Monthly Archives: February 2005

What Was In The Mail Today, 02.28.2005?

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Today, the mailbox contained:

* March 2005 issue of [The Sun][TheSun]
* March / April 2005 issue of [Foreign Affairs][ForeignAffairs]
* March / April 2005 issue of [Mother Jones][MotherJones]
* A flyer for the [Great Courses](http://www.teach12.com)
* A plea from [Feed The Children](http://www.helpfeednow.org)

[BusinessWeek]: http://businessweek.com
[Utne]: http://www.utne.com
[FieldAndStream]: http://www.fieldandstream.com
[Harpers]: http://www.harpers.org
[LegalAffairs]: http://www.legalaffairs.org
[Wired]: http://www.wired.com
[REI]: http://www.rei.com
[NutsVolts]: http://www.nutsvolts.com
[Servo]: http://www.servomagazine.com
[Newsweek]: http://newsweek.msnbc.com
[Smithsonian]: http://www.smithsonianmag.com
[ChefsCatalog]: http://www.chefscatalog.com
[MichiganBulb]: http://www.michiganbulb.com
[GlobalKnowledge]: http://www.globalknowledge.com
[AmericanPoets]: http://www.americanpoetsproject.org/
[BlueStemBooks]: http://www.abebooks.com/home/BLUESTEM/
[Bookarama]: http://half.ebay.com/shops/shops.jsp?seller_id=1395870
[Half.com]: http://half.ebay.com/index.jsp
[MotorTrend]: http://www.motortrend.com
[NewYorker]: http://www.newyorker.com
[SportingNews]: http://www.sportingnews.com
[Maxim]: http://www.maximonline.com
[CircuitCellar]: http://www.curcuitcellar.com
[JCPenney]: http://www.jcpenney.com
[Gurneys]: http://www.gurneys.com
[Chadwicks]: http://www.chadwicks.com
[TheSun]: http://www.thesunmagazine.org
[ForeignAffairs]: http://www.foreignaffairs.org
[MotherJones]: http://www.motherjones.com

100 Roses

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For Valentine’s Day, I bought my wife 100 roses from [BloomsUSA.com](https://www.bloomsusa.com/). They were delivered to her work the Friday before Valentine’s Day by Federal Express, and she and her coworkers were very impressed. The roses were very pretty, in good condition, and lasted close to a week. When I ordered the roses, I used a 20% off coupon, but when I received my credit card statement, I noticed that I was charged full price.

After discovering the problem, I called BloomsUSA.com’s customer service number, and I spoke with a very nice woman who said she’d correct the problem. I checked my credit card transactions several days later, and the credit was there. That was excellent service, and I’ll definitely remember that when it’s time to order flowers again.

Now, how do I top the 100 roses next Valentine’s Day?

What Was In The Mail Today, 02.26.2005?

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Today, the mailbox contained:

* March 2005 issue of [Circuit Cellar][CircuitCellar]
* March 7, 2005 issue of [Business Week][BusinessWeek]
* Spring 2005 issue of [JCPenney Kids Catalog][JCPenney]
* Spring 2005 issue of [Gurney’s Catalog][Gurneys]
* [Chadwick’s Catalog][Chadwicks]
* An offer for the [Columbia House DVD Club](http://www.columbiahouse.com)
* An offer for [Nationwide](http://www.nationwide.com) car insurance
* An [Utne][Utne] subscription offer
* A subscription offer for [The Nation](http://www.thenation.com/)
* A plea from the [Nature Conservancy](http://www.nature.org)
* A Book – [Lewis and Clark among the Indians](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=ASIN/0803289294/qid%3D1109101830/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/)
* Some CD’s
* [Dave Brubeck’s Time Out](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=tg/detail/-/B000002AGN/qid=1109438355/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)
* [John Coltrane’s Blue Train](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=tg/detail/-/B000005H40/qid=1109438943/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/?v=glance&s=music)
* [John Coltrane’s Trane’s Blues](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=tg/detail/-/B00000HYBR/qid=1109438610/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/?v=glance&s=music)
* [Great Blues Guitarists: String Dazzlers](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=tg/detail/-/B0000027H8/qid=1109438693/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/?v=glance&s=music)
* [Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Charlie Parker](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=ASIN/B000050I3S/qid%3D1109438835/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/)
* [Benny Goodman’s 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=tg/detail/-/B00002MZ2L/ref=cm_custrec_gl_rec/?v=glance&s=music)

