Month: May 2008

Barak Obama Quotes–Why He Cannot Be Elected

From The People’s CubeSo…far fewer quotes, but that may be because most of his speeches have the words “hope” and “change” sprinkled in quite liberally, and repeated. Do that enough and there’s just not enough time to get more substance in. “Our individual salvation depends on our collective salvation.”Sorry, man….salvation is entirely a personal thing,…

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Mini Cry-fest…

With JoAnn and little Josh out of town since Thursday, I was asking the older two tonight if they missed Josh. Sammy started actually crying, followed by Mika. They miss their little brother! Sammy actually said he misses Josh’s crying. They certainly do love Josh!

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Hillary Clinton Quotes–Why She Cannot Be Elected

From The People’s Cube “It’s time to put the common good, the national interest, ahead of individuals.”“It’s time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few, and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity.” “We’re going to take things away from you…

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India Mahal, Some Additional Details

We’ve been tipped off by someone who has seen the new lease from the owner of the India Mahal that purportedly includes a clause for the exclusive use of the restroom that was become the central point of this whole fiasco. The only problem is this: the lease agreement of Ever After–which pre-dates this new…

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The Absolute Coolest Mashup Thus Far…

Was told about this while meeting a friend for coffee that I hadn’t seen in like 12 years. Actually, it was the friend I hadn’t seen, not the coffee. I see the coffee daily, sometimes more. Anyway, the site is Spokeo. Odd name, yes, but like the Ring in the Lord of the Rings, it…

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Daddy-Style Homeschool Lessons

So with JoAnn out of town for a few days, I’ve got the two older ones. During the day tomorrow, they’ve got their homeschooling while I work….yep, just leavin’ ’em at home. Just kidding, folks. I’ll be working from home. But in addition to their normal homeschool lessons, I’m adding a couple based around work…

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Server 2008 review, Part 1

This really shouldn’t be labeled as Part 1, as you’ll soon see. But I really did have the best intentions… I received my copy of Server 2008 this week and was going to use some evening time and some time this weekend to play around with it a bit–especially with the changes in Terminal Services,…

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Review of Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron”

I normally run Linux Mint 3.1 “Celena” on my trusty old Dell Inspiron 1150. It’s solid, runs well, generally has no issues, I frankly I just like the look and feel of it better than Ubuntu itself, despite the fact that Mint is a derivative of Ubuntu. But, just like the kids in a family,…

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