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to all… i hope that you had a terrific holiday season! that it was safe and that it was warm. i think that first, i would like to say kudos to my far better half. she has worked hard at her schooling to become a teacher. i have no worries what kind of teacher she [...]

is getting more and more sub jobs at schools. today, at bednarcik… later at another school… good luck to her. she’ll be a heck of a sub…

back in april, my boss and i made a bet. it was simple. the cubs would make it into the playoff’s for the 2009 season. the amount? $20.00. things started out ok. wins. losses. some more wins. but the tide, as it were, never turned. it seems that we have had one of the worst [...]

what if the people of the united states of america took a week off of the tv, the internet and radio and just went out and did. did what? cleaned up a neighborhood. helped a kid at sports, or reading or writing or arithmetic. volunteered their services locally before or after work. bought lunch for [...]

the drive

shopping today. i made a decision to try out the dominicks, again. bad move. we have been normally shopping back at the walmart store. brands sometimes are a problem. but the prices are good. heading into dominicks, jon and i started our chore. it didn’t take long to determine that the prices, were, well, higher. [...]

yep. been lazy. haven’t been updating again. too much to do and no time to do it in. here’s a shout out to john and his capable friend on their help with that sap software. now all i have to do is sell it. hi joe. long time. good to find you and hear from [...]

delivered the take-a-number apparatus today! she seemed to be thrilled! wonder how the sales folks will feel? here,also, is a special thanks to joseph. i’m glad we talked! the market was in another dive today. and we are going to bail out aig, with more cash. i’m no longer sure that it is the right [...]

so. the servers are back up. took a while. but all seems to be back to normal. but what a long bunch of hours it was. kudos to them for getting it done. but i hope that there is some way to mirror them next time. sorry that i have been delayed on the cubs [...]

this past week, i started driving my better halves van. the reason is simple. i lease my charger, and the miles are pretty high. the run rate will cause to me go over the number that i have available. bummer. so i decided to do a little tracking. last week, from wednesday on, i spent [...]