November 25, 2008

Journal: It's been a long time Nov 25, 2008

I've realized that this just isn't working out. Like so many things, I had huge plans for this blog and made it so prohibitive and cumbersome to post something that I never feel like keeping up with it. But instead of giving up completely (or in addition to it, however you look at it), I'm going to try something new.

Journal: The Nasty Cold from Heaven Nov 25, 2008

Early last week I was in the Christmas spirit and decided to volunteer at the Salvation Army with a few co-workers. Okay, I really went to change things up a bit, and get out of the office. But I thought it would be nice to serve a little too. Seriously, it wasn't completely selfish.

So I get there, and I think out of the almost 200 people who showed up for help, 80% of them were sick in one way or another. I didn't notice anyone covering his/her mouth or otherwise shielding the rest of the world from whatever they happened to be carrying. I saw this coming, too. Self-sacrificing to the end, I guess.

Journal: Twitter! Argh!! Nov 25, 2008

In the signup process, Twitter asks for your e-mail address and password, so they can check your contact list for any friends that also use their service. I just couldn't do it. Even with their promises that it wouldn't be abused, I'd have to change my Gmail password anyway.