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Sep. 18th, 2005
Relaxing evening at home
Sep. 18th, 2005 10:40 amOur next few weekends are loaded with activity so we made a conscious effort to keep this particular weekend clear for rest, relaxation and catch-up on various neglected domestic chores.
As it happens, we had absolutely nothing particular to do last night. I suppose I could have updated the ClamAV app on my Linux box, but that was about all. Instead, we parked our butts in front of the TV and caught up on recorded programs, esp. Firefly, Stargates SG-1/Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica.
Firefly never should have been cancelled... I'm looking forward to the movie when it is released later this month. Battlestar Galactica is still one of the most consistently well-written and directed programs I've had the pleasure of watching in a while, although admittedly my standards may have settled rather low from the past few years of reality TV crap.
We may have dinner with a friend tonight (or may not, since we haven't heard back from him since we tentatively set the date). There are still the rebellious hedges to be brought into line and ClamAV to upgrade but I'm looking forward to doing nothing in particular.
As it happens, we had absolutely nothing particular to do last night. I suppose I could have updated the ClamAV app on my Linux box, but that was about all. Instead, we parked our butts in front of the TV and caught up on recorded programs, esp. Firefly, Stargates SG-1/Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica.
Firefly never should have been cancelled... I'm looking forward to the movie when it is released later this month. Battlestar Galactica is still one of the most consistently well-written and directed programs I've had the pleasure of watching in a while, although admittedly my standards may have settled rather low from the past few years of reality TV crap.
We may have dinner with a friend tonight (or may not, since we haven't heard back from him since we tentatively set the date). There are still the rebellious hedges to be brought into line and ClamAV to upgrade but I'm looking forward to doing nothing in particular.
Relaxing evening at home
Sep. 18th, 2005 10:40 amOur next few weekends are loaded with activity so we made a conscious effort to keep this particular weekend clear for rest, relaxation and catch-up on various neglected domestic chores.
As it happens, we had absolutely nothing particular to do last night. I suppose I could have updated the ClamAV app on my Linux box, but that was about all. Instead, we parked our butts in front of the TV and caught up on recorded programs, esp. Firefly, Stargates SG-1/Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica.
Firefly never should have been cancelled... I'm looking forward to the movie when it is released later this month. Battlestar Galactica is still one of the most consistently well-written and directed programs I've had the pleasure of watching in a while, although admittedly my standards may have settled rather low from the past few years of reality TV crap.
We may have dinner with a friend tonight (or may not, since we haven't heard back from him since we tentatively set the date). There are still the rebellious hedges to be brought into line and ClamAV to upgrade but I'm looking forward to doing nothing in particular.
As it happens, we had absolutely nothing particular to do last night. I suppose I could have updated the ClamAV app on my Linux box, but that was about all. Instead, we parked our butts in front of the TV and caught up on recorded programs, esp. Firefly, Stargates SG-1/Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica.
Firefly never should have been cancelled... I'm looking forward to the movie when it is released later this month. Battlestar Galactica is still one of the most consistently well-written and directed programs I've had the pleasure of watching in a while, although admittedly my standards may have settled rather low from the past few years of reality TV crap.
We may have dinner with a friend tonight (or may not, since we haven't heard back from him since we tentatively set the date). There are still the rebellious hedges to be brought into line and ClamAV to upgrade but I'm looking forward to doing nothing in particular.
Is it just me or has the bitchy signal-to-noise ratio of the sd-callers mailing list skyrocketed just lately?
The past two weeks seem to have been a nearly continuous stream of personal insults between supposedly professional callers concerning either individuals' calling practices, club activities, or communication skills. Only Ruth Riegelhaupt-Herzig and Clark Baker seem to have been rising about the crowd somewhat to discuss issues rather than hurl personal insults.
After catching up on reading last night, I almost fired off an unsubscribe request. I don't have spare time to deal with such silliness. Still, there is occasionally a redeeming post, so I'm holding off for a couple of days. Perhaps things will improve. Perhaps my tolerance will increase. Perhaps I'll just use a kill filter. :-^
The past two weeks seem to have been a nearly continuous stream of personal insults between supposedly professional callers concerning either individuals' calling practices, club activities, or communication skills. Only Ruth Riegelhaupt-Herzig and Clark Baker seem to have been rising about the crowd somewhat to discuss issues rather than hurl personal insults.
After catching up on reading last night, I almost fired off an unsubscribe request. I don't have spare time to deal with such silliness. Still, there is occasionally a redeeming post, so I'm holding off for a couple of days. Perhaps things will improve. Perhaps my tolerance will increase. Perhaps I'll just use a kill filter. :-^
Is it just me or has the bitchy signal-to-noise ratio of the sd-callers mailing list skyrocketed just lately?
The past two weeks seem to have been a nearly continuous stream of personal insults between supposedly professional callers concerning either individuals' calling practices, club activities, or communication skills. Only Ruth Riegelhaupt-Herzig and Clark Baker seem to have been rising about the crowd somewhat to discuss issues rather than hurl personal insults.
After catching up on reading last night, I almost fired off an unsubscribe request. I don't have spare time to deal with such silliness. Still, there is occasionally a redeeming post, so I'm holding off for a couple of days. Perhaps things will improve. Perhaps my tolerance will increase. Perhaps I'll just use a kill filter. :-^
The past two weeks seem to have been a nearly continuous stream of personal insults between supposedly professional callers concerning either individuals' calling practices, club activities, or communication skills. Only Ruth Riegelhaupt-Herzig and Clark Baker seem to have been rising about the crowd somewhat to discuss issues rather than hurl personal insults.