[BusinessWeek]: http://businessweek.com
[Utne]: http://www.utne.com
[FieldAndStream]: http://www.fieldandstream.com
[Harpers]: http://www.harpers.org
[LegalAffairs]: http://www.legalaffairs.org
[Wired]: http://www.wired.com
[REI]: http://www.rei.com
[NutsVolts]: http://www.nutsvolts.com
[Servo]: http://www.servomagazine.com
[Newsweek]: http://newsweek.msnbc.com
[Smithsonian]: http://www.smithsonianmag.com
[ChefsCatalog]: http://www.chefscatalog.com
[MichiganBulb]: http://www.michiganbulb.com
[GlobalKnowledge]: http://www.globalknowledge.com
[AmericanPoets]: http://www.americanpoetsproject.org/
[BlueStemBooks]: http://www.abebooks.com/home/BLUESTEM/
[Bookarama]: http://half.ebay.com/shops/shops.jsp?seller_id=1395870
[Half.com]: http://half.ebay.com/index.jsp
[MotorTrend]: http://www.motortrend.com
[NewYorker]: http://www.newyorker.com
[SportingNews]: http://www.sportingnews.com
[Maxim]: http://www.maximonline.com
[CircuitCellar]: http://www.curcuitcellar.com
[JCPenney]: http://www.jcpenney.com
[Gurneys]: http://www.gurneys.com
[Chadwicks]: http://www.chadwicks.com

XM Cafe

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Last Friday, I complained that I had trouble finding something decent to listen to on XM that afternoon. Well, that hasn’t been the case today. I’ve listened to [XM Cafe](http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=45) all afternoon, and the selection has been excellent. This is the longest period of time I’ve left the MyFi on one channel in the 2 months that I’ve had it.

Big grocers under stress

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Winn-Dixie has filed for bankruptcy, and it illustrates some of the profound changes in the economics of supermarkets.

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[Originally][ReadMe] from [Christian Science Monitor][SrcUrl]

[ReadMe]: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0225/p01s04-usec.html
[SrcUrl]: http://csmonitor.com/usa/

What Was In The Mail Today, 02.24.2005?

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Today, the mailbox contained:

* April 2005 issue of [Motor Trend][MotorTrend]
* February 28, 2005 issue of [The New Yorker][NewYorker]
* March 4, 2005 issue of [Sporting News][SportingNews]
* March 2005 issue of [Maxim][Maxim]
* Two Books:
* [Definitive Journals of Lewis & Clark, Volume 5](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=ASIN/0803280122/qid%3D1109101830/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/)
* [Lewis and Clark Trail Maps: A Cartographic Reconstruction, Volume II](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=ASIN/0874222443/qid%3D1109101739/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/)

[BusinessWeek]: http://businessweek.com
[Utne]: http://www.utne.com
[FieldAndStream]: http://www.fieldandstream.com
[Harpers]: http://www.harpers.org
[LegalAffairs]: http://www.legalaffairs.org
[Wired]: http://www.wired.com
[REI]: http://www.rei.com
[NutsVolts]: http://www.nutsvolts.com
[Servo]: http://www.servomagazine.com
[Newsweek]: http://newsweek.msnbc.com
[Smithsonian]: http://www.smithsonianmag.com
[ChefsCatalog]: http://www.chefscatalog.com
[MichiganBulb]: http://www.michiganbulb.com
[GlobalKnowledge]: http://www.globalknowledge.com
[AmericanPoets]: http://www.americanpoetsproject.org/
[BlueStemBooks]: http://www.abebooks.com/home/BLUESTEM/
[Bookarama]: http://half.ebay.com/shops/shops.jsp?seller_id=1395870
[Half.com]: http://half.ebay.com/index.jsp
[MotorTrend]: http://www.motortrend.com
[NewYorker]: http://www.newyorker.com
[SportingNews]: http://www.sportingnews.com
[Maxim]: http://www.maximonline.com

What Was In The Mail Today, 02.23.2005?

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Today, the mailbox contained:

* April 2005 issue of [Psychology Today][PsychologyToday]
* An ad from [National Tire & Battery](http://www.ntb.com/index.do) and [Merchant’s Tire and Auto Center](http://www.merchantstire.com/index.do)
* A book – [Definitive Journals of Lewis & Clark, Volume 2](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=ASIN/0803280092/qid%3D1109101830/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/)

[BusinessWeek]: http://businessweek.com
[Utne]: http://www.utne.com
[FieldAndStream]: http://www.fieldandstream.com
[Harpers]: http://www.harpers.org
[LegalAffairs]: http://www.legalaffairs.org
[Wired]: http://www.wired.com
[REI]: http://www.rei.com
[NutsVolts]: http://www.nutsvolts.com
[Servo]: http://www.servomagazine.com
[Newsweek]: http://newsweek.msnbc.com
[Smithsonian]: http://www.smithsonianmag.com
[ChefsCatalog]: http://www.chefscatalog.com
[MichiganBulb]: http://www.michiganbulb.com
[GlobalKnowledge]: http://www.globalknowledge.com
[AmericanPoets]: http://www.americanpoetsproject.org/
[BlueStemBooks]: http://www.abebooks.com/home/BLUESTEM/
[Bookarama]: http://half.ebay.com/shops/shops.jsp?seller_id=1395870
[Half.com]: http://half.ebay.com/index.jsp
[PsychologyToday]: http://www.psychologytoday.com

What Was In The Mail Today, 02.22.2005?

