Reporting at its Best

I've never been a fan of the Gwinnett Daily Post, which is a free paper that comes with our Charter service. However, this article in today's paper totally makes up for all of their wasted ink...


Louisiana town gets rid of telephone number of the beast

Reeves, LA--It's taken 40 years, but this southwest Louisiana village no longer bears the mark of the beast.

Beginning this month, residents and businesses can change the first three digits of their phone numbers from 666--depicted in the Bible as the mark of the beast--to 749.

Mayor Scott Walker said one of the biggest hangups he's had both as mayor and as a lifelong resident of Reeves, is the reaction he's gotten when giving people his number. He describes it as a pause, followed by the admonition: "Y'all have to change that."

"That's what we're trying to get rid of," he said. "This is a good town.

Another first...

6. Joined the world of YouTube (and yes, DolanExpressions is my screen name...everything under the sun was taken).

Another Distraction

I am clearly grasping for distractions today if I am creating a blog. Richard will be so proud when he sees what I've done! I may send out a link to this lame-o blog, but I'm not sure yet. I don't feel particularly pithy in my comments, but I guess a girl's gotta start somewhere. Here are the technology updates to my life in 2007:

1. Posted a webphoto album
2. Installed a scanner on my laptop (and learned how to e-fax)
3. Using my laptop for something other than email
4. Started a blog
5. Bought a new phone (just a Samsung, don't get excited)

I guess that captures it, but these are giant leaps for me. Let's see, Richard's technology updates include...well, I won't even go there :)