Archives for October 2009

Happy Halloween

Keep an eye out on those dark corners and alleys. You never know what might be lurking there …

2009_halloween
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I’m in ‘Dega … kinda

Last year I mentioned that I signed up to have my name on Dale Earnhardt Jr’s racecar in the race at Talladega. AMP decided to do the promotion again this year. Of course I had to sign up again. Last year my name was on the roof of the car. This year it’s on the hood …

Hood of the #88
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Last year, Dale Jr had some problems in the practices. He also got in  […]

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Open letter to ESPN

RE: NASCAR race coverage

To whom it may concern:

We need to talk about the quality of your coverage of the Nationwide series and Sprint Cup series race broadcasts. I can sum the broadcasts up in one word: POOR. You really need to improve the quality of the broadcasts. You are managing to piss off loyal NASCAR fans. They are turning the tv off and finding other means of following the races.

And believe  […]

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I can’t live without you

Yesterday morning I was charging my iPod, and my computer suddenly shut off. First I freaked. Then I freaked some more when it wouldn’t turn back on. My first thought was that it had gotten too hot or something, but it still wouldn’t turn on after it cooled down a bit (and it really wasn’t that hot to begin with). I then noticed that the light on the AC adaptor wasn’t on. I unplugged it  […]

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Job search update

Tomorrow will be 2 months since my last day of work on my last contract job (the one that the company ended early [for financial reasons]). As I mentioned a few days ago, there haven’t been all that many opportunities around the Fargo area … at least not opportunities that have peaked my interest. A couple of hours after I posted that entry I received an email from a company that I had applied  […]

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