Trackback Spam
I just got a bunch of spam in Dean’s World trackbacks.
I’d never seen that before but I guess it’s inevitable.
And so it begins. (Sigh)
Dean, thanks for the heads up!
I just got a bunch of spam in Dean’s World trackbacks.
I’d never seen that before but I guess it’s inevitable.
And so it begins. (Sigh)
Dean, thanks for the heads up!
There was a brief mention on Marketplace today of the increasing numbers of folks using various online banking services. I frequently check my account balances and move funds between accounts. It is very handy.
There are some things I do not do. For instance, I do not use the online bill payer service. Sure, it is very easy to use. Certainly much easier then the telephone based bill paying service that I tried out 20 years ago and much easier than a version on online bill paying I tried 10 or so years ago.
The reason I do not use it is simple. It is not as reliable and timely at getting my payment posted to the account of my creditor as putting a check in the mail. That is to say that the banks, at least my bank, are not making use of the technology at hand to provide the service. It should be trivial to mail the check or, best, post to my creditor’s account within one day.
My bank offers approximately 4-5 day service which includes the possibility that they won’t even mail a check for 4-5 days. Until they fix this I’ll keep buying stamps.
James Joyner in commenting on this request that Kerry resign his senate seat says:
Candidates running for higher office while still holding their current one always face this problem, although Kerry does seem to be carrying the absentee bit further than most. His Senate salary, while modest in the context of the Heinz fortune, amounts to an undeclared taxpayer donation to his campaign since he has essentially been paid to run for president. My preference would be for all candidates seeking election to an office other than the one they currently hold to do so as private citizens.This “undeclared taxpayer donation” is a true pittance compared to the much more egregious undeclared taxpayer donation to the bush campaign. I suspect that a single Air Force One campaign trip would pay kerry’s salary many time over.
Happy Bloomsday!
Update: Tyler Cowan has some suggestions that will help you actually read Ulysses and Slate has a number of reference links (go to the bottom of the page).
Lynn at Reflections in d Minor pointed the way to these words that may not show up in the OED soon and the full list came from TexasBestGrok:
1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.