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  <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:57:26 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>A new additon to the extended CEXC family</title>
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  <description>In Australia a little girl was born to Kathy and Scottie Morris.&lt;br /&gt;Charlotte &quot;Charlie&quot; Erin was born at 10:45pm yesterday. Little Charlie is 8lb 3oz and is 52cm long.  Mother and Daughter are doing well.  Dad is chomping at the bit to fly home from here to see the baby.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HUZZAH for the Morris family!!!</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:06:29 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>I/O Memory Error</title>
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  <description>Write me and tell me how we met (or your earliest memory of me). Short or long a story as you like. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&apos;s it!</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:16:23 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Mid October update</title>
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  <description>Well on the nhl front my Devils are playing like spanked-monkey-poop!!!  but Puck-eaters Phlyers are doing very well good on ya!!&lt;br /&gt;the last week has seen a multitude of changes.  &lt;br /&gt;1. got told by the OIC that &apos;I&apos;m too important to leave&apos; that&apos;s a nice compliment but what it really means is that i&apos;ve been extended six additional months.&lt;br /&gt;2. The multitude of high priority projects has gotten shorter since the SatTV on the Command Deck was repaired.  Not like i did anything but facilitate the repairs but it looks good to have BBC news playing 24/7 with the occasional late night flip to one of the Arab boobie channels.&lt;br /&gt;3. Getting the move (imagine musical chairs except with multi person multi-problem departments) is problematic.  Just found out that the new space my servers are moving to doesn&apos;t have the power to support the servers AND the two IT people (one or the other).  I have to now beg the on-post contrators to add not only power but A/C to the new area.  Wish me luck.&lt;br /&gt;4. Was ordered to take a day off by my OIC yesterday.  It seems I caught a bug and was all sickly looking (and feeling) and the Commander ordered me to go back to my room and sleep/rest/get better.  That&apos;s the first time that&apos;s ever happened.&lt;br /&gt;5. The &apos;feather-in-my-cap&apos; projects are movng forward very slowly. Due to the fact that i work 16-19 hours a day and the folks in the States that can provide me with answers to speed my processes along work 8-10 hours; I feel like time is crawling by but in reality it is moving the same for everyone.&lt;br /&gt;6. Ok who on earth let&apos;s a PC repair leave their shop without QCing it??  Well the knuckledragges here do of course!! I turned in 3 laptops to be &apos;baselined&apos; and what do these neanderthals do? goofed all three! One wasn&apos;t the right classification level, and the other two didn&apos;t have NIC drivers installed!!  WTF?? and I&apos;m now made to wait while the person that needs these PCs is made to suffer.  That is just wrong.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:39:55 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Update</title>
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  <description>So the weather here is turning cooler and just in the nick of time too, we&apos;ve been directed to wear our body armour anytime we&apos;re not under cover, so we&apos;re not sweating our livers out.  Good news i&apos;m getting half a million dollars worth of equipment in for the technology enclave. It means a LOT of work for me but when i pull this off i&apos;ll look like King IT-Geek in the eyes of the important folks here and that&apos;s never bad.  I helped facilitate the elimination of my commander&apos;s pet peeve, the lack of cable TV in the command bldg.  I got a satellite repair person to come by the compound and he and I along with Boris got the whole thing working.  So now the CO or anyone else can watch arab porn to their hearts content.  The channel as far as I know stays on BBC news and sports; we are a coalition joint service organization.  I took the first steps yesterday to get this group of servers and such accredited and certified.  This will be a 4 to 5 months to get it all squared away, but when i do it will be a huge feather in my cap and maybe even a raise/bonus.  The guy i&apos;m working with here the C&amp;A expert was here last year and he has a company in the States so when i&apos;m done here I may have a very lucrative position doing C&amp;A back in the states or coming back out here for alot of $$$,$$$.  With the increase in heavy rain i didn&apos;t make it over to the party last night; it&apos;s a twice a month get together over adult beverages, so that&apos;s fun.  Stay in with the rest of the crew grilling burgers. I have a few hot topic items to knock out today...inventory...exchange maint...complete the file migration to the new SAN.  Just regular run of the mill stuff, and go for a run before it gets too hot and move into the new hooch.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:08:04 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>sunday..half day</title>
