Competition is the basic building block of a healthy system of free enterprise. With it, we get better consumer choice, a wide variety of products and services and the chance for each of us to start our own enterprises. Without it, we get corrupt and moribund monopolies that do not respond to customer needs, inflate […]
Filed under: Politics, Rants on November 30th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Apparently unsubscribe requests mean nothing. I got yet another spam from Marky Mark today, this time through FeedBlitz. Now if you recall, he used FeedBlitz back in June to send another round of spam. Rather than have his account terminated for violating the ToS, he decided to commit seppuku. I guess that was so […]
Filed under: Politics, Utah on November 29th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Betcha didn't know I was even running for something, huh? Bradley Ross, the guy who runs the Bloghive, has decided to form an advisory board to help steer it and provide some input on operations. I accepted a nomination to be considered and as of today, the voting has started.
I think I'd add a lot […]
Filed under: Geek, Politics, Website, Utah on November 27th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
You're looking at one of Utah's newest HAM operators. Tonight I took the Technician test and passed without a problem. In a couple of days, I get listed on the FCC database with a shiny new call sign and I can legally start transmitting. You know, once I get my own radio.
Hey Vanessa? That's your […]
Filed under: Geek, Church, Tender Lumplings on November 27th, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Due to being out of the country and almost immediately into the hospital, I haven't had a chance to write about the latest blast of spam coming from Utah's least favorite pirate captain. The following arrived on November 14 (twice, no less):
You are being asked to participate in a Nationwide Survey.
We would ask you […]
Filed under: Geek, Politics, Utah on November 24th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Just a quickie to let everyone know that we got home from the hospital yesterday afternoon. Shauna's been sleepy (oxycodone/Percoset will do that) but we've had a few welcomed visitors over today. Anyone looking to do well-wishing should drop by or give us a call.
Filed under: Health, Life, Tender Lumplings, Shauna on November 24th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The good news is that she's doing okay so far. She's still in a bit of pain, but she's alert and coherent despite the various painkillers she's been taken. Here's the deal on what went down.
Filed under: Health, Life, Shauna on November 22nd, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Appendicitis.
More specifically, Shauna's sitting in St. Mark's Hospital (room 9 in the emergency room if you're interested) with a "gnarly-looking" (quote from the doctor) hunk of everyone's favorite vestigial organ. She's going to have it taken out tomorrow (today?) and is going to be kept in the hospital for a day for observation. This, of […]
Filed under: Health, Life, Shauna on November 21st, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Just a quick update that we're back from Italy. We'll be posting pictures and other stuff once we're not so stinking tired.
And if you want the Reader's Digest version, it was awesome.
Filed under: Travel, Tender Lumplings on November 18th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Shauna and I leave for Washington, DC tonight to visit her brother Bill, and then we're off to Italy! We'll be cut off from cell phone access and I don't fathom that there will be a lot of WiFi, so consider us as incommunicado until we get back on the 17th.
Ciao, everybody.
Filed under: Website, Travel on November 8th, 2007 | 6 Comments »
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