month 2 : August 2004

bootscoot

specialty technical job-search websites: FlipDog and dice.com

salary.com : "the technology leader in providing employee compensation data, software, and services to enterprises, small businesses, and individuals"
Online Wall Street Journal

google for "salary surveys"

Herman Group: "advises corporate leaders regarding employee retention and organizational development to help them build workforce stability"

book: "The Impending Crisis" forecasts a shortage of 10 million skilled workers by 2010.
2010 target

AstroFish.net

Lovejoy Independent School District

SpinSanity.com

DallasBuilders.com

Addison Arbor Foundation

Risk Grades.com (stock riskiness)

World Chicken Festival (London)

ethical wills

Arizona State Parks

Transform Magazine : content and business processes

Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-year Risk of Having a Heart Attack

Men's Fitness (Sep 2004) says every medicine cabinet should have:
Motrin
Robitussin DM
Band-Aid Liquid Bandages
Betadine
Sudafed
Benadryl Itch-Stopping Cream
Mylanta Maximum-Strength Liquid
Orajel Medicated Swabs

movies: Goodfellas (1990) and
Scarface (1983)

Etiquette grrl style
Home Automation magazine
Sharing Your Experiences
Vote Your Sport
Mens Fitness magazine

Microsoft TechNet RSS Feed

week 12 : 26 August 2004

travel & exploration

Old Mill Century was held last weekend in Oregon, Illinois (I wonder if there's an Illinois, Oregon?)

La Tomatina (Buol, Spain's attack on Teresa Heinz-Ketchup)

 job hunting

Dallas Business Journal says that Fiesta (Mexican) grocery chain has been sold to a Houston company. There goes the neighborhood.

 politics and/or religion

Right Wing News made me laugh, especially the FAQ:

"In the US, the terms right wing and conservative are largely synonymous. Conservatives in the US support small government, capitalism, a fairly strict reading of the Constitution, and traditional American values."

It's odd that they don't mention the connotation of Right Wing and Death Squads, but I guess that omission can be chalked up to poetic license.

 entertainment

The AllGood Cafe is as close as Deep Ellum comes to a breakfast spot. It seems out of place to Deep Ellum's association with live music (see Deep Ellum Blues), bars and an occasional tattoo parlor. I'll have to mosey down there sometime for some migas.

Not far away is the Barley House, "where beer is a way of life". Sounds like Addison's Flying Saucer, only less boring.

Willhoite's (in Grapevine) is a converted gas station (Willhoite Garage) which doubles as a restaurant and a bar (complete with Tuesday night karaoke). Downtown Grapevine amuses me: it's an oasis of nostalgia in the Metroplex. I wonder if the Fab Five (from Queer Eye) will mosey thataway while they're in town (filming 3 episodes). Unlikely.

Diana Krall: who's that?

 just plain weird different

Sexist beer ad takes Gold Ernie gong: "Dr Burgmann started the (National Pay Equity Coalition's) Ernie Awards 12 years ago to mark the retirement of Ernie Ecob as president of New South Wales (one of Australias's 6 states) Labor Council."

 tree huggers environment issues

John WorldPeace: candidate for Texas' Governor in 2002

 cliff claven would be proud

Texas Neighborhoods Together

Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives

week 11 : 19 Aug 2004

travel & exploration

Greek Food is a nice guide, when all you think of Greek food is lamb and .. uh ..

Matt Barrett's Greece Photo Album when you couldn't travel to the Olympics

The Tristan Times Newspaper - Tristan da Cunha is perhaps the most remote place on Earth

City of Dallas Trinity River Corridor Project (it's an unnavigable river, folks .. more twigs and sticks than real rivers like the Colorado, Mississippi, Ohio ...)

Microsoft Across America isn't really about travel. Spin-doctoring, maybe ...

QSR Magazine : America's Hottest Fast Food Chains lists the Top 50 (39 are in the DFW Metroplex)

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is located in what town? Anyone?

worldsurface.com - sustainable tourism for backpackers and independent travellers

job hunting

VML may be "one of the best small businesses in the country" but they didn't even have the courtesy to acknowledge my résumé

politics and/or religion

National Lampoon's MoveOnPlease.org: Democracy Inaction (not to be confused with the GOP's lame MoveOver site, or the original MoveOn site)

Allah Made Me Funny is about Islamic Stand-Up Comics. I bet they don't get no respect.

LiberalOpoly - The Game of Ass-Backward Politics was developed by one of the Regressive Party, er .. GOP

Kinky Friedman is running for Governor. Yeah, right.

Texas Taxes breaks it down. No state income tax: check!

entertainment / athletics

International Wheelchair Basketball Federation - Europe

Dallas County District and County Courts

just plain weird different

Southern Poverty Law Center : White Supremacists have started an all-white dating service. What's next -- car washes and bake sales?

American Merkin Company: pubic hair toupees

tree huggers environment issues

Turf Wars

cliff claven would be proud

QSG : GPT&A in the DMM [Quick Service Guide - Glossary of Postal Terms and Abbreviations in the Domestic Mail Manual]

Lockable Post Mount Mailboxes

What does your phone number spell?

Westlaw offers free trials of their legal database

week 10 : 12 Aug 2004

travel & exploration

The Spot: where Bob and I once dined in Hermosa Beach, California. The place comes complete with a screen door, and Free Range Carrot Juice.

A Stonner is explained in "THE MOST DANGEROUS SUPPER IN SCOTLAND?"

Plano (Texas) Conservancy (don't miss their pompous Mission Statement)

International Airport, Airline, Currency, and Weather Information - Now With Seatmaps!

 job hunting

Texas Workforce Commission

 politics and/or religion

The League of Conservation Voters

Swift Boat Liars?

 entertainment

nothing interesting spotted

 just plain weird different

johnny.ihackstuff.com :: I'm j0hnny. I hack stuff.

 tree huggers environment issues

The company that made a name for itself re: West Nile Virus is Clarke Mosquito

EcoFish - our mission

 cliff claven would be proud

Gene Change Makes Fat Burn Itself Away explains about beta-beta mice (no relation to Beta The Wonder Dog)

5 Aug 2004 - week 9

travel & exploration

Maeda-En Ice Cream: I sampled the Plum and Lychee flavors - Yummmmmm. These are available in Asian groceries, and supposedly Whole Foods Market, too.

 job hunting

Career Connection is sponsoring a new initiative: Hire DFW First

 politics and/or religion

Chart: Bush Ratings vs. Terror Alerts (Julius Blog)

A Republican with Integrity? No way!
Arizona Senator John McCain: Anti-Kerry ads 'dishonorable' (commentary: lemme get this straight .. the soldiers who served on the same boat are less qualified to say what happened than others who weren't there? Oooo-kay Memo to GOP: can you spell D-E-S-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N ?)

Moms for Kerry-Edwards

Republican National Committee headquarters (aka GOP.com)

 entertainment

Bush's Broken promises

 just plain weird different

Joey Skaggs unveiled on Urban Legends Reference Pages: Dog Soup Recipe

 tree huggers environment issues

NO FAT CHICKS!

 cliff claven would be proud

SystemNews (John McLaughlin)