In a recent post, ash93 suggested the creation of a position or committee within the OTO that would “hear, review, and make recommendations on grievances from members” of the MOE. ash93 states that the MOE members, when coming in conflict with those of the lovers or hermit triad often get the short end of the stick or the case gets whitewashed. ash93's solution ( Read more... )

Last night, instead of seeing the debate, I saw a musical adaptation of The Color Purple. I cannot say I was eager to see it but it is required by my art class. However after seeing it, I am glad I went. I enjoyed the show; the singing was good and the acting really good. On top of that, I had just about the most perfect seat; center, orchestra, ( Read more... )

My house was treated yesterday. The house was completely trenched, holes drilled in cinderblock foundation and in the drive way, termiticide put in all the locations. I looked at the wall where they were discovered over the weekend. When we looked, there were only two tunnels. This morning there were 4. I broke them open to see the termites and was ( Read more... )

My company is looking into intelligent uses of open source software for itself and clients. I have the fun task of becoming very educated about the subject and helping management put together the list of questions for the IP lawyer. I have already done some investigation and know that the GNU GPL is the most popular open source license, and open ( Read more... )

I had my annual termite inspection this morning. I have termites ( Read more... )

I received some information about BookPeople's chapter 11 from the lawyer today. On August 26, 2004 the courts accepted a plan that must be voted on by the creditors. All the details can be found in these PDFs ( Read more... )

Of the approximately 3000 .biz domains that are coming available this week, a few names looked funny or interesting. If any catch your eye, go and get it ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago a friend of mine introduced me to NationStates.net. It is a virtual world where you are the head of state and every day (or based on your settings) you get one or two questions about how to run the country. The questions are based on issues that are presented and then you choose from the possible solutions. Unlike the real world ( Read more... )

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