The Office Gear

If you are a fan of the NBC TV Show The Office, then you will definitely get a kick out of this shirt and the other items available that refer to the season opener.

Back to Blueland

They are back and it is time to get the party started!!!

New Thrashers Uniforms!!!

Read all about it here - http://thrashers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=337216

Huckabee Stars as GOP Stumbles

What a great post I have just read about Mike Huckabee. I especially like what I read in the last paragraph about the fresh ideas. I hope you will consider Mike Huckabee as the Republican Nominee.

Huckabee Stars as GOP Stumbles

After Thanksgiving Sales

No matter how much my wife begs and pleads, I absolutely REFUSE to get out on the day after Thanksgiving to deal with the crowds. I don't care how good a deal it is, you are not guaranteed to get an item - so what is the point? I remember my sister talking about going to Wal-Mart last year and missing out on a TV that was supposed to be available. They waited in line for over an hour!

This is why I am excited about this black friday website. Not only are you able to get the information about deals way before they hit the newspapers, but you can get them online without having to deal with the public. How cool is that! Now I can eat my Turkey at the in-law's house and not worry about missing out on the deals. If I am forced to get up early the next day, I can just go right to Wal-Mart's site, buy whatever I want, and then go back to bed! No driving to many different stores either - Best Buy, Circuit City, Toys R Us and CompUSA are all at my fingertips.

The neat thing is that they offer an option for you to sign up for e-mail alerts that will send you notifications right to your inbox of updates and new deals. These friendly little reminders will help me to get out there and take a look at what is available fairly easily, especially as busy as I have become.

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Windows Vista Remote Desktop

This blog is a great tool for understanding problems with Remote Desktop in Windows Vista. I am sure that this will be extremely helpful for those who RDP into servers....

Happy 4th

At my parent's for the 4th. Had a really nice lunch - T-Bones, Baked Potato, hot wings, steamed veggies, rolls and for dessert - brownie with ice cream and hot fudge!!!!

Sitting around playing with the internet today, I did a couple of speed tests on my parent's computer. They are on the same ISP as me, and look at these results:





I'm dealing with MUCH slower speeds than that!!!

New Toy

My wife got a cool little figurine for me this weekend - it is a Marian Hossa Thrashers "Sculptured" Action Figure. It is extremely realistic looking. I brought it in to work today and everybody thought it looked really cool! I know it is kind of geeky to have stuff like this at work, but that's what I am. I have him right beside my Darth Tater. I am sure my little office collection will grow - but it makes me feel at home and the cube is my personal space...

Build A Sandcastle

I had the absolute best time building this virtual sandcastle online. I was really disappointed this year to find out that we would not be able to go on vacation. All the time that we had was used up with my wife being out on maternity leave with our newest son. I used up all my leave staying out to take care of her and spend time with my boys.

No worries, though, because I was able to Build A Sandcastle online with my 4 year old! This has got to be one of the neatest things to do. Not only can you choose from a variety of walls, towers and entrances, but they give you the option to add water, colorize each piece and move the items in front or behind each other. If you don't like something you did, it allows you to revert that particular shape to its original settings. You can also re size the item or completely remove it.

If that wasn't enough, you can add accessories to it like starfish, shells and flags. Once you are finished with the sandcastle, you can e-mail it to anyone you want or you can save it to your computer to make into a desktop. As you can see from our creation, it is extremely realistic looking. I think my son and I are going to make a couple more and experiment with all the options we can!

Practical Steps: Solving Immigration, American Identity and Border Security

For national security reasons, it is vital we regain control of our border. Congress should pass a narrowly written emergency border bill to finish the necessary fence in less than a year and to have complete border control within two years.

I think we need to go a little further and allow anyone that discovers an illegal to report them. For instance, school districts don't have the right or authority to report someone if they are here illegally. This is a criminal we are talking about - someone who does not respect the law - to me it is no different than someone walking into our childrens' schools and taking whatever they want. You would report that, wouldn't you? Then why should we not have the right to report this type of crime...

I downloaded and read this article from Newt.org about these "deja vu" comments made during the first Ammnisty mess back in 1986 as comapred to comments being made today concerning the current bill.

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