Monthly Archives: January 2007

A feeling of great satisfaction

I didn’t go into DC to see Chappy and his wife after all. I woke up with a nasty little cold settled into my chest. Given that it’s about 20 degrees F with the wind chill I think it’s best … Continue reading

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Five Favorite Who Songs

What can I say about The Who that’s worth saying? You know who they are. Heck, you’ve probably seen Roger Daltrey on Highlander: The Series. They once held the record for loudest band ever recorded. And they may be responsible … Continue reading

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Five Favorite Rolling Stones Songs

My last couple of posts have been kind of unhappy, To turn that trend around here are my current five favorite Rolling Stones songs (in no particular order): Street Fighting Man (Beggar’s Banquet) — Listen to that intro, groove on … Continue reading

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The Universe is spared — for now.

It looks like the immediate blotting followed by a cold water wash on the gentle cycle worked to get the coffee out of my jacket. The Universe is thereby spared a brutal end by my hand. And my friend Chappy, … Continue reading

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So that’s the kind of days it’s going to be, is it?

When getting out of the car at work this morning  I placed my coffee on the roof, as usual. As I’m halfway out of the door it slides down the roof, lands between my shoulder blades, the lid comes off, … Continue reading

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The New Bachelorism, Day 1

Misty and the boys made it to Arkansas without any serious problems. They were going to spend the night and visit in the morning before driving on down to Blanchard/Shreveport. In their absence I went to a Fire Commission meeting … Continue reading

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Does this mean that I don’t have to go to Milwaukee?

This is not the kind of thing you like to see when trying to book a flight for travel on U.S. Government business: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error ’80004005′ [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access … Continue reading

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Admin Note: Pivot entries back online and tag cloud fixed

I noted while checking the server logs that there were lots of requests for blog entries I wrote using Pivot. Those entries are now available. I’ve also fixed the tag cloud that I broke when moving from the old host … Continue reading

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Who’s the coolest dad on Midwood Lane?

Ellery’s birthday party is tomorrow. Being the coolest dad on Midwood Lane who is a member of the Bowie Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, Inc. I’ve arranged for a visit from the 1964 Brockway. Photo courtesy of BVFD. Ellery … Continue reading

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Book Meme Stolen from Paca

Here’s the way it works: Find the nearest book. Name the book & the author. Turn to page 123. Go to the fifth sentence on the page. Copy out the next three sentences and post to your blog. Tag three … Continue reading

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