Archive for February, 2006
Saturday, February 18th, 2006
Cozy day by the fire
After class this morning, where I had to give a presentation, I came home and then Maggie and I had a nice cozy afternoon in front of the fire. We watched “Just Like Heaven”, which was a very cute in a chick flick kinda way. ( Ok, ok, I got totally sucked in, but I [...]
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Friday, February 17th, 2006
Texas Weather
There’s an old saying about the Weather, “If you don’t like it, give it 5 minutes and it will change.” Well, in Texas those changes can be as big as the state, such as the last 24 hours.
Yesterday afternoon it was 80 degrees F here in Dallas. This morning, we’re in the mid 30s. [...]
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Thursday, February 16th, 2006
Online system not open 24 hours?
I’ve just come across something that makes me scratch my head. Last night, I went to my univeristy’s website to make a tuition payment, and I was greeted with “The system is currently closed, our hours are the following:”.
I couldn’t believe it. An online system to take money didn’t operate around the clock? How [...]
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
Senator Byrd is my hero for the day
Go read his wiretap speech: http://byrd.senate.gov/speeches/2006_february/wiretap_speech.html
Pretty much sums up how I feel about how our government keeps invading our lives.