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  <description>so today is Sunday and the command allows us a half day not like that means anything because i work 19 hours a day to support the mission here.  I have to say that i love this mission and the people here.  A completely different situation than the last time i was here.  I honestly can say if this is what my six months will be like I&apos;ll not have a problem extending.  The weather here is hot but it is turning for the better.  There is rain scheduled for this week, but the forecast here changes daily.  I just checked and there is only one day that is over one hundred, so that is good.  I have three major projects to accomplish before the current Commander leaves and one before he&apos;ll stop referring to me by my hated middle name.  &lt;br /&gt;So i need to go and get dressed and out the door, our the door of the office/server room/my bedroom.  oh well can&apos;t have everything...or can you?</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:26:11 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>An update and some political stuff</title>
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  <description>1.  The following senators voted against making English the official language of America:   &lt;br /&gt;                                Akaka (D-HI) &lt;br /&gt;                                Bayh (D-IN) &lt;br /&gt;                                Biden (D-DE) &lt;br /&gt;                                Bingaman (D-NM) &lt;br /&gt;                                Boxer (D-CA) &lt;br /&gt;                                Cantwell (D-WA) &lt;br /&gt;                                Clinton (D-NY) &lt;br /&gt;                                Dyton D-MN) &lt;br /&gt;                                Dodd (D-CT) &lt;br /&gt;                                Domenici (R-NM) &lt;br /&gt;                                Durbin (D-IL)   &lt;br /&gt;                                Feingold (D-WI) &lt;br /&gt;                                Feinstein (D-CA)  &lt;br /&gt;                                Harin (D-IA) &lt;br /&gt;                                Inouye (D-HI) &lt;br /&gt;                                Jeffords (I-VT) &lt;br /&gt;                                Kennedy (D-MA) &lt;br /&gt;                                Kerry (D-MA) &lt;br /&gt;                                Kohl (D-WI) &lt;br /&gt;                                Lautenberg (D-NJ) &lt;br /&gt;                                Leah y (D-VT) &lt;br /&gt;                                Levin (D-MI) &lt;br /&gt;                                Lieberman (D-CT) &lt;br /&gt;                                Menendez (D-NJ)                                 &lt;br /&gt;                                Mikulski (D-MD) &lt;br /&gt;                                Murray (D-WA) &lt;br /&gt;                                Obama (D-IL)  &lt;br /&gt;                                Reed (D-RI) &lt;br /&gt;                                Reid (D-NV) &lt;br /&gt;                                Salazar (D-CO) &lt;br /&gt;                                Sarbanes (D-MD) &lt;br /&gt;                                Schumer (D-NY) &lt;br /&gt;                                Stabenow (D-MI) &lt;br /&gt;                                Wyden (D-OR) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.  The fol senators voted to give illegal aliens Social Security benefits:    &lt;br /&gt;(They are grouped by home state.  If a state is not listed, there was no voting representative.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alaska :                  	Steve ns (R) &lt;br /&gt;Arizona :                 	McCain (R) &lt;br /&gt;Arkansas :                	Lincoln (D)             Pryor (D) &lt;br /&gt;California :              	Boxer (D)               Feinstein (D) &lt;br /&gt;Colorado :                	Salazar (D) &lt;br /&gt;Connecticut :           	Dodd (D)                Lieberman (D) &lt;br /&gt;Delaware :              	Biden (D)               Carper (D) &lt;br /&gt;Florida :                   	Martinez (R) &lt;br /&gt;Hawaii :                     	Akaka (D)&amp;bsp;&amp;nbp;     Inouye (D) &lt;br /&gt;Illinois :                   	Durbin (D)              Obama (D) &lt;br /&gt;Indiana:                    	Bayh (D)                Lugar (R) &lt;br /&gt;Iowa:                         Harkin (D) &lt;br /&gt;Kansas:                    	Brownback (R) &lt;br /&gt;Louisiana:                 	Landrieu (D) &lt;br /&gt;Maryland:                	Mikulski (D)           	Sarbanes (D) &lt;br /&gt;Massachusetts:       		Kennedy (D)         	Kerry (D) &lt;br /&gt;Montana:                	Baucus (D) &lt;br /&gt;Nebraska:                	Hagel (R) &lt;br /&gt;Nevada:                   	Reid (D) &lt;br /&gt;New Jersey:            		Lautenberg (D)       	Menendez (D) &lt;br /&gt;New Mexico:           		Bingaman (D) &lt;br /&gt;New York:               	Clinton (D)             Schumer (D) &lt;br /&gt;North Dakota :          	Dorgan (D) &lt;br /&gt;Ohio :                        DeWine (R)            	Voinovich(R) &lt;br /&gt;Oregon                        Wyden (D) &lt;br /&gt;Pennsylvania :           	Specter (R) &lt;br /&gt;Rhode Island :           	Chafee (R)            	Reed (D) &lt;br /&gt;South Carolina :        	Graham (R) &lt;br /&gt;South Dakota :          	Johnson (D) &lt;br /&gt;Vermont :                  	Jeffords (I)            Leahy (D) &lt;br /&gt;Washington :           		Cantwell (D)          	Murray (D) &lt;br /&gt;West Virginia :        		Rockefeller (D), by Not Voting &lt;br /&gt;Wisconsin :              	Feingold (D)          	Kohl (D)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.  It is uncertain that the average American is aware that this number of (and these) senators voted to share our tax dollars and our social security retirement with foreign workers - an unfortunate fact seemingly overlooked by the media.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE: well 19 hours a day will really make you wonder how well you perform under pressure.  I&apos;ve been running full steam nineteen hours a day since Sunday and except for some foggy moments in the morning I&apos;m Right as the Rain.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:11:04 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>First Impressions</title>
