5. September, 2003 - staying home this weekend
- I ran into Jim after having lunch yesterday. We were both shopping at the large corporate bookseller and stopped to talk a bit. I mentioned that rather than screwing anything more up this week, and then having to spend the time trying to fix my mistakes again next week (it’s been a pretty rough week for work quality, which isn’t surprising when I’m being allergic), I was just going to take the rest of the afternoon, all of today, and tomorrow off. Not to drive to Winnipeg or to work on stuff for the neighborhood or any of the bazillion other things on my to-do list, but just to lay around, read, and try and get in a better mood for next week. He commented that
So you’re making progress by doing nothing?
and I said that was pretty much the size of it. At which point Jim pointed out how great it would be if I could get paid for that, to which I replied that but then I’d have to work for the government.
- Scott talks about his St Paul Saints game of the season, and points out something that’s been bugging me, too. Other than Jody and TC, who stopped out for beers after Wednesday’s game, there’s a lot of the Saints players who seem to ignore the fans entirely. As Scott says,
As the St Paul Saints walked back to the dugout, they ignored the cheering fans and spectators, as if they were not there. And maybe we were not.
In any case, I’ve decided that as much as I’d like to head up to Winnipeg to see this weekend’s games, I really need to stick around home and try and get a little caught up on something. I’m not sure what it’ll be, but there’s enough items on the to-do list that I’m hoping I can pick one and knock it off this weekend. And just maybe get back into the swing of things on Monday so I can start making real progress on the paying work again and not feel I’m just going to make things worse when I sit down in front of the computer. [scott mcgerik]
- In Surprise Decision, Federal Judges Block FCC Media Ownership Rules regarding who can own how many stations in each local market. I see two sides to this problem. The first is that FCC regulations have created monopolies in the first place. The second is that in the name of deregulation the FCC is trying to remove all restrictions on such monopolies. It shares some of the same problems as the attempted (and very half-hearted) deregulation of electricity in California. You can’t just drop all the regulations in one fell swoop, because the government created an unfair playing field with the regulations in the first place. Is there some kind of methadone program for the addiction of big government, or are we forced to choose between a monkey on our backs and going cold-turkey? [jim]
- Y’know, you try to explain that people who apply for a concealed-carry permit are generally good folks, and aren’t going to go shooting up a barroom because Dirty Dick dealt a card off the bottom of the deck or something, and then someone like this this idiot comes along. I mean a 10mm probably isn’t the worst caliber to use if you’re going to try and shoot up the engine block of your idiot brother who’s tearing up your lawn, but that still doesn’t make it a good idea unless the guy’s trying to run you over. I’d be grabbing the camcorder and calling Judge Wapner, rather than reloading at that point. Or perhaps they’d had a few brewskis while working on the motorcycle and that colored the whole episode. In any case, taking away the guy’s permit seems like it’s not punishing him enough. [strib]
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Last updated on Fri, 05 Sep 2003 09:13:22.