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Gift of a lifetime…
The past week or so has been an amazing series of events. I have been toying with the idea of returning to school for a while. Last Friday morning, I met with some folks to discuss the possibility of going back to school for a graduate degree. I had an excellent conversation and decided I would pursue an MBA. Shortly …
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Speakman Anystream 10-Jet
At long last, I have found what appears to be the perfect showerhead for a standard type shower. It has taken us about 4 weeks, 3 different showerheads, 1 trip from the plumber, and countless explitives, but it arrived on Friday courtesy of Amazon (have I said how much I love that place?). The model, is the Speakman Anystream 10-Jet …
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Seeking Greatness Part II
After my conversation with Cindy while on vacation, I started to lose faith in the possibility of greatness in our our leadership of our country. I had the opportunity while sitting in the spa to read “Promises to Keep” by Joe Biden. Many of you know me not to be much of a reader. I have to say, I couldn’t …
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Seeking Greatness…
Greetings from the Canadian Rockies. Cindy and I are on our anniversary vacation in Banff, AB. While up here, the primary source of news is the BBC, which provides a very different view on the US (and the world) then our local news stations (or even CNN). This difference got us talking about politics. I mentioned to Cindy that I …
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DC Bound…
Well I am headed to DC in the morning. I need to do some work in the office during the afternoon then I am headed to Potomac, MD for a week long Cisco ASA training course. I am looking forward to it. Cindy will be handling the clean house and no doubt it will be cleaner without me there. This …
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Saying goodbye to a friend…
Yesterday Cindy and I had to make the decision to put Storm down. She has had some health issues for the last year or so, but had seemed to make some forward progress in the last couple of months. On Monday night she starting having a very hard time breathing. Tuesday morning when it was time for breakfast, she didn’t …
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Remembering the moments…
It was about this time 7 years ago, someone came running into a meeting at WASA to let the general manager know what was happening. We were all in shock, still are to some degree. Take a minute today and remember all of those who died that Tuesday morning and those who are dying today in our armed forces.
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Finally, the arrival of Wii Fit
I received a txt page notification from Amazon on Wednesday, the Wii Fit was FINALLY in stock. I quickly replied with “Buy It” and our Wii Fit was on the way. It showed up on Friday and we put it together on Saturday. I have to say this is a pretty interesting device. Trying to find someone who had it …
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Geek Alert – Drobo
While I was in DC this week a new toy showed up. The Drobo is a little data robot that provides you with storage for your movies, music, pictures, or whatever you want to store. Cali Lewis over at GeekBrief goes on and on about these things. A friend from IU, Scott, bought one a couple weeks ago and liked …
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