BEEN A LONG TIME

Seems like RL has taken a front seat nowadays. Work is really busy and now that the kids are home from school, there are lots of activities to attend. We've just finished an audit at work that kept me incredibly busy and insane. Thankfully, we passed with no findings but needless to say, I was exhausted (as all of us in my group were) after it was over.

Life is always filled with changes and your ability to deal with them is what makes you who you are. My husband has been out of work for quite some time and we are now looking at possibly moving to another state where the cost of living (particularly housing) is not as high. My company has a presence in many areas in the US and I've been tracking the openings. The thought of moving my family, lock, stock and barrel scares me to death, but I need to consider what would be best for them. I've got a possiblity in Georgia, but we will have to see if that works out. Obviously, that would be a nice place to go as it would bring me closer to my family. With only one income to live on, I haven't been able to visit like I want to.

DO-NOT-CALL LIST

Hundreds of thousands sign on for 'do-not-call' registry

(CNN) -- The federal government Friday launched a national "do-not-call" registry aimed at stopping most telemarketing phone calls to people who regard the sales pitches as invasive and want them blocked.

Here is the article in full.

I think this is something that is WAYYYYYYYYY overdue. Will any of you be signing up for this service? Do you feel that telemarketers have the right to make calls? Are those of you who live outside the US plagued by telemarketers.



A Bandwidth Drought Is Coming, And U.S. Phone Companies and ISPs Have No Idea What To Do About It

Given that there are something like 60 million U.S. homes on the Internet and fewer than 20 million of those have broadband connections, you might think I am a bit premature in my complaining about a lack of bandwidth. After all, compared with two-thirds of Americans on the Net, I have plenty of bandwidth, tons of it. But my complaint isn't so much with the amount of bandwidth any of us have, but with the amount that is available. I fear we are falling behind the bandwidth curve and this is going to severely limit the potential of the Internet.

Here is a link to the article.

Glass Houses Department

Fox news is reporting HERE about the Affirmative Action case decided by the Supremes. Dick Gephardt, Candidate for Prez, had this to say about the Supreme Court:

"When I'm president, we'll do executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day," Gephardt said.

I guess he wants to be Supreme Dictator, or something (a quot from my husband).

Gephardt really said that!

That's about it for now. I'm going to try to be around a bit more now.

Happy blogging!!



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