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Fame and Fortune

I'm still looking for both, but in the meantime, something interesting happened along the way. I got an email from the producer of the "Chip Franklin" show, an 8-midnight talk radio show in Washington DC. They wanted to interview me about "The List" webpage on a show he was doing that night. I threw caution to the wind and agreed to go on.

My interview lasted about 7 minutes. The station has a Real Audio feed, so I had some friends listen to it. They said I was "calm, cool and collected" which, I guess, is very good when you're attempting to become a Net Legend and Radio Goddess. I got to talk about how the list got started and couldn't come up with my "favorite entry" when asked. I think today's favorite is Lee Marvin, but that could change at any minute. Plus I got to defend the fact that I refuse to add Bill Clinton, because I don't consider Clinton a first name. Around here, Clinton is a town. But the pro-Clintonites may win. I'm starting to get that name emailed to me a couple of times a month. Can you imagine, I get to open an email with just two words in it: Bill Clinton. Yeesh.

There weren't very many hits to this page from the interview, so I guess his listening audience isn't really online. Too bad. I was looking for a way to get popular. I guess I'll have to go back to my old standby of waiting for one of my neighbors to do something horrible so that when the news crews show up and I tell them "he always kept to himself, but he seemed like a really nice guy."

Roulette

I have a question about roulette. Okay, three questions.  If I am playing (let's just say I am, okay?) and they say the table has a $15 minimum, does that mean I have to put $15 down but I can put $1 on 15 different numbers, or do I have to put $15 on one number?

And how do they know if I put $14 instead of $15? I wouldn't want to get in trouble.

Thirdly, are the odds better at the roulette wheel than they are at say, blackjack?

Venting about Driving

My Vent forum on Delphi (http://www.delphi.com/vent) has become a magnet for people who want to talk about bad drivers (which is a recurring theme here at the DumpTruck, in case you hadn't noticed. It feels good to discuss mini vans and people who don't look before they change lanes. We also have some ideas for new bumper stickers.

I don't get anything out of having folks visit the Vent forum, but I will say that in the next few weeks (okay, next week) it will be a beta location for the new Delphi layout and they will be introducing guest access so you don't even have to register to check it out.

New Wheels

The car transaction is complete...we ended up with a 1996 Ford Taurus. If you are thinking of mailing me a Taurus horror story, save your e-envelope and e-stamp...it's too late I don't want to hear about it.

The coolest  thing about this car is that it is like driving a "sofa with a secret."  You lift up the armrest between the two front seats and then lift up the middle part and TAA DAA two cup holders, a change thingy, and a place to store cassettes. The change thingy is like the kind a hotdog vendor has. I will have to work on not throwing the change into the ashtray...now we will have to "process" it to put it in the right slots. And there isn't a space for pennies. Which is just as well. Maybe I'll have to stop collecting t hem. Soon.

Anyway, the car's color is "Iris" which I refer to as "Gray with a hint of lavender." It looks better than it sounds. Plus, the car has a smiley face! I think it's a distant relative of Speed Buggy.

Gift Certificate from Amazon.com

I got a "thank you" gift certificate from Amazon.com because I apparently entered a trivia contest a LONG time ago. I don't remember entering, and they didn't say I won, but it sounds like there was some sort of accounting error and they are "thanking" people for playing by awarding these things, which are only good until next week. 

I think I'm going to use mine to buy a copy of either The Best of Billy Squier - 16 Strokes (ooooh, I love the 80's!) or the new Teletubbies tape. Can't have enough of the Tubbies. Here's my factoid for the day: Did you know that the entire set is "life size" on a farm in England and the tubby dome (I don't know what to call it) is actually a "working set".  Everything you see filmed that is supposed to be inside that dome IS inside that dome. There are no "sets"!

Words Added to Spell Check

I added the following words to the spell-checker based on this issue of Dump:   factoid, Tubbie, and thingy.

The List:

My Summer Vacation Destination Wish List: 1999

• Manchester/Arlington VT in the late spring, early summer
• Disneyworld, cause I'd go there once a month if I could
• The coast of Maine, because as many times as we've tried to go for a week, we've never quite made it
• Montreal - eventually I will get to Canada

LAST UPDATE: Feb 8, 1999

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