November 2004 Archives

• Be thankful you haven't been spammed!
• Be thankful your computer isn't down!
• Be thankful your favorite forum isn't down!
• Be thankful you don't have The Good Times virus!
• Be thankful your server isn't down!
• Be thankful for a vast selection of Web sites to browse!
• Be thankful no one knows who you really are!
• Be thankful someone sent you a cyber sundae, and you didn't gain a pound!
• Be thankful your 28 year old cyberfriend really isn't 72!
• Be thankful for a fast Internet connnection!
• Be thankful no one sent you a cyber voo-doo doll!

First photo of my friends' John and Sandy's daughter: Kristin. I know I'm biased but I have to say I think she's a cutie.

More later.

A television network is developing a Texas hybrid of "Survivor" meets
"The Amazing Race":

Contestants must travel from Amarillo, Texas, through Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and back to Amarillo, through San Marcos and Lubbock driving a Volvo with two bumper stickers, one that "I'm for Kerry" and another saying "I'm Queer and I'm Here to Take Your Guns."

The first to complete the round trip is the winner!

My best friend John, and his wife Sandy along with their daughter Marie are happy to welcome the safe and happy arrival of Kristin Louise at 12:19 p.m. today. I'm awaiting photos from the proud father, but as of our last phone call he was busy keeping three year old Marie occupied. :)

Best wishes to the whole family!

p.s. I hope I spelled her name correctly, apologies if I didn't.

Please join me in wishing my parents a Happy Anniversary. Today marks 42 years! Here's hoping there's many more happy and healthy ones to come!

Here's a photo of them with their granddaughter, Rowan, earlier this year during a visit to Boston.

While many people are fighting for the right to vote even once, I had an odd experience that shows you how easy it is for things to go askew in the U.S. electoral system:

I got to the polling place this morning and my name was on the register roles, twice. They misspelled my last name so it showed up in two places. It's five letters and a VERY common Anglo name, so it's beyond me how they managed to screw it up, but my City Clerk's office did. I pointed it out to the clerk at the polling place but he didn't seem to care because there was a queue they wanted to get cleared before the polling volunteers' oxygen tanks ran out or pacemaker batteries died. Of course they didn't ask for any photo ID, so I suppose I could go and vote again tonight. Probably won't though. Once was quite enough for me.