Archive | June, 2005

Happy and sad at the same time…

16. June 2005

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An era in my life has truly passed. Tonight, I messaged FG on ICQ, a medium he and I have been chatting on for 7+ years. I noticed he was actually available and I wanted to commiserate with him about Indiana. (Refresher course: FG and I went to high school together, and he moved to California [...]

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Calling geeks with Googling skills…

16. June 2005

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I’m looking for something for my parents (and heck, I’d use one too.) What I’m looking for is a Tivo-like device that connects to a TV, but has the following features: A DVD drive where my dad can pop in a DVD and push a single button to rip it to the built-in hard drive; An easy, [...]

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Indiana != vacation

16. June 2005

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I’m back here in Indiana, visiting my parents, and already my mother refused to go to bed last night until we had a “plan” for what I wanted to do with my 4 days here. I flew back on Wednesday so I could spend Thursday (my parents’ normal day off) with my parents and spend [...]

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Hot tub on its way!

14. June 2005

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I was hoping to get the hot tub in soon so I could have it for my party on June 25 (btw… party at my house on June 25! It’s a BBQ party and you’re invited if you’re reading this… send me an email or leave your email address in the comments if you need [...]

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Congratulations to…me! (And my employees)

10. June 2005

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Congratulations to all of my employees (and, of course, myself) for setting Simpli’s 1-day revenue record today. It was a long day (I worked nearly 12 hours and I have overflow to finish up tomorrow), but well worth it. I was able to pay our entire bi-monthly payroll with our net profit from today. Here’s [...]

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