Archive for February, 2004

Uncommon Law Marriages

Tuesday, February 24th, 2004

Okay, so most reasonable people are either for or are just plain apathetic about Gay marriage. I made my stance clear. But I was just thinking of a twist on it.
Suppose Gay marriage is made legal (I’m convinced it will be) and no other laws are changed. Would that mean two long [...]

Internet Ne’er-Do-Wells

Tuesday, February 24th, 2004

The internet is a powerful place in which millions of people can share their thoughts and ideas and creativity with potentially the entire world. That’s what this blog does for me.
At the same time, having such wide open doors can allow the enrance of ne’er-do-wells and riffraff who would pick and poke and criticize [...]

Marriage, Done Right, Is Always Gay

Monday, February 23rd, 2004

And I mean that in the “happy” sense of the word. But I personally don’t see anything wrong with same-sex marriages. If same-sex couples, dating, clubs and what have you, don’t affect me, why would their marriage?
I see the horrible “reality” game shows that have a marriage as the grand prize much more [...]

Bucking Bronco

Monday, February 23rd, 2004

Woohoo, the engine is back in the Bronco! It nearly whooped us, but my father-in-law and I got the engine back into the Bronco today. Since tomorrow is carpet-on-the-back-porch-installation day, it will be Wednesday or Thursday before I can go back and button it up. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow anyways. [...]

LMC Truck

Saturday, February 21st, 2004

I had once wanted to turn the Automan Empire website into an online store for old truck parts. The trouble is that the cats at LMC Truck do such a good job and publish such unbelievably beautiful catalogs, that I don’t even want to try to compete with that. I will find another [...]

Denial of Service Attacks

Saturday, February 21st, 2004

Denial of service attacks happen when computer viruses that have been distributed about the ‘Net in a variety of sneaky and subversive (not to mention illegal) ways take command of an army of “zombie” computers and all try to access a single server or ip address simultaneously. This essentially “floods” a computer network and [...]

Netarsha Cummings, God Bless Her Soul

Friday, February 20th, 2004

One of my classmates, Netarsha Cummings, passed away this week. Her obituary from the AJC Obits page is as follows:
Netarsha Denine Cummings of Hampshire Court, Avondale Estates, entered into rest Saturday, February 14, 2004 at Emory Crawford Long Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, February 19, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. from Good Shepherd [...]

Science Behind the Polls

Wednesday, February 18th, 2004

I was wondering if anybody has ever done any studies determining the efficacy of public opinion surveys. I hear about approval ratings and whatnot all the time, but I have no idea if they are actually accurate in predicting behavior (such as voting, etc). It seems to me that they could be somewhat [...]

ATT Wireless Sucks-Still

Tuesday, February 17th, 2004

I guess I’m not the only one who thinks so, this is from a Yahoo news report:
But the company has struggled in recent months.
Late last year, it couldn’t add new subscribers because of a glitch in a new software system. The company also has acknowledged that it has lost more customers than it had [...]

Work is for the Workers

Tuesday, February 17th, 2004

It’s promotion season at work again, with a fresh round of promotions and attrition clearing the way for new middle managers. I’m going to once again be tossing my hat into the ring, but I’m afraid I’m just doing it for funsies. I’ve been through this before and somehow it just seems that “competent” [...]