Kitchen Sink

My small contribution

Today was the unveiling of my latest little child support guideline spreadsheet. It’s the day I finally get around to setting it up with the new Federal Withholding formulas for the new tax year and contact the folks on my mailing list. In a few hours my server logs will show a blip of activity. Tomorrow a handful people out there will change the way they work (no not really, but I’m…
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BethFamily and Friends

Another great weekend

In some ways I wish I had something bad to tell you, so I wouldn’t have to worry about balance taking a whack at me later this week. As it stands, I’m a little afraid about court tomorrow. Something really bad is bound to happen. Saturday we went down to Ft Desoto. I can’t believe Adam’s three and we’ve never taken him. The kids liked the fort (what there is of it…
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Soapbox

What I wanted to say today in person

(Based on a conversation I couldn’t help but overhear today.) Not voting is a choice… a kind of vote itself. It’s a vote to take whatever you’re given. It’s a vote to give up one of your rights. It’s a vote to abdicate your responsibility. It’s a vote to give up permission to complain. It’s a vote to enable money and corruption. It’s a vote to…
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The Sunshine State

Now where was I?

I was about to sit down to some serious writing before I was so rudely interupted by a software bug. Ah yes, I was going to tell you everything you never wanted to know. Actually, tonight’s post is inspired by the weather. You see, every time it gets really cold out I think about New England. I shouldn’t, because I haven’t lived there for… jeez, I’m fresh out of…
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Computer

LOOK AT ME - I'M A BUG!

I saw the funniest alert when I launched an application on my Mac this evening. It was telling me that a new version of the software was available. No, that’s not the part that was funny. It seemed like I’d just clicked the “remind me later” button, when I noticed one of the bug fixes: Fix a bug that caused “remind me later” software updates to appear too…
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The Sunshine StateTravel

Life isn't just a beach

The number of pictures I take at the beach is as much a function of proximity as anything else. It’s not that I don’t enjoy doing anything else; quite the contrary. In fact, some of the best times I’ve had outdoors have been at some of our state parks that are miles from the nearest beach. Some of you have probably had enough of me gushing over our camping trips at Gold Head…
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Sports

Giving it up for Michigan

If you’re a Florida fan, you can’t say that Michigan didn’t deserve to win the game today. Other than turnovers, UM outplayed the Gators in every way. In fact, if it weren’t for the turnovers the game wouldn’t have been close. The Gators young defensive line was handled by UM for most of the game, the Gators older offensive line was handled by UM for the whole game…
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Politics

One more person, in a long list of people, I won't be voting for

I never considered myself a Ron Paul voter, primarily because I’m not a libertarian – nor do I have much in common with libertarians. While I do not believe in authoritarianism, I also don’t believe in unrestricted freedom (re: anarchy). Regrettably, we’ve shown time and again that government regulation is necessary because we too often take the short view on our collective…
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