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GW Bush Address America’s Latest Threat: Zombies! August 6, 2007 10:35 pm

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August Happiness Challenge August 6, 2007 9:12 pm

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Being a Boy Scout leader makes me happy. I enjoy helping some young men define their character and learn new skills. Tonight I demonstrated a Whisper Lite cooking stove and engaged the scouts in a discussion about backpack cooking. Two other leaders demonstrated different types of stoves. The boys mostly enjoyed seeing fire.

August Happiness Challenge

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August 6, 2007 7:15 pm

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New stuff 2 share. Time to begin again. 4 more, visit www.samantha48616e61.com - HG

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I’m not that old August 6, 2007 2:05 pm

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I resent statements like:

To anyone over the age of 25 Twitter is inherently abhorrent — author Clive Thompson called it “blogging taken to a supremely banal extreme” in a recent Wired article… [Source]

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Do as I say… August 6, 2007 1:58 pm

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What is that mantra I repeat to the children? Oh yes. "Sometimes you just have to do something even if you don’t want to. Just get it over with." I have a task ahead that scares me and I can delay it no longer. It now has the highest priority. Breathe. Move on!

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Of Being Dad August 6, 2007 1:07 pm

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I love being a dad! You get say great things like:

If you are holding your penis in your hand, you’d better be thinking about what you are doing!

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I guess I can be bought for $2500 August 6, 2007 10:42 am

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Over at Ashwin’s blog, you will find one crazy blog owner!! You can win $2500!! To enter just copy this text and paste it in your blog!! But hurry, this competition will not last long! So get posting!

Thanks Mark! And I haven’t forgotten about the Google Page Rank Train $50 contest.

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Don’t sweat it friend August 6, 2007 10:02 am

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It is very interesting to be doing nothing more than typing on a keyboard but to have so much sweat pouring from your body that you fear being electrocuted by your computer.

A 20-year-old student in Shanghai, China, was electrocuted Monday when he opened his computer’s external case while the machine was still on…apparently opened his PC’s case to prevent its central processing chip from overheating — because he didn’t want to turn his air conditioning on. [Source]

Thank goodness all my cases are already open! I kid you not! I am sweating more sitting still than I normally do during a tough workout at the gym or climbing a mountain and we haven’t reached anywhere near peak temperatures today. My project notes are barely readable.

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ISDHIGM Disease August 6, 2007 9:25 am

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I feel like a subject in some psychology experiment. "Let’s see what happens when we make his major project over its deadline, then turn the temperature inside the house to 100°F, and take away all his money (ie. Welcome back to school)."

Today the outside will reach 95°F. Sounds better in Celsius because it’s only 35°C. The inside will either reach equilibrium at 95°F or go 5 to 10 degrees higher. The AC guy is supposed to be here with an estimate this morning and then I’ll run it to the insurance company who is supposed to write me a check on the spot which I will turn around and give to the AC guy who will then purchase the unit and schedule a time to install it provided I have cleaned out the garage enough for him to be able to do his job.

So today I have to make sure that the client on the overrun project has accepted the work or is requesting any bug fixes/last minute changes. I have to make sure that the client who’s project has a late start due to the overrun project has not given the work to another developer. I have to make sure that another client’s designer has made the necessary changes to wrap up that project. I have to create documentation and a plan of completion for another project. I have to talk to another client about scheduling their work. I have to get caught up on my own paperwork including balancing the books. I have to clean the garage. Want to make a jig to finish the repair on the Jeep (and get the battery charged or replaced). Get Noah to karate. Cook dinner. Get Noah to scouts. And do something with my evening.

Update: Newscoma, the famous Newscoma, explains ISDHIGM Disease.

Update: Oh Hell.

A heat wave will grip the Tennessee Valley this week, with temperatures climbing into the mid-90s and heat index rising between 100 and 105 degrees.

The National Weather Service issued a special statement this morning, urging caution when outdoors.
[Source]

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