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 …
Monthly Archives: January 2003
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 …