ut practice

Had a UT practice last night but we mostly discussed bizstuff, press kits, that sort of thing. Hey, you can now order our CD online through the World Music Marketplace. Jodi has also set up some sound clips on the web...if you have a moment, I would very much appreciate any of you who could check out our sound clips page and listen to a random clip. Please let me know if you have any problems...I want to mention this URL in a future issue of Inklings, and would like the instructions to be as easy to follow as possible.

My friend Peter Cook and his son Jonathan are coming to visit me today (check out his and Laura's website! Lots of fun...both of them are science cartoonists). I was going to say no because I'm up to my eyeballs in work, but then he mentioned he was going to bring over some homemade brownies. I am so weak... (plus Jonathan is so cute...)

rushmore

Rushmore was great! Must get the soundtrack to this, too.

Hey, forgot to mention that I picked up my flute from Long & McQuade yesterday. The little dent has been taken out (yay!) and the flute guy gave it a full check-up. Sounds much better now!

seminars for females

Wow, were those brownies ever good (the homemade brownies Peter brought over yesterday)...the best brownies I've ever had, to be honest. Cakey (and not too sweet), gooey chocolate on the top. I'm not a big fan of ultra-rich brownies, I confess, which is why I generally don't eat them (yes, in spite of my chocolate fanaticism). These brownies are different, though...I've had six of them since last night, eek!

Working all day at home today. To assuage my guilt about my brownie gorging, though, I'll probably make an extra visit to the health club this week.

My 3-year-old niece Sara called me today because she wanted to sing me a song she learned at nursery school from another little girl. It goes like this: "Come on Barbie, let's go party...UH UH OH OH...come on Barbie, let's go party...OH WHOA, OH WHOA"...

By the way, are there any other Sandman fans out there? Allison's got me hooked (I suppose you could call her my Sandman pusher).

Got the following from Jeff just now (he's at work, too, and yes we email each other quite a bit, is that sick or what? :-)). Think I need to have a talk with that guy...

Gender SEMINARS FOR FEMALES (prepared and presented by males)

1. To Honor and Obey: Remembering the Small Print Above "I Do"

2. Why Your Mother Is Unwelcome In The House

3. Your Mate: Selfish Bastard, or Victimized Sensitive Man?

4. You CAN Go Shopping for Less than 4 Hours

5. Gaining Five Pounds vs. The End of the World: A Study in
Contrast

6. The Seven-Outfit Week

7. PMS:It's YOUR Problem, Not Mine ("It's Happened Monthly
Since Puberty:Deal With It")

8. Driving I: Getting Past Automatic Transmissions

9. Driving II: The Meaning of Blinking Orange Lights

10. Driving III: Approximating a Constant Speed

11. Driving IV: Makeup and Driving: It's As Simple As Oil and
Water

12.Football: Not a Game: A Sacrament

13. Telephone Translations (formerly titled "Me Too Equals I Love
You")

14. How to Earn Your Own Money

15. Gift-giving Fundamentals (formerly titled "Fabric
Bad,Electronics Good")

16. Putting the Seat Down By Yourself: Potential Energy is on
Your Side

17. Beyond "Clean and Dirty": The Nuances of Wearable
Laundry

18. Yes, You Can Fill Up At A Self Serve Station

19. Joys of the Remote Control: Reaping the Benefits of 50+
Channels

20. What Goes Around Comes Around: Why His Credit Card is Not a
Toy

21. His Best Friend Can Be Yours Too

22. His Poker Games: Deal Yourself Out

23. Commitment Schmittment (formerly titled "Wedlock Schmedlock")

javascript test

I am trying to implement a new Javascript navigational tool in Inkspot (don't worry, I still have regular links for those whose browsers don't support it) but am having some problems. It works, but on my browser I get some javascript code bits displayed as well (I use Netscape 3). David Goulden said it looks fine to him, though.

If any of you have time, could you please check
http://www.inkspot.com/test/testjava3.html and let me know if you get the javascript bits as well or if the two menu bars look all right? Or if you don't get anything at all? Also let me know what browser you use...many, many thanks for this.

I'm taking my AQUA CD over for Sara to hear/borrow (it has the Barbie song on it). The CD was a kind gift from our friend Scott Dixon (the guy we visited in Germany), and I may have mentioned before that I suspect he gave it to me mainly to bug Jeff. :-)

30,000 subscribers

Many thanks to those who gave me feedback on that Javascript test page, especially David Goulden, who found out that one of my problems was an obscure formatting problem that occurs when you put a script within a nested table. I've given up on the Javascript idea for now.

So back to the Millenium problem...do you think this IS going to be a problem? Opinions among my technonerdboy/girl friends varies wildly. Some say it will be non-issue. Others predict the collapse of the world. What do YOU all think?
I've also been told that if I wanted to get back into COBOL programming (excuse my language), I could make big bucks from companies who are desperate to have their software modified to accomodate the year 2000 issue but who can't find programmers who remember that archaic language anymore! Hey, Mike Lloyd! What do you think? (Mike and I used to both work as programmer/analysts at Toronto-Dominion Bank ages ago).

In case any of you aren't familiar with the Year 2000 problem, there is a strong belief that
for many computer and software systems, the year 2000 will bring a
host of problems related to software programs that record the year
using only the last two digits. More info available at http://www.year2000.com/.

Anyway, I want your predictions now! Post them in blatherchat and I'll save them for perusal when 2000 arrives. The question: Do you think the Year 2000 Problem will really be a problem? If so, how much of a problem?

Hey, Inklings just hit 30,000 subscribers, woohoo! :-)