So when you’re feeling a little sick, what’s the thing to do? Why, head out to the bar for dinner, and end up staying until around midnight, naturally.
But the plus of the whole thing is that I may have a lead on a bunch of work. Phone calls need to be made later today, but I’m feeling hopeful.
I also noticed a few things last night. It was Fat Tuesday, which makes today Ash Wednesday. Here we are in Lent. We’re also in the Year of the Rooster now. And I realized that I recognized the Vulcan King who’s accused of groping some gal. Now there are a few things about it that make me wonder. The first is that he doesn’t drink. The second is that the description of the “garter ceremony” has been going on for years, with relatively minor complaints. I’m not sure what actually happened, but something doesn’t smell right to me here.
- As the Big White Guy says, Kung Hei Fat Choy, which has something to do with roosters.
- The President and Congress are talking about taking away Amtrak’s subsidy, which would spell trouble for the Empire Builder. One thing that’s worth noting is that for some of the towns on the line, the train is the only transit available anymore, since Greyhound shut down a bunch of its routes. I’d like to see a way for the train to be profitable on its own, but a problem with that is that the rails are owned by the freight companies, and passenger trains have to pay for using the rails. It’s a case where government intervention back when the rails were being built created an imbalance and the only way I can see to keep things fair is by continued government intervention. [press-patch]
- Here’s an interesting experiment by Michael Buffington. He started a blog on asbestos, a subject which doesn’t really interest him, but which has pretty darned good pay rates for Google’s Adsense. [boing boing]
- Here’s an article on Mandatory health coverage - forcing the uninsured into the kettle too. I find it interesting, since it points out many of the problems I’ve seen with employer-supplied health insurance. Today’s follow-up is on the uninsureds which points out, among other things, that uninsured people spend 45% less on health care than do those with insurance. [claire]
- There’s an Update to Indiana Gun Confiscation Bill. It’s still lacking in due process.