Taking Submissions

It's time to follow-up on a couple of previous entries:

... First, Daryl pointed me to this article before I left for my trip. It pertains to the discontinuation of Subway's Sub Club program that I mentioned previously. It looks like the problem of counterfeiting the cards really is pretty widespread, and in general, there are also growing problems with fake grocery store coupons. I can understand the feeling of pride or "beating the system" that a counterfeiter might have when one of their phony creations makes it through at the checkout line, but for Pete's sake, people, you're hurting everyone else. If you have any Sub Club stamps left, you can still redeem them through portions of the summer at the Subways I've seen. (Thanks again, Daryl, for the heads-up, even though I didn't get a chance to talk about it until now.)

... Second, I had an unexpected AIM conversation with the creator of one of the VT steam tunnel exploration sites tonight. You might remember when I posted about this very topic in March. Well, he has updated his site into the recently-renovated Explore VT urban exploration website, and it's really well done. You can find all the original steam tunnel information, interesting background on some of the campus buildings, original pictures taken from various escapades, and documents pertaining to VT that were requested via the Freedom of Information Act. Fascinating stuff. He's got a blog there, as well, which is worth checking out. What's more, he's currently in the position to be making more updates in the next few years, so check it out if you're interested.