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The fact that it's supposed to reach 70 degrees today is unbelievable. Sure, it's supposed to drop to frigid temperatures in a few days, but the important point is that it's the result of climate change, not global warming.
I took my old one-handed watch into the watch repair shop last week to get the battery replaced. To my chagrin, they informed me that the battery was fine but that it needed "to be cleaned" which would cost $80. With no other choice, I left the watch with them.
This weekend I returned for the watch and discovered, mirabile dictu, that the watch now had three hands. I expressed surprise to which the watch repair man said, cryptically, "this is the new version...that's what they sent us". I explained that there was no "new version" of my watch, and that it only had one hand. He countered that perhaps they could just remove the second and minute hand. My retort was simple: find and put the old hand back on. After ten fruitless minutes of searching, he finally found the old hand and said that they needed another couple of days to fix things.
So at this point I've already been to the watch repair place 2 times, with a third coming, and an $80 bill, only to see them mess up the entire point of my old watch.
It's enough to make me hot. But that's what the weather is for, right?
So during lunch I fixed one of the major problems plaguing the site: where a very short article would artificially make the site boxes go haywire.
Yes, it was a simple css hack.
Next up? Getting IE7 to behave. And this I feel will be a far more difficult struggle.
Now that vantage scoring is in place, I checked my credit. Currently, I'm at a 864, which is a "B" under vantage scoring. All I need is 36 more points and I'm in "A" range. The problem? Here's what they told me:
Your report does not show any usable/valid real estate loans, such as a mortgage. Having valid real estate loans with good payment history as part of your credit history can have a positive impact on your credit score. (50)
The sum of balances on your credit card accounts is too high. Having high balances on your credit card accounts has a negative impact on your credit score. (BN)
Your report shows that the available credit across your open, recently reported revolving accounts, such as a credit card, is too low. Having low available credit amounts on revolving accounts has a negative impact on your credit score. (RL)
Your report shows that the time since your oldest revolving account, such as a credit card, was opened is too short. Having revolving accounts open for a longer period of time can have a positive impact on your credit score. (RP)
Buying a house? Get older? We'll see. Only four months left until my next update.
After a long drought, some much-needed good news on the Democratic convention front:
The labor pains were hard, but the DNC finally has its 2008 convention city locked down: Denver.
A Democrat who was briefed said that chairman Howard Dean made the final decision yesterday, weeks later than planned. DNC comm. dir. Karen Finney declined to confirm the choice.
Colorado is a marquee states for Democrats, who have, in the past two years, gobbled up the governor's mansion, control of the state legislature, and two congressional seats.
Denver represents the future of the Democratic party: inclusive, high-tech, and progressive. We already have a great base there, and avoiding holding the convention in NYC was a must. Hopefully the planners in Denver have gotten their act together from their first proposal.
Now I just need someone to score me tickets!
'werkz review: go see it!
It's been a very long time since my last movie review. But after checking out Pan's Labyrinth last night, I felt it was time to get back in the game. The combination of an advance (free!) screening was too much to pass up, especially when combined with Tilda's snark while forced to wait in line for an hour to get in.
The story is definitely not aimed for kiddies. It's more of an old-school Brother's Grimm (the german original completed with plenty of blood and gore) tale, juxtaposed with the horrors of the Spanish Civil War. The odd mixing of fantasy and reality leaves one somewhat disturbed.
Overall, though, the movie works well. del Toro keeps things bloody and violent, but not exploitative. At no point do any scenes feel forced, which is odd, considering the large amount of fantastical scenes contained. From start to finish, the movie is made well. Go check it out!
Remember when Congress, you know, enacted new laws? Well, it turns out they're getting back into the swing of things now that the Dems have control.
Voting 299 to 128, congressional Democrats, backed by scores of Republicans, delivered on a key part of their "100 hours" agenda. The nearly 300-page anti-terrorism measure sets new mandates to scrutinize air- and ship-borne cargo, send more federal aid to areas at the greatest risk of terrorism, improve emergency communications, fight nuclear proliferation overseas, and strengthen a civil liberties watchdog board.
Wouldn't it be great if they could keep up this pace (the whole 5 day work week, etc.) for beyond the first 100 hours?
And why are people concerned that it's "too expensive" to do port security? I for one would feel safer if every cargo container was inspected.
BD's calorie calculator wasn't built with me in mind.
Ugh. I just realized that IE7 not only makes the site look awful, but reduces the functionality to zero. Time to bust out the coding skills again...
Working as much as I'm doing now, unfortunately, has cut down on my posting abilities. I'm going to try to get some additional people rights to post in the interim to help out.
For now, check out best buds Bush and Abramoff.
Or typophile.