Saturday, November 3, 02001
My transfer to Gandi has finally gone through.
Hurray ! Still I had to shell out an extra $25.00 to NetSol since, mysteriously, the e-mail update problem that was holding up the Gandi transfer didn't get resolved until a day or two after the domain name would have expired. Hmmm. Hmmmmmm.
I'm on a Kim Stanley Robinson kick now. The Gold Coast was excellent.
Posted at 02:22 PM EST [Link]
My 24 hour cynicism flu is over, mainly because I've found something that's making me hop up and down in my seat:
subscription organic vegetables in my area. This looks like it'll be really interesting.
Thank you randomwalks.
Posted at 01:47 AM EST [Link]
Friday, November 2, 02001
Happy All Souls Day otherwise known as the Day of the Dead.
Go make an altar.
Of course there's the to-be-expected 9-11 take on the holiday :
"Mexico has always accepted death with a quiet resilience."
Posted at 12:43 PM EST [Link]
The inner-cynic theme continues with the Kristin Hersh song flipside:
holy shit i think i'ld rather be on the ground than flying
It's taken way out of context, but that line still sticks out like a sore thumb now.
Posted at 08:50 AM EST [Link]
Thursday, November 1, 02001
The inner-cynic quote of the day:
"When I saw the dead and dying Afghani children on TV, I felt a newly recovered sense of national security. God Bless America." - Katie Sierra.
Update: When I hear about high school students getting spat upon and otherwise harassed I feel a newly recovered sense of national security. God Bless America.
Posted at 06:46 PM EST [Link]
The inner-cynic rules today: A fundie hell house exploits the September 11th attacks. Vultures.
Posted at 01:49 PM EST [Link]
My inner-cynic now knows why they were called it a "recovery effort".
Update: Hmmm. Now that the gold's gone, suddenly so are the firefighters as well.
Does the inner-cynic find this surprising ?
Posted at 12:32 PM EST [Link]
Tuesday, October 30, 02001
Anybody else find themselves reading the small print of their insurance policies a little closer lately ?
HR,
I'm sure you've gotten this question 100 times by now, but I'll ask anyway.
The AD&D policy says that benefits aren't paid out in the event of an act or war either declared or undeclared.
How are acts of terrorism covered ?
Are they classified as undeclared acts of war ?
I'm guessing this is the case, but it would be good to have some official verbage to this effect.
Thanks,
- jude
Update: Seems like I've hit a nerve. I've gotten calls from two people in human resources so far, both saying they're looking into the issue, and they should know sometime next week. Turns out I was the first person to ask about it. I guess the folks near the District are a tad bit more sensitive about such thanks than the folks in California.
Update 2: Acts of terrorism != Undeclared Acts of War !! Incidenents will be examined on a case-by-case basis. Plus, HR was able to reduce the rates by 14% this year, so it may be a good idea for you to participate. Well, figuring all this was only going to cost me an extra $10.00 a year, I figure I'll go for it.
Posted at 03:40 PM EST [Link]
Monday, October 29, 02001
Shame on you Jo Moore.
Cheers to whoever came up with that great headline: Terror e-mail mole hunt launched
I just wanted to find out what the "terror e-mail mole" was and how they planned to catch it.
Posted at 10:42 AM EST [Link]
I wonder what dinner at the Chomsky's would be like if Nader was a guest.
"We were at a dinner party and he was sitting at the table imitating whale sounds."
More notes from the Twin Oaks trip: I packaged tempeh and was attacked by two calves less than a month old. I collected some chicken eggs. I danced with a dog. The people on the whole seemed a lot more normal than my first visit down. Dinner was excellent, spinach salad with spinach miso dressing with a side of spinach and oh yeh some sweet pototas and apple pie. Debby and I had a very good long conversation. All is well in that part of the universe.
Anyway, I ended up deciding not to stay the night, mainly because I'd have to spend the night in the infirmary in a different building than Debby, where I didn't know anyone, and another because of some unneccessary firefighting activity at work - an issue I found Friday afternoon and which no one cared about at the time became a hot-hot-hot issue pretty much as soon as I passed Fredricksburg on Satuday morning. They still hadn't fixed it by 6:30 Saturday night, so I drove back and fixed it early Sunday morning, sending out a few nastigrams as well ("If you'd read this e-mail, and maybe this status report, I wouldn't have had to cut my trip short..."). I was planning on fixing it Saturday night, but I got lost driving back somewhere between Mineral and 95. All those roads in rural Virginia look the same at night. I didn't get home until 1:30AM.
Posted at 07:55 AM EST [Link]
