by Amy Stinson | May 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
As I reported earlier, Perry’s highly regarded superintendent was bought out. This put the township into interim superintendent mode. I have to say that this duck (interim guy) could not have been any lamer, which was good in terms of damage control, but bad for the kids. After spending a year watching him in meetings, I had to wonder why he had a job in the district at all. Apparently his former position was useless and was, for all intents and purposes, eliminated, and here he was the superintendent.
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by Amy Stinson | Feb 14, 2008 | Reasoned Opinion, Self Improvement
I consider myself a pretty smart computer person, so imagine my frustration when I tried to load LifeScan’s OneTouch Diabetes monitoring software on my laptop and it could not “find” my meter. I have to say that LifeScan does not recommend putting the software on a laptop because of all the ports. I’m not sure what the difference is between a laptop and a desktop (from a port standpoint), as my desktop has more USB ports than my laptop, but apparently there is an issue.
I don’t give up easily. I installed the software on my laptop a month ago and never could get it to find the meter – other software packages had no trouble – but this one was not going to make it easy. Actually it is easy, if you know where to look, which was a problem as the documentation doesn’t give you a hint as to where to look.
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by Amy Stinson | Jul 26, 2007 | Reasoned Opinion
It’s been a number of months since I’ve written on this topic. I’d like to be able to say that it all turned out well, but it didn’t. The township ended up paying a $470,000 settlement to Doug Williams, since there were never any lawful reasons he could be fired, and he moved on to another job. The township remains deeply divided by this issue. Some people are angry he ended up leaving, some are angry over the payoff, others are angry at the board, while others are angry that anyone is angry at the board.
Now people are looking forward to the next elections where at least 2 board members who caused this chaos can be voted out.
by Amy Stinson | Jul 26, 2007 | Career, Musings
Yesterday I was working on my zd8000 laptop, which is essentially a desktop replacement. It’s been getting too warm lately, even with the addition of a laptop desk, a chiller pad, and removing the battery. Yesterday was a bummer day when the machine started shutting down and wouldn’t boot up without shutting down. I figured it was a heat problem, so I got out my can of air and proceeded to gag myself with blowing the laptop out through the vents and fans.
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by Amy Stinson | Apr 29, 2007 | Weight Loss
After a year-long hiatus from dieting I am back in the saddle again. I really despise dieting almost as much as exercising, but I haven’t found any other way to control my weight.
Without getting into specific numbers, I’ve regained everything I lost between 2002 and 2004 and added 10 more pounds. Not liking the result at all because I was definitely making headway. So I reactivated my Calorie King membership and started journaling faithfully starting April 24. I haven’t been able to bring myself to start working out yet, but I managed to stay within my calories for the entire week and lost 4 lbs. OK, I know it’s mostly water, but 4 pounds is 4 pounds. My next goal is to add 3 15 minute exercise times per day for the entire week. No, it didn’t happen today, but I was out and about walking all day, so I don’t feel too bad about not doing formal exercise.