After catching up on reading last night, I almost fired off an unsubscribe request. I don't have spare time to deal with such silliness. Still, there is occasionally a redeeming post, so I'm holding off for a couple of days. Perhaps things will improve. Perhaps my tolerance will increase. Perhaps I'll just use a kill filter. :-^
Independence Air loses my business
Sep. 18th, 2005 03:21 pmA month ago, I had booked air fare from Dulles to Cleveland to attend October's "Load The Boat" fly-in. We usually arrive a couple of days early to help with decorating the hall, have a blast for the fly-in and then shuffle back to DC on Sunday evening, dragging ourselves into work on Monday looking more exhausted than when we left. It's just what we do for fun.
I just received an e-mail from Independence Air, informing us that our selected flights had been cancelled and they had rebooked us on an earlier departing flight from IAD on Oct 6 and a mid-afternoon flight from Cleveland on Oct 9.
I think not.
I'd rather chew my own foot off than get to IAD in early morning rush hour traffic; my original booking would let the rush hour fade off before attempting to travel. And there's no way we're departing Cleveland before the event wraps up, we've taken down the decorations and ensured that our friends survived.
Now an hour later, I've cancelled our flights on Independence (qualifying for a full refund since they intiated this issue rather than us) and I've rebooked almost precisely the original desired flight times on Continental from BWI, a much more accessible airport for us. Yup, the Continental flights are a total of $30 more expensive, but I think it's worth it.
I can understand airlines rationalizing their flights after examining their seat sales, and I do appreciate them notifying us a month in advance rather than 24 hours prior (American did that to me once) but scheduling is one of my hot buttons, esp. if we're travelling to an event where the start/end times our outside my sphere of influence.
Now I just have to hope that Continental doesn't go belly-up before October 9.
I just received an e-mail from Independence Air, informing us that our selected flights had been cancelled and they had rebooked us on an earlier departing flight from IAD on Oct 6 and a mid-afternoon flight from Cleveland on Oct 9.
I think not.
I'd rather chew my own foot off than get to IAD in early morning rush hour traffic; my original booking would let the rush hour fade off before attempting to travel. And there's no way we're departing Cleveland before the event wraps up, we've taken down the decorations and ensured that our friends survived.
Now an hour later, I've cancelled our flights on Independence (qualifying for a full refund since they intiated this issue rather than us) and I've rebooked almost precisely the original desired flight times on Continental from BWI, a much more accessible airport for us. Yup, the Continental flights are a total of $30 more expensive, but I think it's worth it.
I can understand airlines rationalizing their flights after examining their seat sales, and I do appreciate them notifying us a month in advance rather than 24 hours prior (American did that to me once) but scheduling is one of my hot buttons, esp. if we're travelling to an event where the start/end times our outside my sphere of influence.
Now I just have to hope that Continental doesn't go belly-up before October 9.
Independence Air loses my business
Sep. 18th, 2005 03:21 pmA month ago, I had booked air fare from Dulles to Cleveland to attend October's "Load The Boat" fly-in. We usually arrive a couple of days early to help with decorating the hall, have a blast for the fly-in and then shuffle back to DC on Sunday evening, dragging ourselves into work on Monday looking more exhausted than when we left. It's just what we do for fun.
I just received an e-mail from Independence Air, informing us that our selected flights had been cancelled and they had rebooked us on an earlier departing flight from IAD on Oct 6 and a mid-afternoon flight from Cleveland on Oct 9.
I think not.
I'd rather chew my own foot off than get to IAD in early morning rush hour traffic; my original booking would let the rush hour fade off before attempting to travel. And there's no way we're departing Cleveland before the event wraps up, we've taken down the decorations and ensured that our friends survived.
Now an hour later, I've cancelled our flights on Independence (qualifying for a full refund since they intiated this issue rather than us) and I've rebooked almost precisely the original desired flight times on Continental from BWI, a much more accessible airport for us. Yup, the Continental flights are a total of $30 more expensive, but I think it's worth it.
I can understand airlines rationalizing their flights after examining their seat sales, and I do appreciate them notifying us a month in advance rather than 24 hours prior (American did that to me once) but scheduling is one of my hot buttons, esp. if we're travelling to an event where the start/end times our outside my sphere of influence.
Now I just have to hope that Continental doesn't go belly-up before October 9.
I just received an e-mail from Independence Air, informing us that our selected flights had been cancelled and they had rebooked us on an earlier departing flight from IAD on Oct 6 and a mid-afternoon flight from Cleveland on Oct 9.
I think not.
I'd rather chew my own foot off than get to IAD in early morning rush hour traffic; my original booking would let the rush hour fade off before attempting to travel. And there's no way we're departing Cleveland before the event wraps up, we've taken down the decorations and ensured that our friends survived.
Now an hour later, I've cancelled our flights on Independence (qualifying for a full refund since they intiated this issue rather than us) and I've rebooked almost precisely the original desired flight times on Continental from BWI, a much more accessible airport for us. Yup, the Continental flights are a total of $30 more expensive, but I think it's worth it.
I can understand airlines rationalizing their flights after examining their seat sales, and I do appreciate them notifying us a month in advance rather than 24 hours prior (American did that to me once) but scheduling is one of my hot buttons, esp. if we're travelling to an event where the start/end times our outside my sphere of influence.
Now I just have to hope that Continental doesn't go belly-up before October 9.