Friday Lameness
It's Friday, most of the clients have disappeared for a long weekend, and the weather can't decide what it wants to be when it grows up: petulant, spitting and dreary or Charlie Brown wishy-washy sunny. (Where's a Bulwer-Lytton judge when you need her?)
Abbye's feeling better, although she's at the vet clinic right now getting a check-up (this is MLB's day off). We've got both a painter AND a plumber working our house over. The former may finish with our den today, allowing us to move the recliner and loveseat out of our dining room and reclaim a TV that doesn't fit in a cabinet. (Although, after last night, I'm not sure it's worth the trouble.) The latter is sawing holes in our wall to install new tub fixtures (yes, I did plan ahead; it's in the bathroom where the painter hasn't yet arrived). Unlike the painter, the plumber charges by the hour, and this job appears to have the complexity of disassembling and rebuilding the Hubble Telescope by remote control. I'd get a second job to pay for this only second jobs usually pay less than first jobs, and since I'm a freelance website designer in west Texas, there's no such thing.
I see that Apple is going to do a 2-for-1 stock split; it closed at an all-time high yesterday. Do I own any Apple stock? What do you think?
OK. This may represent the pinnacle of my blogging performance for the day. You're free to visit amongst yourselves.
Well, see, I've already broken my vow of sloth. And with a political post to boot! I'm so ashamed...
I don't remember where "treeware" came from, but if it's original, I'm sure I didn't come up with it. I probably got it from "Dilbert."
Posted by: Eric at February 11, 2005 02:41 PMEric, I found the following at wordspy.com ...
treeware (TREE.wayr) n. Books, newspapers, magazines, and other print material.
Example Citation:
"Time Inc. spent $ 1 billion in paper, printing, postage, and distribution costs last year, so you can imagine why publishers are salivating about e-publishing. The only way to compete with treeware is with an electronic counterpart that provides many of paper's attributes."
—Frank J. Romano, "Beyond treeware to e-paper," Electronic Publishing, January 1, 2001
Posted by: Jeff at February 11, 2005 02:59 PMI noticed that the earliest citation of the word was in 1997, although it was used in a different context, referring to wood products rather than paper.
Maybe Scott Adams is a big word-thief after all!
Posted by: Eric at February 11, 2005 03:05 PMAbout the publisher
Random Abbye photos...
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Chair Play
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Education is paramount. Well, next to jet skiing.
Warbirds, Old and New
The Neighborhood:
West Texas Blogs:
[Midland unless otherwise indicated]
Other Texas Blogs:
The Business:
The Church:
The World:
Eric, one of the perq's to being a devoté of the free dissembly of truth in the blogosphere (as opposed to us debauched harlots of the 'legacy media') ... if you don't wanna, you don't hafta!
Take the rest of the day off! You've earned it ... and nobody's going to call up and complain because you didn't bother to go on the air and tell them that nothing's happening!
:-)
By the way, I got a kick out of word you used in a post earlier this week - "treeware."
A word you coined, or one you borrowed? Either way, I liked it.
Posted by: Jeff at February 11, 2005 02:23 PM