Monthly Archives: January 2009
Quick Updates for 2009-01-30
HUGE couple of days thinking about the next chunk of time. Time to see my honey now! # Fridays are normally downtime for me but no rest for the wicked today. Much too much to finish off for the week. … Continue reading
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Twitter vs. Facebook
I’m currently faced with a small dilemma… I have been a longtime Twitter user, which is a pretty one-dimensional and simple networking tool, but in recent times far more people in my more immediate zone of relationships are all over … Continue reading
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Quick Updates for 2009-01-29
On staff off-site retreat. We have such a great team. Locking in our plans for the first half of 09. Looks good. # Hate not having good phone reception! Don’t like my connectivity being hampered. #
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Focus…
The principles of war could, for brevity, be condensed into a single word – “Concentration.” – Basil Liddell Hart This is, I think, true in most of life, from sports to business, study to chess, politics to reading. via
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Will someone just show some leadership?!
Apparently, here in WA we’re to be confronted with yet another vote on daylight savings in May. This is ridiculous! When are we going to have a government in WA that will simply exercise leadership and do the thing that … Continue reading
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Quick Updates for 2009-01-27
Back to work today after a 5 week break. I’ve never been away that long, so it’s been awesome. # After a long-running pirate joke around here, the staff greeted me back with a bunch of pirate gear and a … Continue reading
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Against the flow
Peter Schiff was right. Everyone argued he was off the planet, but he was right. Very right. I wonder whether he took the bet…
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What’s going on?!
The old truism used to be that, apart from sporting events, Australians level of patriotism was directly proportional to their distance from home. But, suddenly, I’m driving around seeing people with multiple flags hanging off their cars, banners proclaiming “Happy … Continue reading
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A fresh start?
Eight years ago I wrote an entry in my blog where I noted that I thought the election of George Bush as President was not only dangerous for the US, but also the world. This entry was lost in the … Continue reading
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Quick Updates for 2009-01-20
Deeply weirded out by the choice of leading lady in Transporter 3… :-O #
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