My old college roommate Bill and I have recently re-opened email lines of communication, and in the re-connecting process, he let me know that he was inbetween jobs at the moment. After I made the statement that “even a financial analyst can find jobs in this market”, I got back this reply: What’s this about …
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Breaking points and fuel
NOTE: The below was written in a moment of inspiration fueled by caffeine, and while I’d love to talk about it more, I need to devote the time to other issues. The book, like all of my ideas, will probably be delayed. -Kevin While walking through Barnes and Noble the other day, I observed several …
A moment on Columbia
Well, it’s about 4:15 or so on February 1, 2003. My wife and I woke up extremely late today (after noon), and as such, we lived in the luddite world for a bit (no TV, radio, or internet on). Then a friend called and left the message that “the sky is falling”. This exact same …
RANT: Workplace bathrooms
I’d like to write about a topic that every so often drives me absolutely nuts. In my workplace, we have the automatic door openers that are required because of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In particular, beside the door for the men’s and ladies’ rooms, there are big, shiny, metallic buttons with the familiar “outline …
Things I have collected, now and in the past
As a borderline obsessive-compulsive collector of, well, things, I feel it is time to admit some of the things I have collected, now and in the past. Shame is only in hindsight. National Lampoon magazines. Ren and Stimpy episodes. Animaniacs cartoon episodes. Gilmore Girls episodes (current) 7th Heaven episodes (current) Nigella Bites episodes (if the …
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Albertson’s writes back, sort of
Dear Kevin, Thank you for contacting us. We do apologize for the experience you have encountered at your local Albertsons store. We have recorded this information and forwarded it to our store manager for review. Again please except our apology. Thank you for choosing Albertsons. Sincerely, ABS Web Administrator Norah — A note: apparently, Albertsons …
Unexpected experiences at a supermarket
Dear Albertsons, My name is Kevin Jones, and I am writing today to inform you of how disappointed I was with your store located at the corner of Belt Line and Plano Road in Richardson, TX. I arrived at the store at 10:51 p.m. on Wednesday, January 22, 2003, to purchase perhaps a magazine and …
Muddy Waters and media hype.
On this, the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, I wanted to take a bit of time to examine the points of view and my feelings about abortion. However, I just don’t have that much time to spend. There’s a perspective that I like, although I’m skeptical of any news agency that runs its own …
Two notes today
Thing 1: A simple error by Officemax caused the very nice people at http://www.alearningexperience.net to not get some mail. Visit http://www.alearningexperience.net. We like them. Thing 2: The site will be undergoing a bit of the redesign here soon. I’m attempting to learn HTML and CSS all over again. Fortunately, the motto of HTML design is …
Welcome to ALE
You know, I haven’t worked on this site for over two years, and since that’s too long to be relevant, I’m just going to convert it into a blog and deal with everything later. This is a first entry to see if it works. I’m having “issues” with my domains in the sense that they …