Don't Back Down

So it seems that another supreme court justice is on the way in the person of Harriet Miers. I find it interesting that she is very public about her Christianity (or at least, the news media is). This isn't a bad thing by any means, and it is certainliy refreshing, even if you don't happen to share her views. All too often it's more about the mud they can dig up than the positive things. In any case, one of the first results on Google (if not the first) talks about her acceptance of Jesus in 1979.

Now I don't know much about her other than this, but it strikes me as a bit odd that this appointee is in her 60s (this is based on the article saying that she was in her mid-30s in 1979, which was 26 years ago, I have done no other research). It would seem that appointing someone a bit younger might make for a more sensible choice - if indeed the idea is to keep the justices on the bench for their full life.

That said, I don't wish her a short life, and women do live longer than men, so we may see her for a while yet if she does get confirmed to this post.

And again, I was without mine. I'm going to have to start carrying that thing around with me. Ever since I switched phones and no longer have one with me almost constantly, I seem to be missing all the fun stuff.

In any case, this was on the way to pick up our car this morning at the shop. We noticed a car pulled into one of the bus lanes on Independence on the way into town. This itself isn't so much surprising, but this one was stopped. Next to a portalet.

No confirmation if there was anyone inside (either in the car or the portalet), but it struck me as very funny at the time.

Our newest gadget has arrived, an HP Officejet 7410 All-in-One. Now the printer is cool and all, but Amazon had it for a (relatively) massive $60 less than the local Office Depot, especially impressive when Amazon doesn't have sales tax and the price of the printer is well above their free shipping threshold, making for an easy savings of nearly $100.

Read "Amazing Amazon" »

While I now have an all-in-one printer that has fax capabilities, I doubt that I'll use them. I really don't use faxes much at all anymore. But every once in a while they are useful. Instead, I use MaxEmail, which, despite the name, offers fax services. For $15 per year, I get unlimited incoming faxes to a dedicated number (the number is in the 815 area code), and when they come in, I get the PDF file right at my desk.

They do have other programs where you can pay for a number in your area code, or buy more minutes or the like, but this does the trick for me. There are other services out there, but many are more expensive or try and nickel-and-dime you in the process or even make you use a proprietary fax viewer. MaxEmail hits the spot for me, at just a buck and a quarter per month.

The service also offers you an email box at the same number, which will send audio files to your email when a voice mail comes in - but I have enough voice mail boxes and didn't use it.