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  • Car buying is annoying.

    Recently, the lease on my trusty Passat ran out.  I tried hard to get another VW, but it didn’t pan out.  There’s no 2011 Passat (new for 2012), couldn’t get to the payment I wanted on a Jetta Sportwagen, and I wasn’t very excited by the new Jetta sedan (not up to snuff if you’re…

  • Komen wrap up.

    Just a quick note to thank everyone again for their supremely generous to donations to Komen Breast Cancer Research on behalf of my Mom.  I’m very pleased to report that in total $897 was raised, far surpassing the goal of $500.  I’m very blessed to have friends and family that are willing to help.  Hopefully,…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-29

    My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Pink Floyd (31), Beastie Boys (30) & Johnny Cash (16) #tweeklyfm http://bit.ly/dOtiLV # Crazy busy weekend. Spent. Ready to head back to work for relative quiet. # getting caught up on a few things before the wee one awakens. # Over 25 percent of the performers from Wrestlemania VII have…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-22

    My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Paul Simon (37), The Black Keys (22) & Michael Jackson (18) #tweeklyfm http://bit.ly/dOtiLV # turns out if you curse long and loud enough, you can port foward mysql connection to a virtualbox virtual machine. # Das Keyboard: The mechanical keyboard that clicks http://bit.ly/lJOwBX # turns out nfs is the most…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-15

    My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Roger Waters (39), Rob Zombie (24) & Paul Simon (20) #tweeklyfm http://bit.ly/dOtiLV # Spent from a crazy busy weekend. Great visit from the fam for mothers day. The jingles loved all the attention. # is tweeting from the me menu in ubuntu working again? # tweeting works! but default text…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-08

    My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Emmylou Harris (30), Stevie Wonder (28) & Amos Lee (25) #tweeklyfm http://bit.ly/dOtiLV # wee one in nappy land. fairly uneventful morning. let's see if I can make a dent in some paper work. # oh fun, digging out service records for the about to be returned car. don't know if…