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  <description>Ok so let me first say that i&apos;m here and safe and getting a rip-roaring start to the next 6 months.  The weather maybe turning better at the end of the week, but the last two days has been very hot. I share an office with one chap who seems pretty cool.  Found a party at the FBI house that was freakin&apos; cool.  Mmmm John Smiths Ale  Yummy &lt;insert homer=&quot;Homer&quot; simpson=&quot;Simpson&quot; voice=&quot;voice&quot;&gt;  it was an invite only for anyone with testosterone but if you can bear children it&apos;s Come On Over!! but hey adult beverages and women in civilian clothes? I&apos;m all for it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the airline lost one of my duffel bags so that bites! but the good part is that it &apos;should&apos; be here tonight hopefully; not sure how i&apos;m going to be able to go get it but it is supposed to be here.  Maybe i&apos;ll just ask the folks running the flight on this end how i can go get it or better have it lugged to the terminal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I&apos;m going to try to keep this page up to date with things and stuff as it happens so stay tuned.</description>
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  <lj:music>The hum of servers</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:11:30 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Getting out of Doge take two</title>
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  <description>ok so Tuesday&apos;s abortive attempt to get out was preempted by foul weather in Chicago.  So back to the house and two hours of rescheduling flights and now today I&apos;m off. The first leg was BUMPY!!! WOW good thing i&apos;m not prone to airsickness, the passenger next to me was a professional pilot and he was more critical than I was, but at least i&apos;m here now on my 5+ hour lay over.  The Red Carpet Lounge here at IAD is nice. albeit a bit crowded, but at least i&apos;m in a cumfy chair and i have all the alcohol i want, which isn&apos;t much.  Yeah now i can get power to the laptop so i don&apos;t have to waste my battery.  Dropped flowers off for the newest Moore hope they are all doing well.  Chatted with my Mum and got my haircut (no not at the same time), and was able to get everything between us squared away.&lt;br /&gt;Well four hours forty minutes to go :-)  &lt;br /&gt;Keep yourself posted to this channel for further updates.</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:14:44 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Murphy I HATE YOU!!!</title>
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  <description>ok it seems i jinxed myself by announcing to Lissette and Constantina that the flight for today was going to be easy.  BAH!!! Murphy in his infinite evilness has cursed me for my folly.  Weather delays in the rust belt would have had me pushing back form RIC FIVE minutes before my Dulles flight was lifting off, no physical way to make that work.  My ride to RIC thought, &apos;I&apos;ll drive you to Dulles we have time.&apos;  ERRRRRRRRR RIC to Dulles plus traffic plus getting through TSA and check-in...put me at least 30 minutes too late.  So i&apos;m at home trying to get the three legged dog to run sprints and coordinate flights and schedules to get me to my next adventure.  Got to visit with Constantina and the little Prince and Heir today and fed him and held him.  it was great.  So other than weather difficulties it was a great day.  More later.   Here, *raising my glass*, is to the new Moore who with God&apos;s help and a few pushes will arrive this night.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:20:32 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>This weekend</title>
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  <description>Had a good weekend if a little rushed.  Getting everything in order for my Tuesday departure and miss having the confidence that if i miss anything i had a concrete support system to pick up the fumble and help.  Last time was great for that aspect but i never knew, nor did I ever thank my support system for all their work.  Let me rectify that:&lt;br /&gt;Thank you! You know who you are so I will not embarrass you here, although you might look fun in red *snicker*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Went to the Caer G event and it was HOT!! and Humid!! Made some elementary mistakes yesterday trying to make a go at a stress-free fighting event.  Did properly hydrate, Didn&apos;t eat lunch, Did get to fight my Brother William, but promptly collapsed from the heat.  Never had six different people strip me to my braises, I don&apos;t recommend it.  Sorry for causing undue stress in everyone&apos;s day over my own stupidity.  After a few liters of water and realizing that I was nearly naked in public in front of strangers I got some clothes on and was nearly human again.  