Surreptitious Opinionation

Got a haircut (paid via bank card)
Got my new glasses & contacts (prepaid w/ bank card)
Saw a skyway after a truck tore out part of its underside. People were still walking in it, and it looked stable, but I took the ground-bound route.

Along the way, I found I was missing my bank card. And I had less than $8 in cash on me. Medium soup and mini-baguette for lunch.
Several hours later, no one seems to have charged anything to it. I suspect I left it at home somehow.

I’ve decided to get a LG VX-9800 once I get my hands on my credit card again. It has a keyboard, it plays mp3s, it takes pictures and records video. It _should_ fit in my pocket. If I re-up w/ Verizon for another two years, it’s only $200. Two birds, one stone. I’ll get a better camera when I’m better off financially. After I get me that 17″ flat panel.

Now at work, and suffering for want of motivation.

So, if I land in Columbus late in the evening on tuesday nov 22nd, is there anyone in the area who’d be around to hang out?

In Dumping in Dixie Robert Bullard lays out these disparities and the actions that have been taken against them, as well as proposing an approach to combatting them in the future. His strategy is well thought out, but fails to address the fundamental resource constraints of these communities.

I was going to take a new picture of myself for this thing, ‘cuz I’m severely procrastinating. Well, it turns out my old camera is nowhere to be found. But that’s not such a terrible thing because it really is an old camera. We’re talking a christmas gift in the late 90’s and it was not cutting edge then. So, I want to replace it with some decent. Not an ooh-ahh camera, an affordable camera, that will last for a few years. Suggestions?

Also, my cell phone is limping along. Its problem is that it no longer fits the charger without a carefully adjusted folded up bit of paper. My contract with verizon is nearly up, and they’ve been offering incentives to sign back up with them. I’m debating the merits of changing to someone that’ll give me a free phone or going with a better Verizon deal + a new phone that sucks less for text messaging. That’d probably be one with some minikeyboard deal. Once I’ve hit that point, is it a small jump to get web-browsing and shit? Input most gratefully received.

Finally, I think I want to replace my crappy monitor with a flat panel.

Now all I need is a robotic masseur & I’m set.

Why I loathe multiple choice tests

Another shoddy brick in an indifferent wall

Related to a paper I’m writing, I was reading up on fetal tissue research, or, in more modern parlance, stem cell research. I decided to check wikipedia, and I have to say that the article does reflect the contentious nature of the subject.

If you don’t like snails, don’t check this link. Also thanks to for directing me to the post.