Tom Maxwell calls this article, a summary of the former band’s legal situation, “the most accurate Zippers article I’ve ever read.”
Since I’ve been blasted before for not knowing of which I blog, I provide the link as a small, squirrelly atonement.
September 2007
Cops close down gambling in NC
Thank goodness the folks over at the state Alcohol Law Enforcement have closed down a poker operation. Heaven forbid we have any gambling in the state.
Happy Anniversary!
Today is my eight-year wedding anniversary. Life just keeps getting better.
Happy anniversary, Sweetie!
Keirsey Personality Test
I was clicking through the Internet – you know, looking for the end – when I came across a link to the Jung/Myers-Briggs/Keirsey personality test. It had been about ten years since I last took the test, so I figured what the heck, I’ll take the test again to see what I’ll score.
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Back From VA
We got back this afternoon from Virginia and DC after a tremendously fun weekend. We visited Kelly’s parents, left our happy kids with them and then had a blast at the wedding last night. Kelly works as an editor and one of her long-time authors, Maya Ajmera, married David Hollander last night in an Indian and Jewish ceremony. Two weddings for the price of one! Kelly and I agreed it was the most fun we’ve had attending a wedding. The dancing and drumming was infectious, the food was fantastic, and the drinks were plentiful. It wasn’t long before everyone was enjoying themselves! It was fun to catch up with Kelly’s former Charlesbridge colleagues, too. I know now what made it such a great place to work.
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In Virginia
We’re spending the morning with Kelly’s parents in Warrenton before Kelly and I leave the kids with them and head to DC for a wedding this afternoon. We’ll stay overnight in DC at a fancy hotel before heading south again.
Been a while since we’ve been to a wedding, this one Kelly’s boss’s. Should be fun!
Cheap Thoughts: Craigslist
After responding to a few ads on Craigslist and receiving no response I’ve hit upon the fundamental problem with free ad services: the seller has no “skin in the game.” Since the seller’s cost to post is free, he or she has nothing at stake and therefore doesn’t feel as compelled to respond to queries as he or she might when using paid ad services.
Maybe the problem is that email is too easy to ignore. Perhaps if Craigslist offered a better way of contacting sellers this could be alleviated.
Cheap Thoughts: Roaming Office Cameras
Ibiblio’s Paul Jones, Keeper of the Rubber Chicken, posted to a story of a guy who built a robot to cruise around the office for him while he worked from home.
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Hurricane Fran, 11 years ago
I thought today’s date looked familiar. Today’s the anniversary of the morning after Hurricane Fran came ashore. For some like me, the night it came ashore and the following day blended together, as I didn’t get much sleep after a tree came to rest 3 feet away from my once-sleeping head.
(I blather about this every year, don’t I? A sign of geezerhood?)
There’s a weak storm churning off of Wilmington now which hopefully will bring rain to the parched state. Let’s hope it stays weak, but brings the rain.
Day four for the missing Steve Fossett
It’s day four for millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, reported missing when he failed to return from a routine flight. His friend Sir Richard Branson calls Fossett “a tough old boot,” and its true Fossett has possibly more experience at cheating death than anybody. Still, with the search stretching on this long I’m starting to doubt that Fossett is alive.
If he is gone, the world will have lost a great aviator.
[Update]: Its actually day, four, not two. Even worse for Fossett, unfortunately.