Monthly Archives: January 2004

It’s No Cakewalk

I can’t say enough how hard it is to do what we do. I don’t say that to puff myself up&emdash;”Look at me! My job’s really hard!”&emdash;but more to dispel the notion that what we do is simple and routine. … Continue reading

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I Am Gellin’ Like A Felon

I’m like Magellan, I’m so gellin’. Actually, I really am. I’m disappointed to admit that marketing worked on me … I picked the Dr. Scholl’s gel insoles because I’d seen ‘em advertised, and I hadn’t seen the others. That makes … Continue reading

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I Interviewed Derek

It was lots of fun to talk to the D-Man, as always. To hear the interview, check it out via MP3 [25 min, 17.5MB].

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… and so it is with space.

Stop Design talks about the ripple effect: In grade school, many of us would have loved to see a “95%” scribbled across the top of our test papers or filled into a report card. A number that high could produce … Continue reading

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Design Success

I pretty successfully made Carla’s new site look like her old site. There are some differences, sure, but it’s a transliteration, not a transposition. I have David‘s left to do. [That ignores a need to get the Blogger importer figured … Continue reading

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:sigh:

I reckon I’m going to have to go back to being a hyper-organized, anal-retentive engineer who scores points on his co-workers when they haven’t done their jobs. Trying to be the nice, laid-back guy who takes everyone at their word … Continue reading

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CHA Hockey SAVED!

Glove save, and a beauty. I was worried, but we’re stayin’ alive. Thank you, God. [Yes, I’ve actually prayed about that a couple times … the alternatives included UAH possibly dropping to club, which would wreck a bunch of kids’ … Continue reading

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Yay, Becka!

Conflatulations!

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Hugging Friends

I’m proud of you, Amy. I realized the last time I saw Amy&emdash;over at Casa de Granades a week ago&emdash;that I hadn’t hugged her in, well, forever. She was seated at Misty’s chair in the office while Stephen and Jeff … Continue reading

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Reason #475 Why I Hate CCM

Andrew Thomas is exactly right: Read: “We wanted to release this to piggyback on the media hype surrounding Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, but we don’t want you to think we did.” Feh.

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You Cannot Handle Pressure

Well, for the third time in two weeks, we’ve had the water shut off by our apartment complex to have repairs on it. This follows coming home about three weeks ago and having zero water pressure at all. These things … Continue reading

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I’m in Such a State

Via David the “ruminator”, a meme: Bold = been to Italics = lived in 1) Alabama, 2) Alaska, 3) Arizona, 4) Arkansas, 5) California, 6) Colorado, 7) Connecticut, Delaware, 9) Florida, 10) Georgia, 11) Hawaii, 12) Idaho, 13) Illinois, 14) … Continue reading

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A Critical Examination of Calvinism

Found: A Critical Examination of Calvinism. I’m posting this so I’ll take the time to look at it later. I dearly love my Calvinist brethren, but I can’t believe that they believe that God deems some to go to Hell.

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Happy Belated Birthday, WordPress!

It’s funny how things get started sometimes, but WordPress is now a few days past it’s first birthday. From humble beginnings to 1.0.1 in exactly a year. Congratulations to the dev team.

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Fun in New Hampshire

My guy Mike Escutia lives in New Hampshire, so he decided he’d cover Primary Day in New Hampshire from his own perspective. It’s a good read, and I’m sure he’d take Q&A for any of you who are interested. This … Continue reading

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