Nice weather...

It's been really hard going outside the last couple, three days as the weather has been nothing short of spectacular here in Southwest Colorado. The temperatures have been temperate, the skies have been blue, and the air smells crisp and clean.

Meanwhile, back inside the store...<grin>

I'm back home right now, checking e-mail for a translation assignment that has a deadline of March 28. That's normally a pretty generous deadline for an ordinary document, so I have to make sure the work doesn't involve the translation of an inordinate amount of information. Also, I have to do some work on the rate sheet for the store and on billings for the post boxes.

Back inside, for now. Maybe I'll go for a walk later.

Cheers...

Some weirdnesses encountered in the course of business...

Those AOL CDs that tout "700 free hours" intend for the unwitting victim to use up these hours (or lose them) within a month of signing up. Seeing as there are only 720 hours in a 30-day month, it would appear to be mightily difficult to take full advantage of this offer. And for such service...it's a shame.

From the Libertarian Party: "Just two months after accepting a raise to an exorbitant $145,100 a year, House representatives are working behind the scenes to enact a 'per diem' expense allowance of $165 per working day. With about 151 legislative days per year, the raise would amount to a $25,000-a-year, tax-exempt pay hike." Basically, it turns out that, over the past several years, our Congresscritters have voted themselves increases totaling more than $80,000 annually. The average Joe (and Jane) make less than the amount of the increase. I don't often write my Congresscritter, but I may just do so in this case.

Ye gods.

Cheers...