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"Because cashless spending is more convenient, industry reports suggest that visitors who use the wristbands spend as much as 25% more at resorts and parks."from http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-wrist2-2009may02,0,3597459.storyRead more... ) -
Things are looking on the up and up.
I went to edit my Activities in Facebook to add "Dungeons and Dragons" when I saw that my last activity listed was "JOB HUNTING." I quickly changed it to "NOT JOB HUNTING! YESSS." I still can't believe it. The first thing I did after the successful interview was tweet about it. The second thing I did was call my mom. She was so excited when I told ( Read more... ) -
Same page, different city.
Dialed up Mom on the ol' cell phone today.
Mom: What are you doing?
Me: Making ravioli.
Mom: Oh you know how to cook now? So what's up?
Me: Uh... I'm bored.
Mom: Me too. I'm making spaghetti and meatballs. -
A great start to year 22.
Got a Munny from Matt. Disneyland and bowling with friends and family. Pay day on Thu. Birthday money from family. Visited them and caught up w/ them before bowling. Getting paid to test a video game this weekend. Job interview and career fair on Mon. I'd say this was a pretty good week in a long while ( Read more... ) -
Then I'll take your house.
I read this story @ ABC7's website: "Suspect arrested in fatal USC hit-and-run" http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6743393Read more... ) -
Today was a nice outing day.
Matt and I bought day passes and went to Chinatown and Little Tokyo. In Chinatown, we visited a shop called Ooga Booga. I bought one of those red fortune telling fish for a dollar. The guy at the store, Chad seemed to be an event organizer/promoter for stuff going on at the Grand Star jazz place across the way. In Little Tokyo, we perused the shops ( Read more... ) -
Double check your bed and breakfasts.
I was in the mountains with this mostly Caucasian Christian cult. We were having a meeting in a big room in one of the houses about who in the community has been sinning. Long tables bordered the walls and everyone was sitting at the tables. While I was waiting for the meeting to start, I looked over to the door which was on my right and a gay dude ( Read more... ) -
Substitute metering and ethnic background.
From How To Select and Use Nikon & Nikkormat SLR Cameras, Chapter 8: Exposure Metering --
A very handy substitute metering surface is the palm of your hand. You should check your own palm but light skin typically reflects about one step more light than an 18% gray card. If so, you can hold your palm in front of the camera--in the same light as the ( Read more... ) -
When life gets in the way.
The other day at work, we were in the middle of morning rush. Basically, "rush" is a group huddle of a dozen employees where a couple managers spout off business figures us commonfolk don't pay much mind to and remind us of things like sell the latest promotions and don't forget the rules. One of the rules the manager brought up at this rush was ( Read more... )