Ha! Check it. I learned about www.stopaddingtomybill.com from my VerizonWireless bill so I checked it out and contacted my state rep from their site. She wrote back. WHOA! With an attachment detailing CT’s position on wireless taxes. Give it a read CT peeps.

Rep. Nardello, Vickie wrote:
Dear Mr. Ploski,

At this time I know of no proposals to raise fees or taxes on wireless service. The attached report from the Office of Legislative Research may be of interest to you. Should you have any questions, please contact me.

Representative Vickie Nardello
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Not much new in the voting river. But at least our reps voted. It
amazed me that there can be so many non-voting reps. Isn’t that why
they’re elected? Yea CT peeps!
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And soon the semester will join me in a cheering "HooRAH! HooRAH!" Soon as in, heh, 3 days. Nice lil number ’tis - three.

I’ve done it! I’ve finally compiled all my music into one place digitally AND into one place physically! Happy happy joy joy! Sometimes I try to do too much in too short a time I think. Importing every CD was excessive but I think it will prove to be a nice distraction on long trips. )cough cough( Japan )cough cough(

4100 songs, 0 photos on the wee iPod photo with 10.5 GB available still. All songs were ripped in AAC coding using 224 kbps.

Ths funny thing about life is how a thought enters your mind and within a week, an hour, a few minutes you find that someone has already thought the thought and put your idea into practice. Life is GRRRRRRRReat in that way. As I mentioned above the time it took to rip my CDs was abundant. So I thought "A service to rip CDs would be a great idea…" BAM! http://www.ripdigital.com/ I wouldn’t pay them for the 300+ CDs that I have but others appear to. Haha. Rock on ahead of me peeps. Nicely done.

Families are entertaining. Simply put, they are our "reality tv show" for a day (or more) during the holidays. This past Saturday one of the first things I heard from Emma’s uncle was "Oh great! Now he’ll think we’re a bunch of a$$h0l35." In actuality I thought it was cool that four people arrived wearing hats that were Santa-like with a taste of a Russian influence. They weren’t decked out in Santa outfits. Hmm, maybe I would have though him to be a… Haha. Nah. Anyone celebrating and having fun during the season deserves a smile of acknowledgment back. It’s rough dishing out the energy only to have people snicker or snear back at you. WTF snickerers and snearers! Grr!

The day was great fun. Emma’s rents were worried that I’d be bored or uncomfortable. BAH! Never! Well… I knew I wouldn’t be uncomfortable there. I had that sixth sense thing. Shh! Don’t tell anyone. Santa even got me something and dropped it off in NJ. HOW DOES HE KNOW! HOW!? Spidey every day for a year on my calendar. Thanks Santa! Domo domo domo. I even got to learn about some new techniques to focus on the "core". Her pop has been reading a great deal it appears. = ) All the better when a copy of the text lands in my lap. Bingo!

Why is it difficulty to write when happy thoughts are bouncing around in the mind? (rhetorical shitsumon desu!) I’ve sat in front of this screen trying to write out my thoughts but I sit and stare. Is this what happens when stress fades to the minimal side of life? (Refer to the previous parenthesis.) I don’t mind it I t’ink. There is always some amount of tension or stress within. I guess I’ll just have to SUFFER through this AWFUL time in me life. AWFUL! RETCHED! BLEEEEEEH! Ha. "Sideways" Must see "Sideways" before the weekend clobbers me on the head because RotK will have my attention for 4+ hours with many a folk on Saturdee. The latest invite list requires that I be there… Especially since I suggested it. YEA TEAM!

Nemui. Thump.

12-15-2004 01:50 am

I finally heard back from “pop” and he’s doing great! It looks as though he finally got out of the City Hall and into his own office! HOO HA! Congrats pop!

“Hi, Gary!

I’m so sorry I didn’t emailed you back soon. I’m still in Asaka, not at the Board of Education, but Asaka Dai-ni JHS as a vice principal! I’m OK to see you here while you will be staying in Japan, so let me know your detail schedules. Don’t hesitate to email me again.Keep in touch!

Kenichi Watanabe”

http://ed.city.asaka.saitama.jp/2chuu/index.html

12-10-2004 06:29 pm

Hey parents… Before you listen to your kids on the phone to see to see if they’re doing anything harmful to themselves check your state law. Then get it in writing that your kids are okay with the fact that you may listen in randomly.

Why? “11 states require consent from all parties involved before a conversation may be intercepted or recorded.” ALL is ALL - not everyone 18 and older.

How many people are fans of the loss of privacy? Not many I’d bet. If we’re going to ensure that children have someone helping them, teaching them, etc. then this ruling definitely says “Don’t blame the parents” and puts it on a scary soap box. Remember, you can’t blame the parents.
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