Welcome 2003. We made it. 4 months until Ryan and I are married. With the new year comes a new business adventure for Ryan. xmtech.com The new site will hopefully be up and online in less than a week. We\’ll keep you posted.
I found this site that has beautiful pictures of the black forest.
This article was posted by a fellow slahdotter. It is quite informative about possible dvd problems. I had no idea that this was something that was even possible. Weve invested heavily in a dvd collection, and those things arent cheep. It would be horrible if they started to deteriorate. I thought that by going to dvd wed eliminatned the possibility of picture quality and sound fading, and we have, but only to stumble onto a new problem. Needless to say Im going home to check our Contact dvd tonight.
This site, Burningbird, is great. Thanks to slashdot I was able to find it and have a few laughs this morning. I thought this was also a great post for thisrand due to our theme. :’
Well, since my objections to the basic Christian faith are quite well known, I wont get into it here.
It appears that over 70,000 folks in Aussie land, tried to claim they were a Jedi, as thier faith. Of course the narrow minded goverment said that it was a waste of resources and that the goverment will attempt to fine people that did put that.
But in a country, like the US or Aussie Land, that promotes freedom of religion, how can they say that one faith is a true faith, and one is not, without taking sides?
Of course, if the Jedi faith were as true as some would like, I guess all this would actually take is a little of the Jedi Mind Trick, and the problem would be solved. Since I am sure Paraliment is simple minded enough to be easliy swayed, especially if they are anything like our Congress (Link Removed on Remote Site).
But then again, I dont think that worked, even in a galaxy far far away.
PS. Userfriendly’s Take on the subject
Just when I thought customer service was a thing of the past…. out of nowhere someone wows your socks off. After our recent visit to New Jersey, I’d lost faith in a thing called customer service. Our first night we had someone who we figured out was the host of the restaurant only after he was half way down the hall with the menus look back and glare at us. The hotel we stayed at charged a $70 late fee because we were two hours past check out time, even though we’d told them our first night that we would be late to check out, and the company that sent us has at least two people in that hotel every night. Then we had a recent episode with our bank who is supposed to be working for you, but they aren’t folks. All people seem to care about these days is making a buck.
Up to tonight, I’d lost faith. We are planning our wedding and have recently figured out that while it would be great fun to have a Cinderella wedding, no one tells you the price tag that comes with that, and the burden it brings. It dawned on us that a wedding is about two souls coming together and expressing love for each other and God… not the table arrangements, guest list, or food.
At this point we’ve already signed a few contracts and put down some money. Upon calling our great “band guy” and explaining our situation he was more than willing to help us come to a more than happy medium. Craig provided something called Customer Service. Something that in this fast paced world had just about become extinct. It’s so refreshing to find an individual that can see the bigger picture. Someone that can see beyond what would have been a buck today can turn into something much more than that later. Its things like that that make a world of difference, and thats why we were willing to pay what we were. I, we, really appreciate it and hope that more people can see the bigger picture.
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