Give us a break, Eyman

Wed, 21 Jul 2004

I found a hilarious article about the failure of Tim Eyman's Initiative 864, which would have cut property taxes in King County by 25%. Eyman's paid signature-gatherers only got 79% of the number of signatures necessary to get the measure on the ballot for this November. (Everyone who works at KCLS is relieved.) The funny [...]

Never underestimate the power of complaint

Wed, 21 Jul 2004

Given that I've been ragging on Qwest, I felt like I should give them credit for the good as well as the bad. When I called them last week to ask for a refund of the charges for Jeff's service when he wasn't able to use it, they gave it. (It amounted to about $17.) [...]

Desk-cat

Wed, 21 Jul 2004

Horace is a very needy cat sometimes. He was insufferable this morning, wandering around and crying unhappily until I pet him or let him jump into my lap. He'd jump up, have me pet him for a while, then jump back down and wander off somewhere else. Now he's finally settled down on the fleece [...]