I did find out that my spankingly lovely pig-face helm is going to take alot to get used to, and that I have GOT TO GOT GOT TO increase my aerobic endurance.  So to that end while away i&apos;m going to workout one way or another everyday, and set a goal of running on a track at least an 8 minute mile by Christmas.  Had a wonderful conversation with William and alot of our differences were bridged and and I cannot wait to hear him get elevated; I&apos;m hoping i can get enough advanced notice to make an appearance to it.  I would really like to be there to support him.  Overall a nice final event, only marring was the stress i caused a few for my own stupidity.  I apologize for that, I didn&apos;t mean to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So starting this week you can send cards to me at &lt;br /&gt;&quot;My mundane name&quot;&lt;br /&gt;MNC-I, CJTF-Troy, CEXC&lt;br /&gt;Camp Victory, Iraq&lt;br /&gt;APO AE 09342&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you all soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;lj-embed id=&quot;10&quot; /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Men Strike Back</title>
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  <description>How many men does it take to open a beer? &lt;br /&gt;None. It should be opened when she brings it.    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;Why is a Laundromat a really bad place to pick up a woman? &lt;br /&gt;Because a woman who can&apos;t even afford a washing machine will probably never be able to support you. &lt;br /&gt;-------------------------------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;Why do women have smaller feet than men? &lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s one of those &quot;evolutionary things&quot; that allows &lt;br /&gt;Them to stand closer to the kitchen sink. &lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;How do you know when a woman is about to say  &lt;br /&gt;Something smart? &lt;br /&gt;When she starts a sentence with &quot;A man once told me...&quot; &lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;How do you fix a woman&apos;s watch? &lt;br /&gt;You don&apos;t. There is a clock on the oven. &lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;Why do men fart more than women? &lt;br /&gt;Because women can&apos;t shut up long enough to &lt;br /&gt;Build up the required pressure.       &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  ------------------------------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife is   &lt;br /&gt;Yelling at the front door, who do you let in first? &lt;br /&gt;The dog, of course. He&apos;ll shut up once you let him in. &lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;I married a Miss Right. &lt;br /&gt;I just didn&apos;t know her first name was Always. &lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;Scientists have discovered a food that diminishes &lt;br /&gt;A woman&apos;s sex drive by 90%. &lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s called a Wedding Cake. &lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;Why do men die before their wives? &lt;br /&gt;They want to. &lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;Women will never be equal to men?   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer &lt;br /&gt;Gut, and still think they are sexy. &lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;In the beginning, God created the earth and rested. &lt;br /&gt;Then God created Man and rested. &lt;br /&gt;Then God created Woman. &lt;br /&gt;Since then, neither God nor Man has rested. &lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;For the masses I will be moving next week.  I just wanted to say fare thee well to all.</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:17:22 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>My Definition</title>
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  <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;+1&quot;&gt;Jeff --&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;+1&quot;&gt;[adjective]:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fuzzy to the touch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: #FF0000;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.quizgalaxy.com/quiz.php?id=83&quot;&gt;&apos;How will you be defined in the dictionary?&apos;&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.quizgalaxy.com&quot; style=&quot;color: #FF0000;&quot;&gt;QuizGalaxy.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/table&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:40:14 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Whew...what a summer !!! &lt;br /&gt;Let me first say a huge congrats to all the couples who will have new bundles of joy arriving.  May they be happy, and healthy babies.&lt;br /&gt;The new job is going great!  I actually am writing this entry from Georgia as I am on assignment here for the week; getting things squared away in preparation for my final assignment out of country supporting the War effort.  I can tell you it is mind numbingly hot here.  Even in shorts it is hot enough that without being told people are slurping down gallons of water at a sitting.  What is funny is that I had wished for something like this some five years ago and now that I have a traveling job, living out of suitcases, I&apos;d give it all back!! LOL It&apos;s very tough on the body and mind to constantly be moving around like I do now.  Well I have to be over on site soon so I&apos;ll leave off with that everything has worked out well and for a reason so that is good, I&apos;m happy and I hope and wish you well.</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:53:01 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>*sigh* :-)</title>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:17:57 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>if only ASL was this easy</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:23:49 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>July 4th Update</title>
