Category Archives: Venting

Spending, Taxation or Both

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Thor

First a quick tip of the tam o’ shanter to Joe for pointing out this article. An interesting opinion piece by Mike Jensen pointing out some of the problems with our tax system, and a potential solution.  There is a … Continue reading →

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Okay that’s just about the end…

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Thor

Okay that’s just about the end of my experiment with Delta airlines. They posted a 2 HR delay then said oops my bad it’s only 40 min. UPDATE:  Then the aircraft showed up earlier than they had projected, and the … Continue reading →

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Art Imitating Life

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Thor

I have spent the last 9 months of my professional life working on a project within a public higher education system.  The Dilbert cartoon from yesterday sums the entire experience up nicely. Change the titles around and you have a … Continue reading →

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Body Scanners

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Thor

Last night, coming out of O’Hare I had my first in person look at the new Body Scanner.   To set the stage, the TSA area that I went through has about 10 checkpoints.  Two were staffed and open, and one … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 10, 2009 by Thor

Well another Mother’s day just about in the books.  Not too bad a day even though it started out with my two  year old waking me up covered in her own feces.  Need to keep working on the potty training … Continue reading →

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