My boss was concerned that my flight might be cancelled because of an airline pilot strike in Atlanta (or something like that). I used the handy Delta Air Lines flight-lookup thingamajiggy and was told that flight 1886 is a-ok. And I learned that I’ll be on a Lockheed TriStar L1011-1. My boss, who is also… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: December 2000
Dan Englar
Some guy at foreword.com is a year older than he was at about this time last year. Happy Birthday, Dan!
Expedia.com
Those hep cats at Expedia.com have a cool little tool you can use to track all your frequent flyer miles in one place. Quelle nifty.
a bird that whistles Ethel Merman tunes
“That’s why we called him Spawn of Satan,” explained Malloy, who gradually befriended the bird by whistling Ethel Merman tunes during visits to her sister’s Chicago home.
William Joseph Gagne
Today is my dad‘s birthday! Happy Birthday, Dad!
Digital Music
I found a cool SoftSeek.com site with all kinds of freeware and shareware utilities for computer music. It’s definitely a good resource if you have a CD-R or are a big mp3 geek. I just finished downloading CD Box Labeler Pro to print inserts for CD jewel cases.
Kathleen Gagne
If you live in the Gainesville / Ocala Florida COX Cable market you have a chance to see my mom on television. She’s in the currently-airing COX Happy Holidays commercial, sitting at her desk and waving at the camera. Wave to her and tell her how much you love being a COX Cable subscriber. Hi,… Read more »
Gifts
Wow! I got my second Christmas present today, thanks to the Weblogger Gift Exchange (created by bjb) and Tara @ ratcrap.com. Adcult: The Triumph of Advertising in American Culture. It’s a great book! It was written by one of my professors at UF and is an excellent read. Thanks, Tara!
GW
<be very afraid> You got that fancy book learn’n, don’t ya? </be very afraid>
Le Blogeur
Great Caesar’s Ghost! A redesign at Le Blogeur?! Can the return of Sally Tenpenny be far behind? It looks swell, Relton.
weather in Los Angeles and Florida
<understatement>One of the little differences between California and Florida is the weather.</understatement> Today we are under a “Severe Wind” warning. What the heck does that mean? In Florida we were always under “Thunderstorm” warnings or “Tornado” warnings” or “Torrential Freakin’ Downpour” warnings. I don’t really know what to do to prepare for “Severe Wind”. I… Read more »
Soup and Personality
A University of Illinois professor found a correlation between soup and personality … I love Cambpell’s Chunky Beef and Vegetables and New England Clam Chowder. I wonder what that says about me. link lifted from Follow Me Here