Archive for May, 2005
At the grocery tonight, we were able to use the coupon that I got a while back. The original collection of items cost $6.03, and tonight $5.79 was saved, bringing the original net cost to $.24. Perhaps I just don’t understand marketing.
One of the television shows that I still watch regularly is TLC‘s In a Fix. In the recent “Desert Dreams” episode, they deviated from their standard “You’re going away for three days at [expensive hotel] for rest and relaxation…” in favor of “And the details of your getaway can be found in this Expedia envelope…” [...]
Question: Do you drink diet or regular soda? After graduating college, and starting in the workplace I switched to diet. Thanks to Greg for pointing to an article talking about soda replacing white bread as the leading source of calories in the American diet.
Though people are wont to disparage the cost of gas, that doesn’t seem to stop people from taking the random Sunday drive. If the cost of gasoline is not high enough to make us change our habits, quit complaining. While out on a recent “Sunday Drive” we were followed by “BAJA GRL” in her bright [...]
If you do not receive the This is True newsletter once a week, I would highly recommend that you check it out. (You can even search the early years, which archives all of the stories in Volume 1.) I have been receiving the newsletter for about 10 years now, and the always tend to be [...]
The bug reporter for all of my AppleScripts is now online. You can view what is there without an account, but to post a new bug or comment on any of the ones there you will need to create an account.
…not Slim Shady. Just ‘Randy’ (or ‘Randall’ for those who consider ‘Randy’ to be slang). I have used that handle DeltaTee for probably about eight years now, and have seldom not had that user id not available. (Though it is also the name of a corporation out of Calgary.) So most anyplace you find a [...]
Question: What is you opinion on stem cell research? The same as with any other activity: If, as a general rule, every person can say that “This activity does not infringe on my rights as a person”, then that activity should not be curtailed. There are exceptions to this rule, but all of them that [...]
As the owner of a whole domain, I have had the opportunity to give out unique email addresses to every website that I sign up with, which allows me to track exactly where the spam starts coming from. Much of the spam now comes from newsgroups, which I posted as as @ applescript @ made [...]
Congratulations to Jennifer, who is now more cylinder-like.