Archive for October, 2004
Countdown to Atlanta…3 1/2 days
I’m depressed. Boo-hoo for me. No, really. I mean, I haven’t had the luxury of being able to be depressed lately. The fight-or-flight instinct to find a job was dominant. But now I have a job. And now I’m feeling all of those things I’m used to [Read More]
Early Voting
I wrote to the Psi U list to let them know that early voting starts today in NC. (For Durham County, see this link for more info). I was asked what the advantages and disadvantages of voting early were, and this is what I came up with: Advantages: - Should be shorter lines [Read More]
Interest in boycotting advertisers of Sinclair Broadcasting?
from a post on (not my letter; I haven’t written any yet) …just wrote off a few letters to companies who nationally advertise on Sinclair-owned stations. I got the list from this website: http://www.boycottsbg.com/advertisers/default.aspx Here’s my letter, [Read More]
The Toastie Gallery…now under construction
I have been trying for some time to get the Gallery photo album software installed on captaintoastie.com. I had to change web hosts to do this, and after some frustrations, I’ve got it installed, and I’ve added a few albums. My initial goal is to get all of my [Read More]
My car rocks
Geek alert. I’m playing with my monthly gas mileage spreadsheet, the one I started in June after having given up on tracking every single fill-up, which I had done for nearly two years. So in the four-month period of June-September, I’ve calculated that I saved [Read More]
Longer countdown to Atlanta
The inevitable snag. My manager’s manager will not be in the office until later in the week to approve all of the security stuff (IDs, etc). I was given the opportunity to start on Thursday instead of Wednesday, but I chose to start next Monday. I don’t want to [Read More]
Countdown to Atlanta
I did awake early today, ceding to my alarm for the first time in ages, which went off at 8. I called Prashant at Pyramid at 9 to tell him I would take the position. He said he’d get back to me as soon as Jackie (my future manager) signed off on the decision. I [Read More]
