The Wrath of Kon

Dispatches, thoughts, and miscellanea from writer Jon Konrath

Month: March 2010

  • Fridge Pack is a Registered Trademark of the Coca-Cola Corporation

    I think if I had one chance to make one single change to my entire life from birth to now, I would find a way to back up every single sent and received email and bitnet conversation I had from the second I got an email account in the fall of 1989 to present.  I…

  • The TV

    My new TV showed up yesterday.  Samsung had an annual gift thing where they would give out your choice of various Samsung products, and since the year-end gift actually shows up in late March, there was some question whether or not I would get it.  Last year, I got an NC-10 netbook; this time around,…

  • The Title

    I finally paid off my car.  I think it was a five-year loan, and I got it in September of 2007, so I made good time on it.  That means other than the house, I’m completely out of debt now, which I think is a first for me since maybe I was 18.    But…

  • Baseball pictures

    So I’m moving photo pages (again) to Flickr.  And in that vein, I have moved all of my baseball pictures into one collection there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkonrath/collections/72157623497422165/ There are 32 sets (30 games, 2 stadium tours) going from the first game I ever went to in 2006 up to last season. I can’t wait for this season…

  • The savings of daylight

    DST always screws with me.  I think a big part of it involves growing up in a state that did not observe it.  I grew up in Indiana in a time with no seat belt laws, no helmet laws, no open container laws, and no car emissions or inspection laws.  And of course, the lack…

  • The Run-in

    Here’s something I forgot to mention about my Vegas trip last January:  my ex from Seattle was there at the same time as me.  I did not run into her like I did on my 30th birthday, but I knew she was there because when I was waiting for my luggage, someone kept paging her.…

  • Middle Harbor Shoreline Park

    We found this little park near our house a while back, and I think we went there with A when she visited the new place.  Anyway, we went for a walk there yesterday, and I brought along the new camera and new lens and snapped a few shots there. Note that it appears I am…