I now know why it seemed like I was never getting any email from Rich. I just happened to randomly check my email trash and saw that my spam filter trashed a reply from Rich because at some point I’d accidentally blacklisted his address. Whoops! Good thing I caught it. I whitelisted his account and…
I can never remember whether “occasional” has two C’s and two S’s, two C’s and one S, or just one of each. I look up the word every time, and no matter how many times I tell myself that the word has 2 C’s and 1 S, it never sticks and I always have to…
We need more of this: http://www.charactercounts.org/knxtoc.htm When I was living in L.A., I used to listen to these commentaries on the way home from work and thought they were great. I found them available on the web tonight.
One reason I love reading history is that it confirms a suspicion that I’ve always held: that in day-to-day life, people throughout history have dealt with the same kind of basic problems that we deal with today, often in much the same way and with similar results. One thing I liked about Will Durant’s Story…
Long day today. I had to stay late at work to be in a meeting that demonstrated some software I’ve been working on for a while now. Because of that, and some minor delays on the train this evening, and the fact that I had to stop at the gas station to put gas in…
I got my train tickets for my birthday weekend in NYC today. I cashed in 10,500 Amtrak miles to get a First Class Acela ticket going from DC to NY on the evening of April 7. It will be the first time I’ve ever taken Acela First Class before, and that should be interesting. I…
I had my taxes done on Saturday. They were e-filed Saturday at around noon. I just got an email from my bank notifying me that my $224 Maryland State refund was just direct deposited into my checking account–less than one and a half business days after I got my taxes done! Now that’s some efficiency!…
The train from P.G. Plaza today had some new door sound effects and voices to go along with it. I think Metro is experimenting with changing the two-tone “door closing” sound that they currently use. It was only that train however; the train at Mt. Vernon had the normal tone. Subway and train commuters will…
It’s warm enough to sleep with the windows open tonight. First time since last fall. It feels really nice out right now. We’re supposed to be getting some rain later, and things are going to cool down, but I’m going to enjoy it while I can.
I enjoyed some of the warm outdoor weather today by having lunch outside with Trevor. We went over to Baja Fresh in Pentegon Row, and then headed to some tables to sit down and soak in the sun as we ate our lunch. There was a really pleasant breeze too. I almost didn’t want to…