If I lost my job today

I was browsing CNNMoney today looking for a recap of this week's disastrous events on Wall Street when I stumbled on this poll:

I can't say I was surprised by the question, I often ask it myself and I wasn't exactly shocked that 6 out of 10 people have enough savings for 6 months or less. What I really find appalling is that these results are coming from people who read CNNMoney. I think at the very least the 35% who answered "I don't have any savings" would better spend their time rethinking a thing or two about their financial lives rather than visiting the business section of CNN.

I always have at least one year before you ask.

It's Officially Summer in New York

First concert of the New York Philharmonic in Central Park. On the program:

Shostakovich: Festive Overture

Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4, Italian

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

Sousa: Washington Post March, Liberty Bell & The Stars and Stripes Forever.

Encore: Purple Haze.

Time Warner Cable sucks

Today as I'm trying to pull an article off Usenet, I get the following message:

I go to the FAQs and man was that helpful:

I cannot access Road Runner Newsgroups or download articles?
As of June 23, 2008, Road Runner will no longer offer Newsgroups, however users can subscribe on their own to third party News providers.

Why is Road Runner discontinuing their own Newsgroups service?
Due to low subscriber usage Road Runner has decided to discontinue Newsgroups service as of June 23, 2008.

If I still want a news service, what can I do?
Subscribers can choose to use a third party service and purchase on their own through that service. There are many providers with offerings, as an example here are several providers:

* Easynews
* Newshosting
* UsenetServer

When is the last day that Road Runner Newsgroups service will be available?
Newsgroups service will cease on June 23, 2008.

How about being notified BEFORE the service is terminated?

New Squadron Record

I'm going to give it my best shot but I don't think I can be that fast, which might explain why I get my ass served by 12 years old when I play FPS online.