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  <description>The new job is very very interesting.  I get to work with all sorts of &apos;interesting&apos; data and things that go &apos;BOOM&apos; in any light.  For anyone who&apos;s been to Southern Maryland, its very pretty here, it reminds me of Eastern North Carolina.  The weather broke here yesterday so its mild and somewhat humid, but the beginning of the week was Iraq hot, so that was helpful.  Working in support of the guys over in I &amp; A (keep an eye out Brother you could see my work while you&apos;re there) is exhilarating.  Much better than the previous work as a desktop clown.  &lt;br /&gt;This weekend I get to go six hours south and spend the day with 75% of my family, so this will be my vacation.</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:58:04 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>They don&apos;t know me very well do they?</title>
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  <description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://home.att.net/~slugbutter/evil/&quot; target=&quot;new&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://home.att.net/~slugbutter/evil/angelic.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://home.att.net/~slugbutter/evil/&quot; target=&quot;new&quot;&gt;How evil are &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:23:44 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>They Walk Among Us!</title>
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  <description>They walk among us&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      I walked into a Blimpie&apos;s with a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a&lt;br /&gt;      sandwich. I handed it to the girl and she looked over at a little&lt;br /&gt;      chalk board that said &quot;buy one-get one free&quot;. &quot;They&apos;re already&lt;br /&gt;      buy-one-get-one-free&quot;, she said, &quot;so, I guess they&apos;re both free&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;      She handed me my free sandwiches and I walked out the door.&lt;br /&gt;      They walk among us and many work retail.&lt;br /&gt;      ====================&lt;br /&gt;      A friend of mine bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of&lt;br /&gt;      his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying:&lt;br /&gt;      &quot;Free to good home. You want it, you take it.&quot; For three days the fridge&lt;br /&gt;      sat there without even one person looking twice at it. My friend&lt;br /&gt;      decided that people were too untrusting of this deal. It looked&lt;br /&gt;      too good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: &quot;Fridge for&lt;br /&gt;      sale $50.&quot; The next day someone stole it.&lt;br /&gt;      They walk among us.&lt;br /&gt;      ====================&lt;br /&gt;      One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when one of&lt;br /&gt;      them shouted, &quot;Look at that dead bird!&quot; Someone looked up at the&lt;br /&gt;      sky and said, &quot;Where?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;      They walk among us!&lt;br /&gt;      ====================&lt;br /&gt;      While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent&lt;br /&gt;      which direction was north because, he explained, he didn&apos;t want the&lt;br /&gt;      sun waking him up every morning. She asked, &quot;Does the sun rise in&lt;br /&gt;      the north?&quot; When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east,&lt;br /&gt;      and has for sometime, she shook her head and said,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &quot;Oh, I don&apos;t keep up with that stuff.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;      They Walk Among Us!!&lt;br /&gt;      ====================&lt;br /&gt;      I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day&lt;br /&gt;      I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center&lt;br /&gt;      was open. I told him, &quot;The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7&lt;br /&gt;      days a week.&quot; He responded, &quot;Is that Eastern or Pacific time?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;      Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, &quot;Uh, Pacific.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;      They Walk Among Us!&lt;br /&gt;      ====================&lt;br /&gt;      My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we&lt;br /&gt;      overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the&lt;br /&gt;      sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore. She drove down in&lt;br /&gt;      a convertible, but &quot;didn&apos;t think she&apos;d get sunburned because the car&lt;br /&gt;      was moving.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;      They Walk Among Us!&lt;br /&gt;      ====================&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car designed to cut through a&lt;br /&gt;      seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk.&lt;br /&gt;      They Walk Among Us!