for everyone in the hampton roads area unsatisfied with your cell phone coverage:

i am not normally one to do this, but i would like to wholeheartedly recommend a service to you. i’ve been looking at cell phones for the past few months, and i have found a plan that is absolutely amazing. it’s the SunCom Unplan. i know, it’s corny. but it works. $49.95 gets you unlimited minutes all around hampton roads. i’ve used this from york county out to suffolk, in norfolk, chesapeake, va beach, lee hall, hampton, everywhere.

some people have asked me if it’s really unlimited minutes. well, i can say that it really really is. let me give you the details of my last bill:

yup. that’s right. only $2.60 for everything, and that’s just to be able to send emails from my phone. did you see my minutes, though? that’s right. over ten thousand minutes. yup. i’m very impressed.and great coverage & service and all that. i highly recommend them. visit suncom and sign up, if you’re in the market for a cell phone. oh, and just to be on the level, if you give them me as a reference, i get $35, and you get $35. cool beans, huh?

sorry about the advertisement, i just couldn’t resist sharing about this. i’m amazed. simply amazed.

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Aerospace engineers are obsessed with redundancy and backup systems. Russell knows that metals give, that gears slip, and that motors overheat, and he plans for that in his designs. Not everything has to go right in order for it to work. And that way of thinking shows up in every aspect of his life, including how he achieves his ambitions. Which I took as Extractable Lesson number two: His backup plans do not lead to different destinations, such as “If I don’t get into business school, I’ll be a schoolteacher.” His backup plans lead to the same destination, and if he has to arrive late by a back road, that’s fine.

this excerpt from What Should I Do With My Life really struck me. i feel like the person before this example, constantly going from one thing to another, never getting closer to my goal. argh. i’m rather frustrated. but this has increased my resolve to finish my degree (8+ years in the making so far) and to settle down and focus. parents have been telling me to focus for some 13 years. maybe i should start listening to them.

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