Rants and musings, without care for substance.
Posted in complaints, housing, legal rights, politics, privacy, the system on Jul 10th, 2007
Here is a rough copy of the American Community Survey questionnaire. I wasn’t able to locate a scanner, but I’m a quick typist. The only thing you’d gain from a scan is the design of the survey, which honestly isn’t too difficult to follow. I can confirm that there are no choices for you to [...]
Posted in legal rights, politics, privacy, the system on Jul 9th, 2007
The American Community Survey (ACS) makes me very uncomfortable. It is a nationwide survey that is being forced upon the unlucky that happen to live in one of homes selected at random. I was one of those unlucky people and took immediate issue with some of the questions being asked and the manner in which [...]
Posted in life in general on Jul 9th, 2007
One of my best friends got married Saturday at Gramercy Mansion. The ceremony occured on the main staircase and was simple yet elegant. My official duties as a groomsman weren’t so lengthy that I didn’t have time to chat with people, so that was nice. I’d say there were about 150 guests in all, most [...]
Posted in oddities on Jul 8th, 2007
Someone rang the bell today a bit after noon. I peeked over the stairs and didn’t recognize the car — a green Mercury, probably a Sable — that was blocking my driveway. Due to the barrage of door-to-door people toting products and religeon, I generally don’t answer the door unless its a neighbor or an [...]
Posted in advertising, conspiracies, web sites on Jul 5th, 2007
They came out of nowhere and now they’re everywhere. How do they have the bandwidth to support all the hotlinking? Are IPOs coming back?
The Mingle2 quizes are cute in a 1996 sort of way, but they’re hardly worth pasting cheeky HTML. Hideous text is better. To answer the handful of people who have asked [...]
Posted in life in general, oddities, youth on Jul 4th, 2007
I was at a party today where I was told that I looked like Justin Timberlake. I think the girl needs to get her head checked out, although it isn’t the first time this has happened. When it happened before it was when I had shorter hair (like I do now).
The girl today asked if [...]
Posted in culture, healthcare, life in general, plans on Jul 3rd, 2007
I am a habitual drug user.
I take approximately fifty-five milligrams of methyltheobromine every weekday. Sometimes more, usually on the weekend or for special occassions. Sometimes I chase eighty milligrams with sugar water and immediately demand more from my supplier. On a few rare occassions I’ve taken so much that I’ve experienced muscle twitching and irregular [...]
Posted in life in general on Jul 1st, 2007
I decided to put my office cleaning project on hold today. I also curtailed laundry, dishes, and a few other household tasks. It was just too nice a day outside to spend it inside. I figure there will be warmer days to work inside.
It was breezy this morning, so I took the opportunity to turn [...]
Posted in complaints, life in general, plans on Jul 1st, 2007
In years past Independence Day has been a day of grilling with friends and family, quasi-affixed to a long weekend. Lots of marinated foods, outdoor foolishness, laughter, and other assorted goodness. The fact that it’s on a Wednesday this year is jacking up my chi. I can’t justify taking two days off to make it [...]
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