October 2004 - Posts
- Day 2: Game Day
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I awoke Sunday to a beautiful blue Maryland sky. It was certain to be a perfect day for going to see a football game! Woohoo! After spending a leisurely morning with the Courtland family and friends, Bob and I left for the game just after 11:00. Given
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- Day 1: A Typical Travel Day
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So I get to the airport bright and early, check in and score exit-row seats for both flights, go through security, grab a bagel, and find a nice place to settle in and wait an hour to board my Spokane to Minneapolis flight. A short time later came word
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- It's Just About Time to Go...
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It's almost time to start closing up shop and finish getting things in order to leave on my Packer weekend in D.C. in a few hours. Look out for a possible update or two while I'm there. It's gonna be a short trip so don't expect anything
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- Mel Gibson on the Presidential Race
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The other day I stumbled across the end of a Diane Sawyer interview with Mel Gibson on Dateline . I beleive it was a repeat since it dealt primarily on “The Passion of The Christ“ . I was taken aback by his passion and honesty. But later she
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- Politics and the Truth
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Back in the early 90's I began to consciously avoid discussion of politics or religion with anyone but my closest family or friends. Quite simply those two topics are far too volatile, and many are way too passionate about their beliefs one way or
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- Update: I've Gone Too Long Between Blog Entries
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I didn't realize how cathartic the blogging experience was until I couldn't do it regularly. After averaging nearly 30 posts per month for the past few months, I'll be lucky to finish 10 this month. Time for an update... The bottom line is
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- Evidently I'm a GIF File
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Should I be pround, or insulted? You tell me. I can't attest to its accuracy, the test was sort of interesting. It was just 16 off-the-wall questions. Take it yourself and see what file extension you are.
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- T-SQL Code: fn_SplitString
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Earlier in the week while dealing with a big SQL project for work , I had to come up with a way to have SQL parse a big list of keywords and break them into a table with each keyword occupying a single row. This way I could pass that table to a WHERE
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- It Don't Mean S**t
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Warning: This blog entry contains a word that NASCAR and FCC officials consider to be grossly offensive to the moral sensibilities of our fragile US citizenry. Read it at the risk of hearing a contrary opinion. Immediately after Dale Earnhardt Jr. won
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- The New Fifty Dollar Bill -- Now in Color!
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I'm not quite sure what's cooler, the new fifty dollar bill , or the fact that I heard about it first from a blog .
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- The NFL Helmet PC
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OK, sure, I admit it. I'm a geek (The first step is admiting it, right?). But make no mistake -- first and foremost, I'm a Packer fan. Now that being the case, what would make more sense than having a high-performance small-format PC topped with
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- An Interesting Take on Taxes...
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It's always bothered me that the press continuously talks about the top 1% of wage earners when talking about taxes. I wish they speak in more practicle terms. Today I found a web animation that speaks to this point . It presents a broader picture.
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- Mount St. Helens Stirs
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Mount St. Helens burps up some steam and ash St. Helens stirred to life today, but it was really more like that burp I talked about than a full-blown eruption. I was a little surprised during lunch today that the web cam was showing a plume, and the seismograph
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