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Archive for July, 2008

July 27, 2008

Comcast Junk Mail

I receive at least one piece of junk mail from Comcast a week. I’d like it to stop. If someone from Comcast actually reads this post, AND can get the junk mail to stop, please contact me. Thank you. (Although I realize such a person at Comcast doesn’t exist.)
I guess we’ll find out if Comcast [...]

July 14, 2008

Junk Mail Received During the 2008 Primary Season

The local Democrats held a primary back in June to decide who should be their candidate for Congress. Leslie Byrne vs. Gerry Connolly. Here’s a summary of the political junk mail that accumulated in my crate. It seems like a huge waste of effort. The final vote tally was Connolly: 14,233, vs Byrne’s 8,196 votes. [...]

July 13, 2008

Dominion Virginia Power Quote

In my most recent bill from Dominion Virginia Power, there was a letter from President David Heacock that opened with this sentence: “We are never eager to seek permission to increase prices for our customers.” The meaning he is hoping we will pick up on is that Dominion doesn’t want to increase prices (18% raise [...]

July 12, 2008

Failure

“No man is a failure who is enjoying life.” – William Feather