I’ve gotten this one three times now:
The phone rings. The caller ID says something like “Low-Cost Mortgages!” and a phone number. I pick up (otherwise it’ll go to the answering machine, and the ringing phone annoys me). Dial-tone.
Yes, they are now using my Caller ID as their advertising venue. An intrusive phone call with a [...]
Well, a couple of somethings. John and I went to the Cement Ship, down in Aptos, had mochas while we walked out to the ship, talked, and generally had a nice time together. While we were there, we took some pictures of various stuff, including each other (how sweet), birds, the ocean, etc.
We then went [...]
I found out this morning that the lower-division science fiction class was approved by the department and the school– the next step is approval by the General Education ctte. and then it can proceed as a course for Spring, 2003.
So, in the ever-continuing attempts to get linux working on my main desktop machine, John is now trying to monkey with the bios settings. And I am one click away from spending $80 for a 40 GB hard drive (inc. shipping). The current 12 GB drive doesn’t seem to want to “take” linux, and the [...]
I had to cut short my journal entry this morning, as my ride showed up to take me to class.
So where was I? Oh, yeah. . . .
I had read The Dispossessed shortly after I moved out to California. I’d bought it at a Thrift Store for about $1.00, and read it in a couple [...]