Just some random notes...

My friend Dave put up a blog about poker and politics(though not necessarily together).

Ichiro Suzuki is on track to set the 84 year old single season hit record of 257 set by George Sisler.

We're running into some strange things at work. Our application uses Java 5, and linux 2.6 on Dell servers and the servers are just crashing randomly. No unusual errors or anything, they just die. Mysql is really fast. I am continually impressed by the speed(though not the SQL feature set). Linux

Went to my first baby shower lunch this weekend. The baby shower games weren't bad, but the food was good. Tracy and I had previously not liked Buca Di Beppo when we had gone, but this time I was pleased with the food.

This hurricane season is brutal for Floridians. Hurricane Jeanne will be the 4th major hurricane to make landfall on the state.

It's really damn annoying that the electronic bills that I get from credit card issuers don't have an automatic "pay in full" option. There is only a "make minimum payment" option on my e-bill statement. I missed a credit card payment for the first time in probably 6-8 years because I have to manually make full payments every month, and it cost me $5 in finance charges. Damn them.

I heard about a credit card from Fidelity Investments which gives you %2 back annually into a 529 savings plan(a tax deferred education savings plan). Of course you have to open the accountwith Fidelity, but still %2 is pretty damn good.