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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. #
Filed by ob1 at January 30th, 2009 under life
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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 Facebook. Preaching a sermon series called “Beyond Facebook” may not have helped in this [...]
Filed by ob1 at January 30th, 2009 under life, tech
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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. #
Filed by ob1 at January 29th, 2009 under life
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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.
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Filed by ob1 at January 29th, 2009 under leadership, life
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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 needs to be done? On purely economic grounds, and especially in the current situation, can [...]
Filed by ob1 at January 28th, 2009 under leadership, life, politics
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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 treasure hunt! Onya, team! #
Filed by ob1 at January 27th, 2009 under life
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Peter Schiff was right. Everyone argued he was off the planet, but he was right. Very right.
I wonder whether he took the bet…
Filed by ob1 at January 27th, 2009 under life
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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 Australia Day!” and similar sentiments, and I caught myself thinking that this is all, ironically, [...]
Filed by ob1 at January 23rd, 2009 under life
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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 sands of time when I lost a couple of years’ worth of stuff due to [...]
Filed by ob1 at January 21st, 2009 under leadership, life
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Deeply weirded out by the choice of leading lady in Transporter 3… :-O #
Filed by ob1 at January 20th, 2009 under life
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