Year: 2002

Columbia House

I can’t help myself. The 12 for a penny or the price of one or whatever is too good a lure for me. I usually join, fulfill my obligation and get out. 6 months later I get back in. I am about to get back out again.

Got a flyer in the mail today, who are these people think they are kidding? A “Hot Pick” is highlighted on page 5 – Chris Issak’s Heart Shaped World! The album is from 1989. how can that be hot unless they still have several thousand copies in the warehouse and some boss is HOT to get rid of them. How about this? They have a two page spread entitled “Then & Now” with 2 albums from the same artist from the past and then one from the present, one such pairing is the Back Street Boys’ then, Milenium (1999) and now, Black & Blue (2000). Wow, their sound really has evolved over all those year.

CD Mix Of The Month

Used the cockpit cover under actual conditions for the first time this morning. Took about as long as putting the boot on. I had help from my wife so I didn’t have to run from one side to the other. Taking it off at work took about as long. May actually use it. Just wish it was a little bigger, still seems small.

My friend Jim Mullan at work finally got the use of a cnc mill to do the trimming on the Blaupunkt’s trim ring. He took .281″ off all around on the outside, so now the gaps around the HU will be filled in and the face doesn’t have to stick out so far. Probably get it installed this weekend.

Got my 2 CDs in the mail from Josh in TX. One was his March mix and the other was, I guess because I was an early sendee, February’s mix from Tam.

Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/01/02: 71

AI

I’m sure if I was much younger and hadn’t seen all the SciFi movies I have seen, AI would have been a monumental movie. Unfortunately, as often as it was so original, it was also so derivative. Blade Runner, Star Wars, Wizard of Oz, even John William’s score seemed to be, at times, by Phillip Glass. Still, I did watch the whole thing and at 2 hours, 25 minutes that was a serious commitment of time.

Heathens At The Gate

The closest I’ve got to the Miata all day is I have walked by it a half dozen times on the way to and from the washer/dryer. It has been raining nearly all afternoon anyway. This morning Donna and I took my sister and her husband over to Hopeland Gardens to walk around and take some photos. Being the heathens we are, we didn’t realize that they were having Easter services at the amphitheater. Fortunately it is a big place and by the time we had covered everywhere else and wanted to head that way, services were over and the crowd broke up. Afterwards, we drove around horse country to breathe in the ambiance…

I have finally made it over 1 year CPU time in the search for ET. I am a member of the Miata Club over at SETI@Home. I am currently in the number 10 spot. The only other person I could possibly overtake unless I rent supercomputer time is #9, Erick Sodhi. He is currently 130 WU ahead of me, but it looks like he has stopped contributing. His last uploaded results were on February 1, 2001. At my current rate and if Erick doesn’t wake up, I will overtake him on the 19th of June this year.

Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/01/02: 71

Rain

The rain washed out the last leg of Aiken’s Triple Crown. Today’s harness races were called of until next Saturday because they just can’t pull a sulky on a muddy track. And because today was supposed to be cloudy with a good chance of additional rain, there was no way the track would be dry enough by tomorrow. We’ve got a rail side parking spot and 6 tickets, but next weekend it will be just the two of us as the company we were going to go with will be long gone.

Riverbanks Zoo

Company was in town to go see the harness races this weekend, but this morning started with a horrendous rain storm. Put the top up and drove over to see if the races were still on before schlepping everyone over, nope called off until next Saturday. What are we going to do now. Around lunch the sun came out so we piled into my sister’s car and drove to the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia. Nice time. We managed to get out and back to the car before it started to rain again.

This evening we needed a trip to the store for some last minute items for Easter dinner tomorrow, so Donna and I dropped the top back down and made the 15 mile drive to the Publix that is 3 miles away.

Started down, went up, back down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/01/02: 71

Georgia’s Tax Holiday

As befitting a government policy, Georgia’s Tax Holiday this weekend is thing of wonder.

You can purchase gym suits tax free, but you must pay tax on martial arts attire.
You can purchase bow ties tax free, but you must pay tax on head bands.
You can purchase lingerie tax free, but you must pay tax on athletic supporters.