27. April, 2003 - a day of rest, dammit
- Yesterday was the Spring Jam 2003 block party at the U. And it was a Very Nice Day outside. This of course meant that people started drinking on their front lawns around noon. The gals upstairs from me were having some sort of gathering in the evening. About 9 pm, after the third stupid guy (why is it always the guys who can’t figure out which button is which?) in a half-hour rang my doorbell trying to get them (even though the front door was standing wide open), I decided I was going to get out before my mood turned homicidal. Time passes at the local watering hole and I return home, thinking things are pretty well done for the night and I can get some sleep. Nope. About an hour later my neighbor gets home and realizes he doesn’t have his front door key with him, so he rings my doorbell for about five minutes until I finally answer the door. I think I conveyed that I didn’t really appreciate being woken up (remember that homicidal mood I mentioned?), but I’m going to look into installing a cutoff switch for the doorbell so I can shut it off when I go to bed. Ugh.
- Bezos in Space . The founder of amazon.com is getting into the space business.
They’re adding staff and aiming toward launching a reusable space vehicle into suborbital space, with seven tourists onboard, in the next few years.
This makes three companies that have recently gone public with their plans to get into space. [boing boing]
- Stereotypes dog handgun owners, but this article profiles seven handgun owners who would probably apply for permits under the bill that’s in front of the legislature. [strib]
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Last updated on Sun, 27 Apr 2003 11:50:28.