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10.22.2003

I finally picked up another copy of Train, quite some time after someone made it their own.

Normally the alarm goes off at 6:10, I hit snooze, get up around 6:20, shower, and arrive at work around 7. Well, this morning I woke up around 5:30 and realized I had more time to sleep. I went back to sleep. When I woke up again, though, it was 7:20. No alarm. Yet it was set (correctly). Apparently the switch was just far enough over to activate the "alarm" LED, but *not* far enough over to activate the alarm itself. Yeah.

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10.17.2003

Bush orders officials to stop the leaks

Bush told his senior aides Tuesday that he "didn't want to see any stories" quoting unnamed administration officials in the media anymore, and that if he did, there would be consequences, said a senior administration official who asked that his name not be used.

Nice.

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New post, huh?

Well, work sucks. I used to kind of feel that way at the Journal Times, but this is clearly much worse. Think middle school, just there aren't bells (but there might as well be). Plus the work is fairly mind numbing, and I get to work with a bunch of idiots.

There's honestly not a whole lot else to talk about, other than Amy leaving no gas in the truck which subsequently left me stranded on Stoughton Road for about 40 minutes today while she brought the gas can. At least I had Shrub to read. I finished Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot the other day.

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10.07.2003

And you thought 2000 was bad. First CNN predicts Davis out, Arnold in with nobody reporting: Stupid CNN

Then they determine Davis is still out, despite the fact that "No" is leading: Stupid CNN 2

The numbers have since gotten better as I type this, but still...

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California voters flex their muscle in recall election

I guess I never realized exactly how stupid/scary this whole recall was until just now. The following sums it up:

The second question becomes moot if Davis beats the recall. Under the recall rules, a majority of voters decide whether to oust Davis, but his replacement -- if there is one -- will only need a plurality of voters.

That means it's possible that California could have a new governor elected with fewer votes than the number cast to keep Davis in office.

Umm, yeah. I'll guess we'll see how it turns out soon enough.

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10.03.2003

So I got a job. Kind of. Claims processing for WPS. Overview:

Good points - Benefits, it's less than 5 minutes away, and there's a better chance of getting an IT job there in the future.

Bad points - The pay pretty much sucks, I need to tell them just about everything about me for a government security clearance, and as far as I can gather, the work is mind numbing.

The whole thing seems like a bit of a joke. I had the interview yesterday, at which they really didn't learn much about me at all, and today I got offered the job. I start training on Monday. For a position that is all about data entry, they didn't even have me sit down at a keyboard to see if I could really type or not.

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