For the record.
I called them at 888-4OnStar and explained my problem to someone. I told him that my number needs to be removed from OnStar's database, and that the person whose problem it is to implement that is: him. It's his problem. I refuse to let it be mine.
Another act in the endless (In)Security Theater farce:
Set Threat Level to: Hysteria.
Don't forget, most of this stuff we see is a "study in alarmism and incompetence: on the part of the terrorists, our government and the press."
The new Donald J. Sutkus Custom Furniture website is live tonight. Design/build by becky dobbins design, a company I am proud to work for.
Much of the site's content is driven by a central repository (MySQL database), common page elements like headers and footers are include files, and all the styles and positioning are driven by one CSS file. Updates and extensions will be a breeze. I know I'm not the first person to discover that the world isn't flat, but it is worth noting how nice it is to work with such a lightweight and simple structure.
Thanks to DWR for showing my lamp, and thanks to Stephanie and (spare) Dave for being there. Stephanie took some photos for the record.
I don't have or want OnStar.
Their number, 800-638-5828, keeps calling me. I called back and asked that my number be removed. Twice. They keep calling anyway.
I went to their website and "shared" a "service idea." My idea is that they should screw off.
Long-time readers (hi, almost nobody) will remember my last complaints about comma splices and weird stuff in the New Yorker.
Per dictionary.com, the verb "grow" has been used since medieval times as an intransitive verb, as in "Our business has been growing steadily for 10 years." It has been used as a transitive verb since the 18th century, meaning "to produce or cultivate," as in "We grow corn in our garden." But the [stupid, annoying —ed.] transitive use applied to business and nonliving things is quite new. It came into full bloom [haw haw —ed.] during the 1992 presidential election, when nearly all the candidates were concerned with "growing the economy."
Figures politicians would be the ones to blame.
What the hell is wrong with increase or improve or develop or mature or multiply or spread or thrive or any number of other words, dummies?
If you'd like to read about a whole bunch of other stuff you do wrong, enjoy this seemingly exhaustive (except, oddly, for the "grow" thing) list.
I rode in the Cascade Bicycle Club's Commute Challenge in May this year. My team, "Thing 2," made up of UW Earth & Space Sciences bikers, rode 119.5 round trips for a total of 903.8 miles. I rode 22 round trips and 202.4 miles. I was the high-miler on the team.
If I work 50-ish weeks a year, I ride around 2300 miles a year. I did not realize that. That means that I have ridden somewhere around 13,000 miles since 2001.