Archive for December, 2006



The Office Holiday Party

This afternoon my department had our annual holiday lunch and gift exchange. This is actually the first of two that I get to go to since I’m kind of assigned to two different departments. We went out to lunch at Maria’s, a cute little Italian restaurant in Lakewood, and then got to head home early.
As […]

Wedding Wars

Last night I watched A&E’s made-for-TV movie Wedding Wars. I have to admit that going into it I didn’t have very high expectations since these types of movies usually end up being a disaster. I was however pleasantly surprised!
The acting was good and the scripting was fairly decent as well. I’ve always been a John […]

Verizon Mathematics

While browsing Digg I came across this story regarding Verizon Wireless’ incompetence when it comes to basic mathematics.
Verizon Wireless customer George Vaccaro called Verizon to get the rate for wireless data usage while in Canada. They quoted him a rate of .002 cents per kilobyte. He had them note this in his account, which they […]

Goodbye to the “Do Nothing Congress”

Yesterday the 109th Congress adjourned. Thank God! It may have been one of the least productive and most corrupt congresses in American history. Of course, the Republicans couldn’t just submit to the will of the American people and stay away from hot button issues, they decided to throw a “going out of power party” and […]

Smoke Free Ohio

The day has finally come, Ohio is smoke free! Last month voters in Ohio overwhelming approved a state-wide smoking ban in all public places and today that ban goes into effect.
The battle for clean indoor air in Ohio wasn’t an easy one. On last months ballot there were two competing initiatives, Smoke Free Ohio and […]