.
Sociology of Marriage
During the fall of 2005, I took my first UNT-based class called Sociology of Marriage and Family (SOCI3000). Attached are two essays submitted during this class. Both received full scores and “Absolutely Excellent” comments. The first essay looks at some of the different sociological theories and how they applied to my different stages of my… Continue reading
More winter?
So I'm reading in the news that the groundhog – Punxsutawney Phil – has predicted another six weeks of winter. Okay, referring to my previous post WHO WOULDN'T want six more weeks of this 🙂 From the article: Punxsutawney has celebrated Groundhog Day since 1887, as depicted in 1993 movie “Groundhog Day” starring Bill Murray.… Continue reading
Unbelievable
Can you believe the day we are having today? I just finished lunch outside, and was just amazed at how fantastic today really is 🙂 And, all this without being on cold remedies 🙂
A job
Oh, I'm no longer “unemployed” 🙂 I got that job on campus that I interviewed for last week – the one I actually wanted, and I start on Friday. Yay!
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Chris mentioned to me this morning that he had seen a tshirt while he was in New Orleans, featuring the recent “chocolate” comments by NOLA Mayor Ray Nagin. Click on the logo to visit the website to acquire this and other fun things. The tshirt was born after Nagin made comments during an interview on… Continue reading