Today I witnessed a troubling event on my cell phone. I saw the front display light up out of the corner of my eye, so I picked it up to see what was going on. The phone told me it had just received 49 Megabytes of data. I don't subscribe to any services that transfer data, and I wasn't even using the phone at the time, and this creeped me out a bit.

My stargazer lily, one of the things I most look forward to seeing in my garden, picked up a mosaic virus. I haven't finished reading about this, but I suspect I'll have to rip the whole plant out :-(

I wish I had some nice pictures of it, all I've got are the ones I just took.

Cleaning out one of my mailboxes, I noticed a notification from US Airways informing me that, due to the cost of fuel, they have implemented a $25 charge for a second piece of checked baggage.

Since it's weight that causes more fuel to be used, they ought to be charging passengers by pounds of baggage times number of miles traveled rather than by the piece. Clearly they're just trying to extract more money from passengers, using fuel as the scapegoat.

US Airways, the contempt you hold your customers in is one of the reasons I avoid flying you anywhere.

Sorry, but here's some geek humor for the day.

Care to take a guess why the domain in this photo isn't resolving?

Every so often I talk about my budgeted savings plans, and one of the ones that people find the most interesting is the way I save for my car maintenance.

The car maintenance program is easy and just requires that you have a savings account somewhere, and a place to track how much is in the fund. You don't need to open a new bank account unless you want to.

We're having a snowstorm that was completely predicted. Unfortunately, my neighborhood seems to be a bit low on the food chain for basic plowing and treatment in winter weather. Today the roads became a bit slippery, and a Dodge Durango slammed into the rear of my car, which was parked and minding its own business. Looks like it'll be an expensive repair; let's hope that my insurance company sees fit to waive the $500 deductible.

Here's one of the pictures.

I purchased some Staedtler french curves last week to help in a logo I'm drawing. These curves are basically flat pieces of injection molded pastic in the proper shapes. If you've ever used a plastic protractor, it's the same kind of thing. If you've ever used a plastic protractor, you have probably also discovered that they break.

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