Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2008
I’m moving soon. Today I called about a rental in the paper. “2 bed, front porch, large patio, with addition, fenced yard” Awesome!
Asked if she would allow a dog. She hemmed and hawed about how she put in new carpet last year but so long as I took care of it.
I [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2008
I love livejournal. It’s my warm and fuzzy blanket. I’ve had one since 2002. Lita was 2 then, Anya was an egg waiting to bust free, I can look back and watch my kids grow up on it. There’s many a joy and heartache in that blog.
But work is going with [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 24th, 2008
I pay for a 512 kb connection. I top out at 20 kb/s. The above is more likely. Sometimes when I’m trying to work it dips below 2 kb/s and I can’t even load webpages. I’ve had to bow out of work skype conference calls because my connection was so poor. [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 19th, 2008
Managing Online Forums: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Run Successful Community Discussion Boards
Just Finished:
How To Run A Traditional Jewish Household
Recently Purchased:
Ask a Ninja Presents The Ninja Handbook: This Book Looks Forward to Killing You Soon
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 18th, 2008
Almost but not quite the trip we took:
Hermosa to Keystone
Keystone to Cosmos Mystery Area
Cosmos to Bear Country USA
Bear Country to Rapid City - Art Alley, Shopping, drove around trying to find the ducks at Canyon Lake, had super yummy Korean food.
PASSED OUT - No swimming, no real supper, so tired just fell down in bed [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2008
In 24 hours I should be on the road heading towards 2 days of fun. Of course with kids and dog you never can be too sure about the time you leave.
Did the pre-vacation laundry. Which all too quickly will be replaced by the post-vacation laundry. Pre-vacation cleaning the cat box, followed [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 13th, 2008
What do you do when a user you didn’t know dies?
On one of the communities I recently took over a member died after a long battle with cancer. I’m the new kid there, I didn’t know him, but I’m also the company’s representative. I feel like I should say something, but I also [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 10th, 2008
Hermosa to Keystone
Keystone to Cosmos Mystery Area
Cosmos to Bear Country USA
Bear Country to Reptile Gardens
Reptile Gardens to Rapid City - Art Alley, Shopping, maybe Journey Museum
Sleepy Time
Rapid City to Hill City - 1880 Train
Hill City to Sylvan Lake, Needles, Legion Lake, Wildlife Loop
Rankin Ridge Lookout to Hot Springs
Too much for 2 [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 7th, 2008
The growth of ambient intimacy can seem like modern narcissism taken to a new, supermetabolic extreme — the ultimate expression of a generation of celebrity-addled youths who believe their every utterance is fascinating and ought to be shared with the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html?_r=1&ei=5070&oref=slogin
And there sums up my job.
The more reading and researching I do on my job’s [...]
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