Archive for March, 2009

Comcast actually gave me a break

I called up Comcast today to see if there was any kind of cheaper HD package I could get. I mentioned that my neighbors had installed Dish and were getting their HD much cheaper than I was. Didn’t think that tactic would actually work but it did, kind of. Comcast gave me […]

Nashville finally gets a dollar theater

One of the things I missed about Louisville was the dollar theater. Wasn’t really a dollar, when I left it was up to $3. Still that’s a pretty good price to go see a movie on the big screen. They would show second-run movies, after they had exhausted their first-run at the […]

I’ve re-started my 401K contributions

So for the past couple months I’ve had my 401K contributions turned off. I know, supposedly you really should at least do the minimum so that you get the company matching funds. But when the money instantly starts losing value as soon as it goes into the 401K it just seemed pointless. […]

UT sure dedicates a lot of space to athletics

I spent a couple nights in Knoxville this weekend, mostly just to get away for a few days. It’s the end of Spring Break so there were very few people around, it was actually nice to walk around uncrowded streets. One thing I noticed when I spent a few hours wandering the UT […]

AIG executives should be thrown in jail

What a bunch of idiots — how dare AIG take my taxpayer bailout and then turn around spending it on huge executive bonuses. I hope the Obama administration succeeds in finding a way to block the bonuses.
They shouldn’t be giving out bonuses, they should be handing out pink slips instead. Many of the […]

I’ve been awake 26+ hours

It’s now just past 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning. I’ve been awake since about 4:30 a.m. Friday morning. Because a new product launch at work hasn’t gone that well.
The frustrating part is that my portion of the launch actually went really well. We had only a couple minor hitches, all resolved within ten […]

I wonder what beef heart tastes like

I was at the Publix grocery store earlier today, and I saw something in the meat case that I’d never seen before. Nestled between the ground beef and the steaks were three trays with the label “Beef Heart” on them. I was almost tempted to pick up a package, especially because it was […]

I’m helping 110 people lose their jobs

Just found out that the project I’m working on is going to lead to 110 people losing their jobs. My company is taking on the logistics work for a client that currently subs it out to another company. So when we take over the work, that other company will lay off the 110 […]

The casinos in Vegas must be hurting

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that the casinos in Las Vegas are struggling. Or at least very worried about their business.
I say that based on the amount of promotional mail I’m getting from the various casinos. I’m getting both kinds of mail — emails and physical mails. […]