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In index news, the cost of the Twelve Days of Christmas Index is up 2.4% over last year, counted individually; the weighted index, counting the drummers drumming in a 12 to 1 ratio to the partridge in the pear tree is only up 1.6%. Amazingly, you can buy everything over the Internet for a [...]

Work was tedious Friday. I held down the fort, but couldn’t escape that sense of boredom.
This week’s “Star Trek: Enterprise” - like I said earlier week - is there a reason why an Enterprise captain is always making history and changing the course of development of a society? (in this case, Vulcan) — or, [...]

Be grateful for the many things that are good and for things that haven’t gone bad.
Okay, putting aside the public service announcement, I ought to take a walk before the eating begins.

Turkey day 2004 has started out as a glorious explosion of color, with its bright, clear sunlight shining through the turning leaves like stained glass. The Q train tunnels through the valley of trees, with the chance sighting of a Chinese grandmother hanging clothes in a country backyard.

My registration for this website was up at the end of the month, so apparently cashed strapped register.com has been harassing me to send in the renewal fee. After about 3 emails, 3 postcards, and 3 phone calls later, I get them down 15% from their posted rates. Maybe it was a good thing to [...]