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Today, the mailbox contained:

* March 2005 issue of [Nuts & Volts][NutsVolts]
* March 2005 issue of [Servo][Servo]
* February 28, 2005 issue of [Newsweek][Newsweek]
* March 2005 issue of [Smithsonian Magazine][Smithsonian]
* Copy of [Chef’s Catalog][ChefsCatalog]
* Spring 2005 issue of [Michigan Bulb Co.][MichiganBulb] catalog
* March – September 2005 issue of the [Global Knowledge][GlobalKnowledge] course catalog
* An offer for the [American Poets Project][AmericanPoets]
* Two Books:
* [Definitive Journals of Lewis & Clark, Volume 3](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=ASIN/0803280106/qid%3D1109101830/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/)
* [Definitive Journals of Lewis & Clark, Volume 13](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=ASIN/0803280335/qid%3D1109101739/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/)
* Some CD’s
* [Vivaldi String Concertos, Volume 1](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=tg/detail/-/B00002EPMW/qid=1109099238/sr=8-10/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i10_xgl15/?v=glance&s=classical&n=507846)
* [Vivaldi String Concertos, Volume 2](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=tg/detail/-/B00005QF3H/qid=1109099238/sr=8-11/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i11_xgl15/?v=glance&s=classical&n=507846)
* [Schubert For Two](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=ASIN/B00007KMOW/qid=1109100119/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/)
* [Peirre Monteux conducts Tchaikovsky at the Vienna Festival](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=tg/detail/-/B0000023F0/qid=1109101261/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/?v=glance&s=classical)
* [Paganini For Two](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=ASIN/B000001GJB/qid=1109101486/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/)
* [The Best of Ken Burns Jazz](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=stevejenkins-20&path=ASIN/B000050HVJ/qid%3D1109101596/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/)
* UPS delivered 2 more books:
* [Lewis and Clark Lexicon of Discovery](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0874222788/ref=ase_stevejenkins-20/002-3493047-0768852?v=glance&s=books)
* [Lewis and Clark Trail Maps: A Cartographic Reconstruction, Volume I](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0874222346/ref=ase_stevejenkins-20/002-3493047-0768852?v=glance&s=books)

[BusinessWeek]: http://businessweek.com
[Utne]: http://www.utne.com
[FieldAndStream]: http://www.fieldandstream.com
[Harpers]: http://www.harpers.org
[LegalAffairs]: http://www.legalaffairs.org
[Wired]: http://www.wired.com
[REI]: http://www.rei.com
[NutsVolts]: http://www.nutsvolts.com
[Servo]: http://www.servomagazine.com
[Newsweek]: http://newsweek.msnbc.com
[Smithsonian]: http://www.smithsonianmag.com
[ChefsCatalog]: http://www.chefscatalog.com
[MichiganBulb]: http://www.michiganbulb.com
[GlobalKnowledge]: http://www.globalknowledge.com
[AmericanPoets]: http://www.americanpoetsproject.org/
[BlueStemBooks]: http://www.abebooks.com/home/BLUESTEM/
[Bookarama]: http://half.ebay.com/shops/shops.jsp?seller_id=1395870
[Half.com]: http://half.ebay.com/index.jsp

NFL’s ‘franchise’ fee

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Not much talent will remain in free agency if more players are given the franchise tag Tuesday.

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[Originally][ReadMe] from [Yahoo! Sports](http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/was)
[ReadMe]: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nfl/SIG=12jcnmb2o/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=cr-franchisefee022105&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Getting Raked Over Coles

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Laveranues Coles wants off the Redskins’ gravy train. Stop the engine and let him off because there are plenty of wide receivers waiting on the platform.

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[Originally][ReadMe] from the [Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com)

[ReadMe]: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42561-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/nfl/20002001/washingtonredskins

A recipe for small farm success

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Mateo Kehler said he’s living in a failing dairy economy. Vermont’s hilltop farms are fading fast. He and Andy Kehler wanted to demonstrate that there is a way to make a good living milking 30-40 cows on a rocky hillside in northern Vermont.

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[Originally][ReadMe] from [CNN](http://www.cnn.com)

[ReadMe]: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/18/otr.kehler/index.html