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In response to the continuing deterioration of my home phone and DSL service, I figured I should look into the alternatives: either switch to cable, or else “upgrade” to the phone company’s fibre-optic service. So I went and set up … Continue reading →

(Hey Nutshell fans! Yes, I haven’t updated in two months; I’ve been out in the world for a spell. I actually have three partially completed posts in the Drafts folder, that I might work on finishing in the near future. … Continue reading →

State law made it illegal to sell alcohol before 6:00pm today… when the polls closed. As I was walking home at around 6:30, it pleased me greatly to see business booming at the local liquor store.

My state of residence is in the peculiar situation of having people care about its primaries on Tuesday… or at least about one of the primaries on Tuesday. I’m not sure I’ve seen more than two signs/stickers/etc. supporting one or … Continue reading →

Dear spammers, Please stop sending me notices about how easy it is to get a mail-order degree. As someone who actually earned an advanced degree, your suggestions that it amounts to nothing but an empty qualification are offensive and irritating … Continue reading →

I got polled the other day. Go me! Specifically, I got a phone call from a nice robot at Survey USA, asking about my state’s upcoming primary: how likely I was to vote, which party I’d be voting in, and … Continue reading →

The CD Cover meme: follow a series of steps to randomly generate text and images, which you then combine to get something indy-looking. Since I have no flickr account, I post here: (Image La petite plage by Bertrand Monney, used … Continue reading →

Look at me! I’m blogging from Cafe 1842 in Waterloo, like the cool kids do! Last week at the conference, I blandly assured my old advisor (after several drinks on both of our parts) that a certain statement about objects … Continue reading →

The car dealership where I get the vehicle serviced has introduced free wi-fi. Hott. In other news: last week was my usual Florida conference, which I only caught about two days off this time out because of it not being … Continue reading →

Jeff Healey has died. I tuned into contemporary pop/rock music when I was about twelve. (Before that, pretty much all I knew about rock was from my dad’s Beatles LPs. As groundworks go, that’s a pretty good one to have.) … Continue reading →