My e-mail server is down tonight — there’s a planned power outage in the building where it’s hosted. It may be as late as 7am tomorrow morning until it’s back on again. If you need me, e-mail me at waldo@munkandphyber.com, or call. I should mention that I’ll be speaking to Larry Sabato’s Campaigns and Elections …
Category Archives: Personal
Election pledge.
Tuesday night, election gods willing, we’ll get the results of the day’s votes in Virginia’s races. Here are my personal rules of conduct pertaining to those results: Gloating is acceptable, but only for a few days, and the less the better. A margin of less than 10 points is neither a “mandate” nor a “landslide.” …
Interview about McDonnell money laundering Fri. morning.
I’m going to be on 1260 WCHV‘s “AM Charlottesville” tomorrow morning, from around 8:10am until around 8:50am, talking about the rapidly-unfolding Bob McDonnell money laundering scandal. (See James Grimaldi’s excellent article in today’s Washington Post for the latest revelations. Very impressive work, Mr. Grimaldi!) WCHV doesn’t stream, so it’s only for you local kids.
Asian lady beetle invasion.
The Asian lady beetle invasion is on. I am not going to let it get as bad as last year — these biting, stinking bastards are going down. I’m not the only one, but that doesn’t make it any less horrible. If anybody has any slick tips, I’m all ears. I’ll be outside, having some …
Pumpkin doughnuts.
Amber and I made pumpkin doughnuts this morning. They’re very tasty.
Wanted: C’ville apartment.
My grandmother is looking for an apartment in downtown Charlottesville. One level, two bedrooms, ideally above ground floor (the higher the better), elevator in the building. If anybody has any suggestions of such spaces available in the next few months, I’d love to hear about it.
Papa’s got a brand new bag.
Two separate, seemingly-unrelated thoughts, which I will cleverly bring together, in a manner not altogether unlike Dave Barry: Thought The First I’ve been a website developer since I was a teenager. I was, to my knowledge, the first professional website developer. (Period.) It’s been over a decade, and I’ve worked with dozens (hundreds?) of clients. …
iTMS video.
A week ago, Apple announced they’d be selling video via the iTunes Music Store. I wrote at the time that I couldn’t see myself paying $2 to watch a single episode of a TV show, but I think I was wrong about that. It’s been a rough few days; Amber and I couldn’t muster the …
R.I.P.
Cricket Capron: No dog was ever a better buddy to her girl. It’s going to be a week of light blog posting.
I want a raise.
This year, I have no financial stake in the outcome of any elections. I’m not working for any candidates and I’m not formally consulting for any candidates at this point. While at this time last year and the year before I was a student of political science, and could justify spending vast amounts of time …