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Saturday, September 30, 2000
I can't believe this... after a stock split last December because the value of the shares of Yahoo! had reached $500... they closed the week at $91. As a gift for being a Yahoo!Geocities Community Leader, I was given 6 shares of their stock; now 12 because of the split. With the prices plunging, it soon won't be a great benefit to have those shares. Posted by Jeff Boman on Saturday, September 30, 2000 | link me Seymour!
Friday, September 29, 2000
Montreal Gazette - Friday 29 September 2000 - Pierre Trudeau 1919-2000. For those few who didn't know Pierre Trudeau, this article will give you some information on his life.
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I was wrong yesterday: I called Richard Mulligan's comedy Open House.
The real name of the show was Empty Nest
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Thursday, September 28, 2000
Right now, I feel very sad.
After a satisfying day of solving many headaches in my Flash project at work, I turned on the TV... and now like many Candians all over the country, I'm in mourning.
Pierre Elliot Trudeau, our 15th Prime Minister, passed away around 3pm today. He was 80 years old. He's survived by two of his sons.
How to explain P.E.T. to people outside of Canada... he was incredibly charismatic, a driven leader, and a very outspoken human being. It was because of Pierre Trudeau that I found the entire Clinton-Gate scandal amusing. Here we had a man who dated and likely bedded many famous ladies (Barbara Steisand, Margot Kidder, Karen Kane, many others), whose wife Margaret was linked to an affair with Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones... and this just garnered him more celebrity and appreciation. Clinton does something similar, and he almost gets impreached.
We all go someday. Death is the inevitable conclusion of life... but we still miss the people who are gone. The loss of Pierre Trudeau is one we'll likely feel for a long time to come.
It got worse as I was watching Entertainment Tonight later: actor Richard Mulligan passed away on Tuesday.
Many will remember his doctor character from Open House (I hope I have the series name right), but I knew him originally as Bert on Soap. Waves of nostalgia have washed over me all evening.
Posted by Jeff Boman
on Thursday, September 28, 2000 | link me Seymour!
A Flash victory today!
I grumble like crazy for every time that something I try in the program doesn't work... but I'm a stubborn cuss. With time and determination, I MAKE things work.
Posted by Jeff Boman
on Thursday, September 28, 2000 | link me Seymour!
Wednesday, September 27, 2000
What a day!
I achieved 4 hours of work at home... but true to form, what I tried in Flash generally didn't work for me.
I'm hopeful that I get things to work tomorrow at the office. I'm supposed to begin the HTML version of the site next week; I'd like to have everything figured out here to do that.
Posted by Jeff Boman
on Wednesday, September 27, 2000 | link me Seymour!
Tuesday, September 26, 2000
This is fun:
Job Title Generator. I found this link thanks to the webmistress. Here was what I generated for myself:
Old title: Contributing Content Writer
Give it a try!
Posted by Jeff Boman
on Tuesday, September 26, 2000 | link me Seymour!
Yes, I'm once again linking to another Blog... but I guess you could call this adding Canadian content here. :) After all, it is my native land...
I like this author's sense of political outrage... plus, we share similar distatse for the NBC Olympic coverage.
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on Tuesday, September 26, 2000 | link me Seymour!
Another day, another attempt to wake up...
I have oodles of Flash project work to do today, as well as truckloads of writing too.
Posted by Jeff Boman
on Tuesday, September 26, 2000 | link me Seymour!
Lapdance club bids to allow touching for blind
...
I can't make a snappy quip about this.
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on Tuesday, September 26, 2000 | link me Seymour!
Lizard in crisp packet survived two or three weeks
I always try to put some levity after real sad news.
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Disabilities didn't stop Jean Riley from living full life
As always, I celebrate the lives of the disabled. We need role-models.
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Monday, September 25, 2000
I'm feeling bummed-out tonight. I'm not quite sure why... maybe packing to leave what has been my home for 8 years is getting to me; maybe it's the fact that even though I'm working now, I'm still broke.
Or maybe it's just MS-produced depression. That happens - way too often.
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on Monday, September 25, 2000 | link me Seymour!
I just realized the heater in my computer room has been on all summer. That explains why my budget plan for heating goes up starting this coming month... sigh
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Sunday, September 24, 2000
I just spent an hour working with Flash that proved - not surprising, considering my luck with it so far - both good and bad.
Good, because I added in all the scrolling text boxes I needed, now that I can make things work. Bad, because now another programming trick I need doesn't work.
I'll get it all working someday, but right now it's just maddening.
Posted by Jeff Boman
on Sunday, September 24, 2000 | link me Seymour!
ABomanation: The Blog. I'll take whatever exposure I can get. :)
My new Blog on Fight City became active yesterday. Enjoy!
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on Sunday, September 24, 2000 | link me Seymour!
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