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We've gotten two calls in the last couple days from people claiming that we called them, and quite irate about it. What they didn't realize is that you can't really trust the caller-id values displayed on your phone - they are trivially forgeable by anyone, and I think relatively hard to... (More)

Posted by jondaley on February 11, 2009, 11:32 pm
Category: Reviews

$0.01 Credit Card Charge and Cancelling a Card Due to "Low Use"

Mydad had mentioned a news article story a month ago about some company charging a whole bunch of people $.01 each on their credit cards; presumably with the thought that no one would complain about a $.01 charge, and since they charged a million people or something, they made a bunch of... (More)

Posted by jondaley on January 26, 2009, 3:55 pm
Category: Reviews

Switzerland: Back to the USA (12 Jan 2009)

Very early in the morning, we got up, had breakfast and said goodbye to Sarah (all the other Dutlers said goodbye the night before.) Janet and Stephan came to pick us up and we crammed all ourselves and stuff into the mini-minivan. They took us to the Basel airport where we spent quite... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 18, 2009, 10:22 am
Category: Reviews

Health Insurance Issues for the Self-Employed

I thought I had written about this before, but I can't find it, so maybe we just talked about it over email. We purchased health insurance through Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield when I first started working for myself. It was the same plan as we had when workingfor Dynavox, though... (More)

Posted by jondaley on January 18, 2009, 9:35 am
Category: Reviews

Switzerland: The Last Day (11 Jan 2009)

We missed our intended tram for the morning, but the next one got us to church just barely in time. In fact, we met the Dutlers coming up the sidewalk. It was nice to visit Janet's church. This is, in fact, where she met Stephan. Jon told Jonathan he could go to Sunday School if he... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 18, 2009, 8:43 am
Category: General

Switzerland: Zurich (09 Jan 2009)

Once again we took an early tram to thetrain station, meeting Janet and Stephan there. Then we rode to Zurich and the first thing we did was walk to the historical museum. We saw ancient gold, medieval and more modern weapons, and costumes, elaborately panelled rooms, banners and medals from... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 17, 2009, 3:58 pm
Category: General

Switzerland: Germany and France (07 Jan 2009)

We intended to get up early and go back to Richard's to finish vacuuming and do a wash (Wednesday - Mittwoch - being his assigned wash day.) However, we spent a while eating breakfast with our hosts. It turned out that Richard had come home late the night before so he had started a wash first... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 17, 2009, 9:09 am
Category: General

Switzerland: Sickness, Hymn Sing, Lucerne (04-05 Jan 2009)

The Swiss prefer to drink their water with carbonation and it's hard to find bottled water without it. The tap water in most places (including the public outdoor fountains) is perfcetly drinkable but you have to ask for it. At the castle, they served us the "with gas" kind most of the... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 17, 2009, 8:30 am
Category: General

Switzerland: Wedding! (03 Jan 2009)

I woke up around 6am (with alarm) and got ready to go to Valda's to get my hair done. I got myself some yummy muesli with yogurt and sat down in the living room to eat, only to see the clock and note that I needed to leave in only a few minutes. I gulped a few more mouthfuls as I put my... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 17, 2009, 7:57 am
Category: General

Switzerland: Meetings and Rehearsals (01-02 Jan 2009)

Waking up at the above mentioned 2pm left us just enough time to get ready to go to the Renaissance Dance Rehearsal at 3:00. Janet wanted us to dance to medieval music at the wedding reception and thought it would be a good idea for us to practice ahead of time. About 20 of us were there,... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 14, 2009, 1:20 pm
Category: General

Switzerland: En Route (30-31 Dec 2008)

Barbara drove us, with our two big suitcases, three backpacks, computer suitcase, and small/hand bag, to the bus station in Concord. We got there just in time to buy tickets and get on the bus that took us to Logan airport in Boston. Check-in went smoothly and our biggest suitcase was just... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 13, 2009, 5:35 pm
Category: General

Notes

I am now on vacation and so can spare a few minutes to type up the notes that have been hanging in my pocket for a while. I will apologize to my readers for making them wait so long, but I will not feel guilty. Blogging is something most mothers in the history of the world did not have on... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 24, 2008, 1:42 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Eggs Presnor

This is the traditional Christmas breakfast in the Daley family. It is too good to only have once a year, and I often make it for potluck brunches. No one knows where the "Presnor" part comes from. The original recipe from Jon's mom has plain monterey jack cheese, but the pepper jack gives... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 22, 2008, 5:15 pm
Category: General

Nothing Guaranteed but Death and Taxes

And we just discovered that there is yet another Pittsburgh tax we didn't know about, and maybe even a couple different taxes we may or may not owe. I called Pittsburgh to cancel our estimated tax forms that they have continued to mail to us, even though we now live outside of Pittsburgh. ... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 18, 2008, 11:33 am
Category: Reviews

The Sort of Sound You Don't Want to Hear

I have heard people debate about whether not being able to hear a child playing is worse than hearing one that is really loud. I can tell you that I would take either one over waking up to sounds of water splashing around. We were out late last night at the Moore's Art Party, and... (More)

Posted by jondaley on November 15, 2008, 10:37 am
Category: Jonathan