In other news...

McCain seems to have failed to gain any ground over Obama in Friday's debate. That Obama was able to hold his own against McCain on foreign policy, the area in which McCain is supposedly strong, is a good thing.

Sadly, during the debate, I saw bits and pieces of the McCain I used to like. I'd still be willing to consider him as a candidate, but for his desire to keep us in Iraq, and his selection of Palin as a running mate.

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I refinanced the house last month, cutting $400 off my monthly expenses. Woot! What with the layoff, lowering the mortgage is a good thing. I also switched my DSL from Earthlink to AT&T, and haven't experienced a single failure. Earthlink was DREADFUL. For almost six years, my connection would drop multiple times a day. And for the several days before I finally switched, I was seeing 2,000 ms pings (for those who don't know what that means, it means I may as well have been passing notes on paper, than communicating electronically).

The switch to AT&T also had the benefit of cutting that expense by $20 a month, and increased my download speed by almost 4x.

Did I mention Earthlink was crap?

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Toby's doing well, though he seems terminally bored. Even when I manage to get him playing, he loses interest in that after only a couple of minutes. He's fine, per his last physical a few months ago, so I'm not sure what's going on. He just seems to prefer to lie around the house. He used to bring me toys all the time, to play fetch or tug. He's only six -- I wouldn't have expected him to lose interest in playing just yet.