I’m at that strange point where the Twitter manages to relieve my blogging cravings. Good and bad. Good, in that I can document my so-called life in 140 character segments. Bad, in that I’m restricted to 140 character segments. Even worse, I may think in 140 character or less segments now.
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Since the installation of Twitter Tools, I’ve noticed that my ecto Mac client, and the ScribeFire Firefox plugin, have been erroring out when updating the blog. So, I’ve installed Twitter for WordPress, and we’ll see how that goes.
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Do not call 911. I am not moribund. The Twitter widget in the sidebar serves as my blog’s “aside” category. I’d previously tried some WP plugins for asides, but they all required setting up a special category, followed by hoop-jumping that became cumbersome.
With the Twitter, I post tweets, they show up in the sidebar, and it’s mission accomplished. After 24 hours, I’m OK with the Twitter.
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tbbs-land now twittering. When you see the Twitter widget in the sidebar, call 911. I’ll be moribund.
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In the Maryland State Legislature, Democratic Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk has introduced a measure that would sieze the remaining cash on unused gift cards, and divert that money into the state’s educational system.
Read that again. Yep, she wants to take the balances on gift cards which have been unused for four or more years, sieze the funds, and transfer the proceeds to the state’s educational budget. During her presentation of the bill:
She argued that companies are unfairly keeping money paid for gift cards and gift certificates.
Unfair? If I run a business, and you pay me fifty bucks in advance for goods or services; I’m obligated to honor your deposit. If you never return to claim those goods and services, that money is now mine. How am I unfairly keeping it? According to this astute legislator:
Pena-Melnyk calls it “enrichment for the companies.”
I call it being a dumbass consumer, who is unable to spend free money. And, Ms Pena-Melnyk, profit is not a dirty word, though it apparently is to you.
How is the state going to track the unused portions of gift cards? That’s right, by forcing businesses to do the state’s dirty work, and file annual reports on unused balances meeting the criteria. This unnecessarily adds to administrative costs for business.
Finally,
It’s also unclear whether the state would have to advertise before seizing money from each gift card, as is the custom for other abandoned property taken by the government.
Government in action: spend a buck to collect 10 cents. I have ample confidence in the Maryland government to do just that. Congratulations, Maryland, as a true-blue “Year of the Chickenshit” participant.
As much as Northern Virginia sucks, at least it isn’t Maryland. Hmmm, there may be a slogan in there someplace.
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