Monthly Archives: July 2008

Mattie

Mattie is my wife’s Bichon Frise. We got him when he was about two and have had him for four years. He’s a great little dog but he’s been difficult to train. He has a mind of his own. He … Continue reading

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Posting via email

My friend, Dan, created a weblog tool about ten years ago that would allow him to publish articles to his website via email. I always thought that was probably the most effective way of updating websites but I’ve actually used … Continue reading

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Language Barrier

My step mother is from Guatemala. She has a fantastic command of the English language along with French, Italian and German. Regardless of the fact that she speaks English fluently it is still her second language and there are occasional … Continue reading

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Spam Karma goes GPL

I just learned something a few minutes ago. Spam Karma has gone GPL. I’m not sure what this means for the future but I do know that by installing this plugin on this site I have had only minimal problem … Continue reading

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Sammie

I acquired Sammie about a year and a half ago. She’s about a five year old Boxer that I’m in love with. My wife has a Bichon Frise that I’m very fond of but Sammie is my dog and she … Continue reading

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Upgrading and repairing

I just finished upgrading the software running this weblog and I have mostly rebuilt my crashed photo gallery. I think I may have some photos in there that I didn’t have before from the past. I still have a few … Continue reading

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Gastric dilatation-volvulus

A friend of mine had two dogs, a female Doberman and a male Doberman/Great Dane mix. This past weeks, after fourteen years of companionship, she had to put her Doberman to sleep. A mix of old age and arthritis had … Continue reading

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Gone, gone, gone!

I lost my photo gallery. I have backups but not good enough backups that I can get everything back up and online easily. It started with a corrupt table in Gallery2′s database and got worse as I tried to fix … Continue reading

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Setting up housekeeping

My oldest son, the one that has been in Iraq for the past year, moved into a house he and his best friend rented. They served together in Iraq and figured they could put up with each other as roommates … Continue reading

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You Have the Right to Remain Silent

Dan pointed me to a couple of videos on Google Video that I thought were of enough importance in what they said to spread around a little more. I found them on YouTube and I thought I would embed them here. I … Continue reading

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Rosemary Smoked Chicken

Okay, last night I grilled some chicken breasts on my charcoal grill/smoker. This had a slight twist to it. I washed and coated each breast with olive oil and then added a tad of salt and fresh ground pepper then … Continue reading

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