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Category: Current Events
Title: The Largest Tax Increase in American History - Oh Noes!
Date: 6/26/2009 5:43:45 PM

I was reading this article today and noticed this bit of wisdom:

This ...


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Category: Work
Title: Interview Promises, Kept???
Date: 6/25/2009 6:12:51 PM

I don't know if its' just me, but in my experience interviews have been full of grandiose, over-the top promises of all the exciting things I'd be doing in this position.  Typically, ...


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Category: Pets
Title: Gimpy Dog Tries Patience
Date: 6/19/2009 12:01:58 PM

One of our dogs (Jasmine) has had a limping problem for the past two weeks or so.  She can still get around plenty fast, but she does it like a tripod, keeping her back-left leg lifted.  ...


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Category: Work
Title: So Long, Informix!
Date: 5/29/2009 10:07:54 AM

We finally pulled the plug on Informix this week.  Its' a bittersweet day for me.  On the one hand, we will be fully free of that awful database.  Good times.  On the ...


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Category: Humor
Title: Direct Marketing Fail - MLB Style
Date: 4/21/2009 10:51:16 PM

I got this gem today in the mail:


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Category: Economics
Title: On the Goodness of Greed
Date: 4/3/2009 7:13:45 PM

I saw a post over at Chris Janc's blog today that got me thinking.  Having spent most of my time in college studying ...


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Category: Fun Times
Title: Another Win for Beach Weddings
Date: 3/25/2009 1:38:16 PM

I know I haven't posted about it yet (been busy stomping on our old DBMS's throat) ...


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Category: SQL Server
Title: Informix - the Longest Goodbye
Date: 3/19/2009 10:45:01 PM

I'm hoping tomorrow to sign off on the second to last nail in the coffin for Informix at work (I swear it will not die!).  I won't know for sure until 3:35 am or so, but I'm confident.  ...


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Category: Brewing
Title: Home Brew #7 - Maroon Ale
Date: 3/2/2009 5:35:20 PM

For beer #7, we decided to make an Irish red for St. Patrick's day.  We made this one at Eddie's house instead of mine, and used spring water from Wawa instead of the fancy stuff from ...


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Category: Insane Ramblings
Title: Ghost Scout Cookies
Date: 2/27/2009 11:53:42 AM

Since I'm finally done the super hard part of work/school (for a whopping three days, but what a glorious three days they will be) I'm getting caught up on all the stuff I missed in my google ...


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