&lt;br /&gt;      ====================&lt;br /&gt;      I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring&lt;br /&gt;      attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, &quot;Wouldn&apos;t the&lt;br /&gt;      chain rip out every time she turned her head?&quot; I explained that a&lt;br /&gt;      person&apos;s nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way&lt;br /&gt;      the head is turned.&lt;br /&gt;      They Walk Among Us!&lt;br /&gt;      ====================&lt;br /&gt;      I couldn&apos;t find my luggage at the airport baggage area, so I went to&lt;br /&gt;      the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never&lt;br /&gt;      showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a&lt;br /&gt;      trained professional and I was in good hands. &quot;Now,&quot; she asked me,&lt;br /&gt;      &quot;has your plane arrived yet?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;      They Walk Among Us!&lt;br /&gt;      ====================&lt;br /&gt;      While working at a pizza parlor I observed a man ordering a small&lt;br /&gt;      pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he&lt;br /&gt;      would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some&lt;br /&gt;      time before responding. &quot;Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don&apos;t think&lt;br /&gt;      I&apos;m hungry enough t o eat 6 pieces.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;      Yep, They Walk Among Us!&lt;br /&gt;      ====================&lt;br /&gt;      They walk among us, AND they reproduce</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:30:46 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>I&apos;m a CCDA now</title>
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  <description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Personality&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;width:155px; height:15px;&quot;&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;width:145px; padding-right:5px; text-align:right; border-right:1px solid rgb(150,0,0);&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;white-space:nowrap; overflow:hidden; font-size:12px;&quot;&gt;Neuroticism&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;padding:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float:left; height:18px; text-align:right; background-color:rgb(255,0,0); border-bottom:1px solid rgb(150,0,0); border-right:1px solid rgb(150,0,0); border-top:1px solid rgb(255,100,100); width:73%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType=0, StartColor=16777215, EndColor=2130706432);&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float:right; color:white; padding-right:2px; margin-top:2px; font-size:10px;&quot;&gt;73&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;width:145px; padding-right:5px; text-align:right; border-right:1px solid rgb(0,0,150);&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;white-space:nowrap; overflow:hidden; font-size:12px;&quot;&gt;Extraversion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;padding:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float:left; height:18px; text-align:right; background-color:rgb(0,0,255); border-bottom:1px solid rgb(0,0,150); border-right:1px solid rgb(0,0,150); border-top:1px solid rgb(100,100,255); width:66%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType=0, StartColor=16777215, EndColor=2130706432);&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float:right; color:white; padding-right:2px; margin-top:2px; font-size:10px;&quot;&gt;66&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;width:145px; padding-right:5px; text-align:right; border-right:1px solid rgb(0,90,0);&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;white-space:nowrap; overflow:hidden; font-size:12px;&quot;&gt;Openness To Experience&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;padding:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float:left; height:18px; text-align:right; background-color:rgb(0,128,0); border-bottom:1px solid rgb(0,90,0); border-right:1px solid rgb(0,90,0); border-top:1px solid rgb(85,159,85); width:32%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType=0, StartColor=16777215, EndColor=2130706432);&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float:right; color:white; padding-right:2px; margin-top:2px; font-size:10px;&quot;&gt;32&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;width:145px; padding-right:5px; text-align:right; border-right:1px solid rgb(144,115,0);&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;white-space:nowrap; overflow:hidden; font-size:12px;&quot;&gt;Agreeableness&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;padding:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float:left; height:18px; text-align:right; background-color:rgb(251,212,0); border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,115,0); border-right:1px solid rgb(144,115,0); border-top:1px solid rgb(255,241,170); width:23%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType=0, StartColor=16777215, EndColor=2130706432);&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float:right; color:white; padding-right:2px; margin-top:2px; font-size:10px;&quot;&gt;23&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;width:145px; padding-right:5px; text-align:right; border-right:1px solid rgb(80,0,80);&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;white-space:nowrap; overflow:hidden; font-size:12px;&quot;&gt;Conscientiousness&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;padding:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float:left; height:18px; text-align:right; background-color:rgb(128,0,128); border-bottom:1px