January 22, 2002

There were 3 posts published on January 22, 2002 (this is page 1 of 1).

How TicketMaster Avoids Being Charged With Scalping

From the North Carolina General Statues:

GS 14-344. Sale of admission tickets in excess of printed price.

Any person, firm, or corporation shall be allowed to add a reasonable service fee to the face value of the tickets sold, and the person, firm, or corporation which sells or resells such tickets shall not be permitted to recoup funds greater than the combined face value of the ticket, tax, and the authorized service fee. This service fee may not exceed three dollars ($3.00) for each ticket except that a promoter or operator of the property where the event is to be held and a ticket sales agency may agree in writing on a reasonable service fee greater than three dollars ($3.00) for the first sale of tickets by the ticket sales agent. This service fee may be a pre-established amount per ticket or a percentage of each ticket. The existence of the service fee shall be made known to the public by printing or writing the amount of the fee on the tickets which are printed for the event. Any person, firm or corporation which sells or offers to sell a ticket for a price greater than the price permitted by this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1941, c. 180; 1969, c. 1224, s. 8; 1977, c. 9; 1979, c. 909; 1981, c. 36; 1985, c. 434; 1991, c. 165; 1993, c. 539, s. 232; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

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Traffic, traffic, traffic

Once again I see why I have been leaving so early to get to work. My commute took me over an hour this morning, on account of my leaving an hour later than my normal time (7AM).

Traffic is one of the major bummers in taking this current contracting job. In the future, I will turn down jobs that require more than a 20 minute commute, tops.

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Birthday Lucid Dreaming

Why did I post the long lucid dreaming post yesterday? Because I had about FIVE HOURS of lucid dreaming the morning of my birthday!

The trick to successful lucid dreaming involved learning how to maintain your focus. Dreaming lucidly can be a bit like fighting gravity: it’s very easy to slip back into normal dreaming. So that once I turn lucid, I constantly remind myself that I’m in a dream. It was in doing this that I managed to extend my lucid dreaming far beyond my usual limits.

I don’t know if this technique is really necessary. It just works for me. I assume that as I get better maintaining focus, such overt reminders won’t be needed.

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