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{ Monthly Archives } September 2006

To The Baltimore City Department of Transportation

Dear Director Foxx:
In the past year since I have started my new job, I have had very little reason to complain about the traffic.  Compared to my commutes from Baltimore to College Park, my commute from the City to Hunt Valley has been positively uplifting.  That said, I wanted to bring to your attention a [...]

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Office Post-Its

After I resolved my problem with a Treo Smartphone last week, I was presented with another problem: getting email onto the device.  Yesterday, I was finally able to VersaMail on the Treo to communicate with Microsoft Exchange via Exchange ActiveSync.  The problem I had resulted from not having a rule to allow this traffic at the [...]

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Drinking with Pirates

Last night, I stepped out to my local watering hole to take in a few drinks and witness the spectacle of people talking and drinking like pirates, as Captain Larry’s was having a Talk Like a Pirate Day Party.  I enjoyed a few Dark and Stormy libations, and I even came home with some booty [...]

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And I Thought It Only Made You Poorer…

From one of my college buddies, an item on Yahoo! News reports that the use of alcohol use helps boost income.  According to the report, men that drink earn 10% more than men who do not.  For women, the difference is 14%.  I always thought my alcohol use just made my wallet a bit lighter.  [...]

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First Home Project: Hanging a Mailbox

Now that I am officially a homeowner, I decided to take part of the day on Friday to address some logistical concerns.  In what must have been a record for customer service at the MVA in Glen Burnie, I renewed my license and changed the address on my vehicle registration in just over 30 minutes, [...]

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