Archive for November, 2007
U.S. upping fuel economy standard…better late than never?
Lawmakers Set Deal on Fuel Economy Rules – New York Times Whoopee!!! So 13 YEARS from now, the United States will catch up with Europe and China. Meanwhile, a few hundred million Bangladeshis will probably drown from the climate change that we’re primarily [Read More]
Amazon Associate Profits Up 300%
I reported earlier this year how I had earned a total of 56 cents in Amazon associate revenues in the previous two years. Well, since I last November, I have amassed $2.20 in associate revenues! One person bought a product I was actually pitching, Alan Bergman’s [Read More]
Where are the pro-lifers now?
Mothers lawyer: Child killed for failing to say please – CNN.com Trenor , 19, told police she and her husband killed the girl in July and hid her body in a shed before dumping it in the bay. Stickler said Zeigler , 24, was overwhelmed by his sudden fatherhood and [Read More]
Desktop Tower Defense
I don’t play video games. I haven’t owned a console since the original 8-bit (or was it 16?) Nintendo with its original Super Mario Bros. (I played on friends’ N64s in college and beyond). This isn’t to say I didn’t used to play an awful lot [Read More]
Do What You Love
I believe there’s a book called exactly that, and I may have read it five or six or seven years ago. I suppose I should look it up and link to it, in case there’s a gold mine to be made by referring folks to it. Hmmm…maybe it was called something else. I [Read More]
Changing a light bulb…when it breaks off in the socket
Maybe I should’ve done a web search to solve this problem. There seem to be lots of solutions posted. (Alas, I don’t have a potato handy). Well, here’s what I did… So when I unscrewed the light bulb in the ceiling fixture of my study (officially the [Read More]
Fox 50 on a Saturday afternoon
It’s like TNT, circa 1999, for those without cable. Today’s schedule: Michael (1996) (John Travolta, Andie McDowell (who sings a fine Pie song), William Hurt) The American President (1995) (Michael Douglas, Annette Bening). (Well, if it were TNT, the movies [Read More]
TB: Swimming in money after the Durham tax revaluations
No, not really. But my disheveled bungalow winds up in the below-average-appreciation column as Durham does their one-every-seven-years housing revaluations. So my tax bill, paltry as it is now, should go down in a year, maybe like $50! 2008 vs. 2001 valuation: +20.7% [Read More]
Toastie Radio Top 25
At what point do you abandon a hobby you’ve had for six years? Toastie Radio grew out of a need I had to have my music with me at work without bringing CDs or copies of MP3s to work. I’d just stream a playlist from home. When I realized that others from around [Read More]
Hypothetically, if I were looking for a new job…
subject: OT- Increase in compensation:::::Remedy Engineer – OCONUS-IRAQ The annualized compensation package for this position has been increased to $275,000 (inclusive-base plus foreign service and hazardous/dangerous duty pay). Remedy Engineer for deployment to IRAQ [Read More]
