Up late, grey weather, garbage truck at 5:30 in the morning. Ugh. It feels like a definite low-energy day. Heck, I even napped on the couch for about 45 minutes already this morning, just to summon the energy to type these words at you.
But there’s a long list of things to be done today. I’ve got a fair amount of work for a client, plus it’s the middle of the month, so I need to take care of finances: invoices must be sent, bills paid, and stamps bought to make the whole mess get through the mails. I suppose I’d best get started on it soon, or I’m going to have a big list remaining tomorrow morning.
- The FTC has Declined to Create ‘Do - Not - Spam’ List, saying there’s as good of a chance that it would be used as a source of addresses for spammers as of it doing any good. [nyt]
- Is Congress Fixing or Nixing the Fax Laws? Sounds to me like they’re working on a bill that will open the floodgates of junk faxes again. It’s hard to figure how any of them think this can be a good idea, unless their judgement is clouded by the “donations” from various PACs. [wired]
- The New York Times thinks that the NRA’s Radio Show Tests Limits on Advocacy, but I’m not so sure. Yeah, they’ll make a splash, but the NRA is still firmly committed to gun control and to the two-party system. Will they make any real difference? I’ll believe it when I see it. [nyt]
- A Judge Scolds U.S. Officials Over Barring Jet Travelers, especially the governments lack of disclosure of how and why people ended up on the do-not-fly list via Freedom Of Information Act requests. [nyt]