solid rgb(80,0,80); border-right:1px solid rgb(80,0,80); border-top:1px solid rgb(149,99,151); width:36%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType=0, StartColor=16777215, EndColor=2130706432);&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float:right; color:white; padding-right:2px; margin-top:2px; font-size:10px;&quot;&gt;36&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;width:300px; height:15px;&quot;&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;You are neither a subdued loner nor a jovial chatterbox. You enjoy time with others but also time alone. You can be very easily upset, even by what most people consider the normal demands of living. People consider you to be extremely sensitive and emotional. As a practical person you like to think in plain and simple terms. Others describe you as down-to-earth, practical, and conservative. People see you as tough, critical, and uncompromising and you have less concern with others&apos; needs than with your own. 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  <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:17:03 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>ok for those who know, I am in Texas attending a (*cough* nazi) Cisco CCNA/DA bootcamp.&lt;br /&gt;Let me say that after two days my brain is soft....and it hurts.&lt;br /&gt;we went fourteen HOURS on day one.  Well i just took the Intro (do not let the name fool you) CCNA exam.  OMG!!!!! it sucked  I hated it, it was so freakin&apos; hard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;with only 24 minutes left i hit the Finish button and prayed.&lt;br /&gt;The print out came out next door and i cringed to read it.  916....out of 1000 i had passed.  But WOW !!! I hate Cisco!!! they are so not fair! Trick questions, ambiguous questions.  I curse you gods of Cisco!!! Curse you I say!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*muttering* curse you!</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 11:53:37 GMT</pubDate>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 11:52:28 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Here is some insight into my brain.  I got this by going to www.astrolabe.com and filling in the information.  It&apos;s funny if you believe in this sort of thing how accurate a place and time can be to how you behave.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rising Sign is in 08 Degrees Cancer&lt;br /&gt;Very sensitive by nature, you prefer to be in your own familiar surroundings. Cautious and conservative, you make changes in your life only very slowly, if at all. You do not open up easily to strangers. Friendships are made for life, however -- once given, your trust is forever. Your mother, your home as a child and your early family life in general are very important to you. You are also very sentimental. When you feel self- confident, you are gentle, giving and protective of the needs of others. But when you feel insecure or threatened, you become overly sensitive to criticism, shy, withdrawn and moody. You have a strong need for security -- in the sense that you are being loved, nourished and protected.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sun is in 27 Degrees Scorpio.&lt;br /&gt;Intense and complex by nature, you have extremely strong emotional reactions to most situations. Feelings are often very difficult for you to verbalize. Therefore you have a tendency to be very quiet - - to brood and think a lot. You seldom get overtly angry, but, when you do, you are furious and unforgiving. When you make an emotional commitment, it is total -- you are not attracted to superficial or casual relationships. If you are challenged, you take it as a personal affront and tend to lash out and fight back in a vengeful manner. You love mysteries and the supernatural. A good detective, you love getting to the roots of problems and you enjoy finding out what makes other people tick. You are known to be very willful, very powerful and quite tenacious!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moon is in 23 Degrees Scorpio.&lt;br /&gt;Your feelings are very intense, never superficial. You tend to be either very angry or very sad or completely and totally happy. Your moods are deep, extreme and not always completely understood by yourself or by those with whom you have to deal. Emotionally, you tend to prefer to live at the cutting edge of life, pushing your reactions to the ultimate extremes, even if the results are dangerous or upsetting. You are easily jealous and very suspicious -- you require a great deal of emotional reassurance. A good detective, you are very curious about deep and mysterious things, especially human nature and motivations. Be careful not to be ruthless, tactless or too overly frank or you will meet with much resistance from others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mercury is in 18 Degrees Scorpio.&lt;br /&gt;You are a born investigator. You are fascinated by secrets and mysteries and unanswered questions of any kind. When you become upset or angry, your emotional reactions are overpowering -- reason and logic disappear in an uncontrollable passionate outburst. You tend to keep your thoughts secret and bottled up and this makes others regard you with suspicion. It is not that you are trying purposely to be evasive, it is just that you would rather not deal with the explosions and hassles that often occur when you reveal your true feelings and opinions. Your sense of humor tends toward sarcasm and irony.