Thursday, May 25, 2000

Check out Dan Beauchamp's newest "Camtoon" at RedCricket.


Wednesday, May 24, 2000

New career starting Friday...One career ends, another begins. Apparently this is the philosophy at ye olde bus company, where in the last gasps of my current job (tomorrow is my last day) I find out my boss was fired yesterday, along with several others. My new nickname is Nick O'Time.


Friday morning I wing my way down to Texas to work with a new client. Fun. We'll be developing a web site for an air cargo company.


The van (see below), was towed away today. I gave it a decent memorial this morning as I cleaned out my tapes and papers from the glove box, etc. Farewell, old friend. I'll be shopping in earnest next week.


My daughter Demarée now has a car (sort of). My mother in law was going to trade in her 14-year-old Pontiac, but we purchased it from her as a vehicle for our two teenage girls to drive. It's old, it's creaky, but it only has 60,000 miles and it's wheels! Bumbum is thrilled. Pictures to come.

Monday, May 22, 2000

Tomorrow starts my last week with the bus company...My boss will be coming in on Tuesday to see what it is I do all day (I guess), which isn't much since the budget was cut to a nub over the past year. By the end of this week, I'll be working with my brother doing stuff that should be far more fun than fending off my cash-flow-challenged company's creditors.



The van will pay off nicely, and my other project this week, besides getting ready to fly to Dallas on Friday, will be to find a new vehicle that fits the family budget. Honda Odysseys are impossible to get, unfortunately, without going on a two- to three-month waiting list. So it will have to be something else. I keep thinking I want something sportier, but how sporty is a minivan? Not very. Suggestions welcome.

Friday, May 19, 2000

Girl dies in Colorado after controversial therapy
One more argument in favor of making stupidity illegal.

Thursday, May 18, 2000

UPI News Article: Goats with spider gene produce webs  ...Somehow I wonder if we really should be doing this...

This article is no longer available.


Camille Paglia in Salon magazine is great. I don't always agree with her politics, but her take on the Million Mom March is priceless. I don't agree with her entire take on the Elian Gonzales story, however. It is disgraceful that our government sides with a wizened old killer and a dead philosophy over the freedom of one little boy. Don't get me started....



My van, because it was in such good shape, even with 95,000 miles on it, qualifies for the "dealer rate" from the insurance company. It's a total, which is a shame, because even after the Pine Tree Massacre, my big blue buddy started right up. Great family car, for as long as it lasted. I'm feeling a tear coming on, so I'll stop.

Wednesday, May 17, 2000

OK, another tweak to the front page; hope you like it.

Monday, May 15, 2000


My van is a goner, I think

The results of the storm here in Amishland last Thursday.

Sunday, May 14, 2000

If you don't read DRUDGE, you aren't really a news junkie. Besides his own stuff, he has one of the best sets of news links around.


Happy Mother's Day!

Today I re-designed the home page of this web site. Most of the other stuff will look the same for a while, but I'll get around to changing it eventually.



I started a new career on Thursday -- that is, I started the ball in motion for a new career by giving notice at my current job. I will be working with my brother Chris in his business, TransLogix Corporation, where I'll be doing web design, programming, and working with clients on their online communications. A lot of what we'll do is transportation oriented.



Tomorrow is Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day, Mom!


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