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Archives for July 2008
More links to friends…
July 28, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Just a quick word that I added blog links to a few friends. Coach Bos, Billy Bosworth, is my friend and the general manager for the SQL Server business unit at Quest Software. Heather Eichman is a long time friend and product marketing manager for EMEA and some of our best known products. She's now living in the UK and having some crazy European adventures. Finally, Andy Grant and Christian Hasker, two blokes who manage the rest of our SQL Server product marketing, are also pals newly added to the list. Check 'em out! … [Read more...]
Our New Family Member
July 22, 2008 by 1 Comment
Emily has been pining for a kitten of her own for years. I'd always disallowed cats because I'm very allergic cats. Plus, Dylan and Anna are both allergic to cats and have asthma. Owning a cat for them can be plain dangerous for their health. However, their mom has allowed Dylan to have a cat for almost the entire year and he and Anna seems to be doing quite well.Based on their experiences and the fact that I extracted a promises from Emily to wash the cat weekly and keep its litter box very clean, I decided to go ahead and let her take advantage of a new opportunity...We'd had a semi-feral … [Read more...]
Government Accountability
July 21, 2008 by 1 Comment
Once again, I'm left wondering if the current administration will keep any of its promises. At the time of the Valerie Plame incident, President Bush vowed to send to jail anyone on his staff who might've leaked the information about the high-level CIA agent. As soon as the trail towards members of his own inner circle, that promise went out the door. Now, I'm not saying that any specific person is guilty. But I believe that the justice system must and should be allowed to complete a full investigation. This website is a lot more strident than what I normally go for. But after I watched … [Read more...]
Happy 15th Birthday Emily!
July 16, 2008 by Leave a Comment
We spent a quite day at home with the family for Emily's 15th birthday.She got gifts from me and each of the kids: an iPod Classic 80gb, an iPod Home radio & clock (from Dylan), mandolin music books (from Katie & Anna), and a nice Canon Rebel XT digital camera with a 2gb memory card.I think that she was most happy to get the camera. She's worn that camera around more often than she wears her purse out of the house.She also got some nice cards from her grandparents - my mom and stepdad from California and from my dad and stepmom in Alabama.She's also really excited that she can get her … [Read more...]
It’s the Economy Stupid
July 16, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Sometimes all a prophet has to do is speak truth to power. The Old Testament showed examples of that over and over again. Most of the minor propehts of the Old Testament simply spoke out against the people in power who thought they were righteous while oppressing the poor. For some reason, this Daily Show video had me laughing and thinking about the Old Testament:http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=176740&title=headlines-its-the-stupid-economy Once again, this show really has stolen the initiative from real media outlets. Why doesn't real media do something, anything, … [Read more...]
She was fun while she lasted
July 8, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Our beloved little hamster, Pippy Loo, reached the end of her little hamster lifespan. She was actually only middle-aged for a hamster, but evidently got an infection in her lungs that did her in in very short order. She was playing and running on her wheel on Sunday night and breathing her last by Tuesday. Very sad, but the kids and I had a little burial for her that seemed to give everone some good closure. And everyone got over the loss pretty quickly when I promised a new hamster. Pippy Loo was very tame and a real joy (as much as a hamster can be). Here's hoping that our new hamster … [Read more...]
