MarkAnywhere?

I’ve been thinking more of the IvanAnywhere idea of a roaming office camera. Sure its Star Wars-ish, but it also makes sense. It costs a tremendous amount of money for an employee to travel somewhere for a few-day trip. Figure $150/night, minimum for a hotel, $70/day for a rental car, $40/day for food, and $400 or so for airfare. For a three-day trip, that’s almost $1200!
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Glade

Glade
The Connells

Any day, you’re gonna throw it all away
you see you got it to just throw away
Now hear you whine
how its coming in from all sides
you got it coming right in on you
this is what we should do
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Reunions

One of the drawbacks of moving so often as a kid was leaving behind friends. Since my own 20-year high school reunion is approaching, I decided to look up the Class of 1987 from the other places I’ve lived.

I discovered a lot of old friends on the Class of 1987 websites of Spring Valley High School (Columbia, SC) and South Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC). Even though I don’t have much in common with them anymore its good to know they’re still out there.

As for my own reunion, the Herndon High School Class of 1987 will be meeting again next month. Should be fun.

Fuel Cells

So, where is my fuel cell? Ten years ago they were supposedly ten years away.

I could deal with the drought two ways with a fuel cell. I could (quietly!) generate electricity for my air conditioner, heat my hot water, and produce my own water (though probably not enough to whet my lawn’s thirst). Sadly, without using hydrogen as a fuel the cell would produce carbon dioxide in the process, so it wouldn’t otherwise help on the green front.

So, why aren’t residential fuel cells on the market yet?

Anita Roddick

Just found out that Anita Roddick, founder of the Wake Forest-based, eco-friendly Body Shop store chain, died yesterday of a massive brain hemorrhage. Roddick, dubbed the “Queen of Green,” was a long-time eco-activist who also maintained a frank and entertaining blog.

A few connections to Roddick and The Body Shop: I applied for an IT job at The Body Shop a few months ago, one of her books was published by Kelly’s former publishing company (Charlesbridge), and my mom once interviewed with Roddick for a job as Roddick’s administrative assistant. My mom called it a memorable interview and I can see why!

Roddick was quite a woman.

Happy Anniversary!

Today is my eight-year wedding anniversary. Life just keeps getting better.

Happy anniversary, Sweetie!