http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp keeping my desk neat since 2007 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:21:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tonight I left work a little early and went to the county Democratic headquarters to help Yara get volunteers on buses bound for New Mexico and Missouri to campaign for Obama.  I arrived around 6pm on a Friday night, Halloween, and there were at least 40 people in the office, ... http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/2008/10/31/obamanos/ Bless those who use their volunteer mojo to distribute free passes to us lazy slack bastards who can't be bothered to get an early discounted ticket: Em was kind enough to offer me a pass which was a wonderful way to end a truly suck-ass week of invasive dentistry, stoopifying ... http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/2008/10/19/maker-faire-good/ A project of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly, PolitiFact is my new fact-checking sweetheart. And it has a sense of humor!  My personal favorite: the Pants-on-Fire page.  Hurray fact-checking journalism geeks! http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/2008/09/30/latest-political-junkie-crush/ These last few months have had me designing a stock trading application for a major trading house.  To design this I spend my day looking at stock trading applications and financial tools online, which means I've had a very close (and mandatory) look at the recent financial meltdown, as well ... http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/2008/09/28/not-so-evil-schemes-to-avert-soul-consuming-anger/ I went to see the Laura Dunn documentary The Unforeseen tonight at the Alamo. I've been wanting to see it and with M out of town I took myself on a movie date and went on my own. It was a little slow out of the gate, but ... http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/2008/04/23/the-unforeseen/