Notes from the beginning of spring:
- I’ve finally done the smart, sensible thing and cancelled my NetFlix subscription. It turns out that I don’t actually feel likely watching movies by myself very often, and certainly not so often that I can’t walk up the street to the video store when the impulse strikes; it’ll be cheaper that way, too. As evidence for this, I now need to send back my current three discs… which I’ve had for months plural, and haven’t watched any of yet.
- Speaking of charges on my credit card bill… earlier this month I was at a conference in Florida. When I got to my hotel, the desk clerk told me that she couldn’t find my reservation; after much hemming and hawing, I was assigned the Worst Room in the House; my roommate and I checked out the next day, with him settling the account and finding up accommodations elsewhere via Connections™. Well, I guess they found my reservation after all because apparently I’ve been charged for one nights’ stay. I do not see this ending well for the hotel.
- I’m beginning to make plans for a trip east this spring, with Halifax being the technical destination but a certain amount of meandering through Québec and the Maritimes along the way. Applications for travelling companions are being accepted at this time.
- I’ve somehow been persuaded to start doing the FaceBook thing. I imagine that if you know me IRL then tracking me down on that site won’t be hard, but since I’ve barely looked at what all it’s for I may be wrong on this account.