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Venus is in 06 Degrees Capricorn.&lt;br /&gt;You tend to keep your feelings under control -- emotions are only released in serious or important situations. You are distrustful of others whose behavior could be judged excessive or immoderate. As such, you prefer to relate only to those who are older than you or to those whose position is such that respect and duty are more important for both of you than passion or emotional response. Be careful, however, of relationships that are merely based on practicality or utility or you will ultimately be lonely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mars is in 06 Degrees Libra.&lt;br /&gt;You are very aware of the need to cooperate with others in order to further any effort. You are usually willing to compromise with others, although you can be quite competitive in a friendly way. Very fair- minded and impartial, you have the ability to sense injustice and the desire to take corrective actions to make proper compensations. You see both sides of issues and questions, but you tend to be undecided or wavering when forced to make choices that might make you vulnerable or unpopular.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jupiter is in 00 Degrees Libra.&lt;br /&gt;You are generally good at balancing opinions and judging issues, but you tend to be indecisive when it comes to making up your own mind. You are objective and quite concerned with fair play and justice. But, when it comes to yourself, you are so aware that whatever you do might upset the apple cart that you often choose to compromise rather than do anything that might make you lonely or vulnerable. Relationships are very important to you -- you learn about yourself and grow through observing yourself interacting with others. Your aesthetic tastes are refined, but expansive and expensive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturn is in 19 Degrees Aries.&lt;br /&gt;You are aloof, independent and standoffish. This is mainly due to your fear that others might inhibit or restrict you and, quite frankly, you feel that you can govern your life by your own standards. Be careful not to associate with those who are overly critical of you or you will withdraw so deeply into your shell that you will become very lonely. You have the ability to stand on your own two feet and to make up your own mind -- albeit very carefully and cautiously. But you are known for your circumspection and therefore are respected and admired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uranus is in 02 Degrees Libra.&lt;br /&gt;You, as well as your entire peer group, have a very free, unstable and unconventional approach to relationships and emotional commitments. You will be attracted to experiments in marriage and shared lifestyles. Personal freedom is more important to you than entangling emotional bonds. In the realm of art and aesthetics, you are attracted to the bizarre, shocking and unusual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neptune is in 26 Degrees Scorpio.&lt;br /&gt;You, and your entire generation, are extremely interested in anything deep and mysterious. You will explore and idealize the benefits that can accrue from the study of the occult, healing and psychology. You are willing to experiment with substances like drugs in order to push your understanding of your inner being to the extreme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pluto is in 24 Degrees Virgo.&lt;br /&gt;For your entire generation, this will be a time when profound changes in society&apos;s attitude toward work, duty and responsibility will be initiated. Radical changes in attitudes toward personal health and general nutrition will be promulgated and gain wide acceptance and practice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;N. Node is in 08 Degrees Aries.&lt;br /&gt;You&apos;re at your most comfortable when involved in group activities outside of your immediate family circle. You delight in getting involved with others in neighborhood civic or political activities, especially if you can be a part of the leadership of the group. Your zeal and overabundant energy bring out your real creativity when you can work toward tangible results -- things that will immediately benefit those around you. You have a real gift for getting the most out of charity drives and community benefits. Take time out between projects though, because you tire out easily and your effectiveness becomes greatly diminished when your energy is depleted. Also, don&apos;t even think of trying to get involved at a peripheral level -- you need a total commitment to feel personally fulfilled. Let others bake the cookies and set up the chairs -- you should be the one to tell everyone what to do and when to do it!</description>
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  <title>Kermit &apos;Cash&apos; the Frog</title>
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  <title>Just another entry from the other side of the parking lot</title>
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  <description>This was Yesterday&apos;s word of the day and yes i got people to sing this song after mentioning this word.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;lj-embed id=&quot;4&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gotta love the &quot;guy&apos;s&quot; uni-brow very retro.</description>
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