Archive | February, 2007

06 February 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Sprint Cell Phone Plan

I am currently paying $5.95/month to have my Sprint plan put on hold. However, there is a limit of 6 months with this option. In April, I either need to reinstate the plan and pay $47/month ($40 + taxes) or cancel for a fee of $175. If I didn’t have such a great plan, I [...]

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05 February 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Missing Vanesa

While there are only 6 days to go and 18 in total, to say I miss Vanesa would be an understatement. I’m not depressed, but I’m not myself either. I’ve never felt anything like this before, and I guess that’s a good thing. If I weren’t missing her, there would be a problem. What [...]

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05 February 2007 ~ 1 Comment

SuperBowl XLI

Paul went to great lengths to hook up my Slingbox in the hopes that I’d be able to watch the SuperBowl over the Internet. All his work was to to avail though because my connection wasn’t fast enough to support video streaming. Thanks anyway Paul! As a result, I watched the game on ESPN Vivo. [...]

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04 February 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Brrr…That’s cold!

I just checked the Forum’s website. -25 degrees for a low. That’s nuts! Today in Buenos Aires it reached a high of 97 degrees and I spent most of the day inside with the AC. My mind still cannot comprehend that I’m in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s February, and I need to use sunblock. It [...]

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03 February 2007 ~ 0 Comments

ATMs & Payments

ATMs are everywhere here, but sometimes cash is a different story. While credit cards are widely accepted, many more cash transactions take place than in the first world. Welcome to a country rebounding from an economic crisis and where credit is almost impossible to obtain. Time things wrong and it may be impossible to get [...]

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