November 7, 2008. - my wife is 25 weeks today, so I celebrated by buying this for our son.

Lord, we ain’t what we want to be; we ain’t what we ought to be; we ain’t what we gonna be, but, thank God, we ain’t what we was.

— Martin Luther King, Jr. - Addressing the Hawaii Legislature in 1959, quoting a preacher who had once been a slave.

Wireless Broadband: Conflict and Convergence - A New Book Available Today →

November 6, 2008 – Seattle, WA - As the thirst for bandwidth continues to explode, the traditional service deployment landscape will be reshaped around the globe by new entrants, market forces, and…

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook today. Got to love the Onion.

Just a Question…

Now that gasoline is back to the prices it was three years ago, can we please “dispense” with the FUEL SURCHARGE B.S. on every single service we buy that involves an engine?

This means you…Airlines…UPS, FedEx…Taxis and Sedans…Car rental companies…local delivery companies…the pool man(?/!)

We know this was just a way for you to advertise prices for your products and services that was lower than the actual price you intended to charge, but come on, gas is cheap again! Either raise prices for your products and services and level everything out or call it something else, like the “Consumers Aren’t Spending As Much, So We Need to Pad Your Sale with More Money” surcharge.  I’d have far more respect for you.