One more day before we go out and vote for the next President of the United States. One more day of robo calls and commercial breaks that show nothing but political ads. Thank god it is almost over!
Tag: life
Interesting Photos
Here are two photos I took today as I was driving back home from going to the eye doctor.
Ugh! The driver was a guy!!!
This photo was taken at the QuickTrip. My light came on and I figured I should fill up. Nice!
That’s So…
GLESN and the Ad Council have collaborated on a campaign called ThinkB4YouSpeak. The campaign will seek to educate young people about the use of homophobic language through print, the web, radio, and TV. In my opinion, the TV ads with the celebrities in them are pretty weak. You can check them out at the campaign’s website which is linked above. Below is one of the ads that will soon be showing up in magazines young people read. Thoughts?
Fast Food Habits
Given the state of today’s economy, I’ve started to eat at work more often than I used to. Here’s a small chart that shows how much I’ve eaten at a fast food restaurant (without using cash) in the past 2 months. Notice how it’s dropped off substantially. Each point on the graph represents a visit to a fast food restaurant.
I’m kind of amazed that I’ve ben able to do so well. I cherish my time away from the office but sometimes you have to make sacrifices to save $$.
October is GLBT History Month
October is GLBT History Month. The Equality Forum has created a site that will be updated every day with a short biography of 31 icons in teh GLBT movement. Visit the site here.
Political Calls
I received my first round of political calls last night. I picked up on the first one which was asking me to vote for some obscure person for Coporation Commission. It was a recording and it was boring. Not very effective. I received a second call that I ignored because I didn’t recognize the number and I was busy doing some dishes. I’m pissed I didn’t pick up that call! It was a woman calling to ask me to support proposition 102. I would have had a great response to her request for me to support this proposition. Oh well, maybe I’ll get another call since they didn’t actually “talk” to me. Sometimes there are perks to being a registered Republican.
Yesterday’s Stock Market
Below is an image that shows what yesterday’s stock market did to my investments vs. how they rebounded today. Interesting that I’ve gained back a lot of what I lost on Monday.
Caffeine Update
Here’s my updated chart for Caffeine intake over the weekend. Not too bad!
Caffeine Intake
Mike posted a blog about how he was going to measure his caffeine intake. I decided that I would track mine as well. Here’s my chart below. It’s not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Yay!
Amazon.com – Delivery Times
Something interesting to note about Amazon.com and their delivery times. Here is my experience.
If you order free shipping, Amazon.com states that you will receive your package in seven to ten days. Not too bad. If you order a more expensive shipping service, you’ll get your order more quickly. I’ve found that what Amazon.com really does is just slow down the processing time for those “budget” shipping orders or, at least, throws them into the back of the queue. I have two examples where I’ve ordered budget shipping and received my order in two days from ordering and, like my most recent purchase, ten days from ordering. What’s interesting to note from the first order is that I received my package before I ever got the “shipped notification” from Amazon.com. I believe that order was somehow processed too early given that Amazon.com knows if they have your product in stock at the DC in your area or not. On my most recent order, I received my “shipped notification” eight days after ordering my items and received the items two days later.