Jeff Milner

My computer has already automatically decided to adjust for the end of daylight saving time – I wonder if my friends are all going to remember the time change for our lunch appointment.

A couple of years ago a friend of mine forgot to change her clock forward for the start of daylight saving and even though she had all day Sunday to realize it, she never did. The saddest thing was that she ended up missing a job interview because she didn’t know what time it was. Oops.

The way my mom always used to help me remember how the time change works, is by the saying, “Spring forward and fall back” (ie. Set the clocks forward an hour in the spring and back an hour in the Fall).

The delicious aroma of my roommate cooking wafted into the room as I read about a mysterious smell that over took New York City this morning. Nobody knows where or what the smell in New York is but here, at my house, it’s bacon and eggs.

Update: My sister’s Mother-in-Law just got back from New York and she said that, “yeah, it really did stink.” The article made it sound like it was a good smell – apparently that was not the case.

Guess whose photo is on the front page of the U of L athletics website? That’s right, mine!

Since the page banner changes every time it’s loaded (randomly between different sports) I took a screenshot of the whole page for posterity.

I got a letter in the mail the other day from the Alberta Government. They wrote to tell me that my student loans are coming due. To most people, including me, a letter from the government asking for money would usually put you in a bad mood, even if it’s money that you rightfully owe.

However, this particular letter said I owed exactly $10,000 less than I recall borrowing. So, either (A) my mind is going early (B) The government of Alberta is so rich they are just going to write off $10,000 of my loan, (C)somebody at the student loans office enjoys a sick form of entertainment toying with my emotions or (D) the missing number “1” was merely a typo.

I haven’t called them to find out the real situation yet because I’m trying to enjoy this brief façade for as long as I can. I’ll call them tomorrow and let everyone know what the situation is, because I know you’re curious. (Don’t forget to come back tomorrow, or you’ll never know…)

Update: Of course they didn’t just drop $10,000 off without telling me. I’m just not quite on top of things I guess. I have two loans, one from the Alberta government and one from the Canadian government. When I got the letter from the Alberta government saying how much I owe, I thought that was the total for all my loans; now I know better.

Babycal Throw: a simple and enormously addicting moderately amusing game.

I’d probably like this one better if it was more than just a twitch-click game but it’s still worth an attempt or two.

(via Metafilter)

Dilbert cartoon creator Scott Adams has a blog. Find out why his latest strip shows a cop firing a donut – and other anecdotes.