After 150 years of operation, Western Union's telegram business was shut down on 27 January 2006.
Sad.

We've changed our landline phone number. If you had it, you can get rid of it and just use our cell phones.

In other news, I have replaced my cell phone, so you can actually contact me now.

The boys and I are in Orlando with my parents. They'll be going to look at a house tomorrow, so looks like I'll have a half-day or more to myself tomorrow. I know y'all are probably working, but if you'd like to get together for lunch, or make some plans, let me know.

The screen on my cell phone is broken. You can still call me, but I cannot read text messages or emails.

In this day and age of time-shifted television, it's really worthless to preempt the audio of a TV show for an NWS storm watch or warning. I find out three days later I should have been cowering in my bathroom? Thanks guys.

Alice and I were talking about planning and spontaneity last night, and this came across on a developer’s site today: My son Mark, meanwhile, likes a schedule, the more rigorous the better, and he wants to know what's coming next and after next at all times. I was trying to make Mark understand the benefits of spontaneity when I was reminded of a ( Read more... )

I have a frozen turkey breast. The label says it weighs 2.5 pounds ( Read more... )

from /. Ant writes "Entertainment Weekly is reporting on the end of Firefly." From the article: "Alas, Whedon's fond memories are also tainted by Serenity's status as a franchise nonstarter; despite Universal's best marketing efforts, the film only mustered $25 million. 'In the end, it was what it was: a tough sell,' says Whedon, adding that it ( Read more... )

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