September 2006

The Archives

personal
The difference between men and women
09.23.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

When someone’s mom called this morning around 11, I mentioned that someone had been sleeping all morning. She really hadn’t, someone was up at five and didn’t fall back asleep until past 9. The point is, someone took offense (thinking, I assume, that the insinuation is that someone is lazy). But men? Sleeping all morning [...]
personal
Death and taxes
09.19.06 | Permalink | 3 Comments

Check out this awesome graph of how your federal tax dollars are spent (from Boing Boing). And I mean awesome not to say that Dubya is doing an ‘awesome’ job of spending tax dollars, but rather that this graph does an ‘awesome’ job of displaying just what a poor job Dubya is doing.
personal
Dolphins are smarter than me
09.18.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Came across (through jeremy) this very good story about how intelligent dolphins are. Some of the choice bits:

At the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, Kelly the dolphin has built up quite a reputation. All the dolphins at the institute are trained to hold onto any litter that falls into their pools until they [...]
personal
Taking shortcuts with my car
09.17.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Taking shortcuts with my car

Originally uploaded by smooth.

Somebody was supposed to have fixed this tail light problem. But as soon as they left town the light came back on. Oh well, I’m glad to see that somebody else takes shortcuts too.
personal
1 year at Novell
09.12.06 | Permalink | 5 Comments

Got this (automated) email today. Kind of a nice touch.

Dear Sam,
Congratulations on your 1 year anniversary with Novell! We would like to take this opportunity to recognize your contributions since your service date of Sep 12, 2005
Sincerely,
The team at Novell
personal
New tallest living thing discovered
09.12.06 | Permalink | Comment?

From SFGate.com:

The Stratosphere Giant, the world’s reigning tallest living tree, seems to have lost its title — to not one but three contenders.
Like the 370-foot Giant, the three trees are coast redwoods. They were discovered this summer in Redwood National Park near Eureka by a team of California researchers who spend most of their free [...]
personal
The State of Washington will save 10 years of my life
09.11.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

One of the expected benefits of moving to Seattle is the complete and total lack of state beauracracy. We’re continually astonished at just how quick and downright pleasant most processes are within the state of Washington. I thought a comparison with the time required to complete common transactions in California was in order.

Task
CA
WA

Get a license [...]
personal
Weeds Season 1
09.09.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

We Netflixed the first season of Weeds tonight. It’s about a suburban mom who’s forced to become a pot dealer to pay the bills after her husband dies. Maybe even funnier than Curb Your Enthusiasm.
personal
Our house is plagued by raccoons
09.06.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

< ?php jal_democracy(6) ; ?>
personal
“Crocodile Hunter” Irwin Dies
09.04.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Today is a sad day in our house. Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray barb through the heart.” Supposedly it was an absolute freak accident, though I would guess that if your name is “Crocodile Hunter” your odds of encountering any single “freak accident” are pretty high. Anyway, we’re sad about it ane [...]