Month: September 2012
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Let’s Re-Relect the President.
The President of the United States is in a very close race against the Republican challenger and the cynical Republican money machine. If you were eating solid foods in 2004, you remember the searing tears and physical pain of the day after Tuesday, November 2 of that year. We have to win this thing. Don’t…
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Popcorn Plant for Sale
Over the weekend, Shawn-Laree and I went to the Barker Family Reunion at her cousin’s house near Middlebury, Indiana. We had a great time. After dinner, the day-long rain had cleared and we took a walk in Middlebury, and we came across the Wanberg Popcorn Company. I loved this place. It was completely custom: a…
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Hacking Dr. Seuss: Dad Goes From Sad and Mad to Glad
I love Dr. Seuss. His books were critical to my childhood and my early fatherhood. I have “Cat in the Hat” is a First Edition, Third Printing (the 195/195 on the inside flap): And “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back” in a true First Edition: I even custom-lacquered some baby furniture with cut-outs from “Hop…
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Quick Review of Chicago’s Open 311 Implementation
Here are some notes I took while reviewing the various Web resources published in the City’s Open 311 implementation announced on Friday: Service Tracker: http://servicetracker.cityofchicago.org/ The Service Tracker tool is driven by this open source code: It displays a running list of service requests submitted under the following service request types: Some possible improvements: Many of…
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Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.
Yesterday marked 12 years of sobriety. The words of the Big Book of AA— especially Chapter 5, How It Works, became nearly sacred text to me. Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. God bless us all.