Asymptomatic

There must be intelligent life down here

Flight to LA
April 04, 2007

I’m about four hours and ten minutes into this light to LA, and I’d like to take an account of the experience of travelling by plane these days, since in the near future, everyone will be cryogenically frozen when they leave their car at the airport and loaded onto their destination flight. For their protection, of course.

The first thing I would like to complain about is the passenger in front of me, who is one of those people who believe that it is their duty, without the regard for the people around them, to recline their seat into my face for the duration of the flight. I think that in this age where the leg room and, lets face it, breathing room of the jet capacity is so low, that people would be considerate of their fellow man and just not do it. I know you’re awake. Sit up! Sit up!

Time to Fork
April 01, 2007

It’s been since October with these Habari people, and I’m totally through. It’s not worth it any more.

Day after ceaseless day, the agony of having decisions by committee… It’s finally gotten the best of me. I thought I could handle it, but it’s just not working out.

Uncommon
March 30, 2007

Having an uncommon name is a blessing and a curse. I like my name, which is interesting because there are many people who do not. I do not recall the exact numbers, but there as a large percentage of people in a recent Wii poll who did not like their own name.

What’s nice about an uncommon name is that you don’t get confused with other people. It’s very easy to request “owen@somedomain.com” instead of the lousy “o.winkler@somedomain.com” because there aren’t many Owens to request the address. You don’t have to postfix the uncommon name with a last initial for disambiguation.

Change the System
March 27, 2007

Reminded once again today during a once-monthly stop at the bank (which only makes the whole thing even more aggravating, since I hardly have the need to interact with people outside of the house these days at all, with these minor exceptions, like the bank) that the world/powers-that-be are still hard at work eroding our privacy for no discernible positive effect.

I was depositing some checks that had accumulated around the house. I figured that I would save myself the step of getting money out of the ATM in the lobby by adding an amount of $20 to withdraw as cash on these checks.