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Month: September 2008

  • Day off

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    As a result of the tough economic times that we are currently experiencing, I have been discouraged from carrying over, or cashing in any vacation this year. As a result, I have implemented a plan to start burning off my vacation days before the end of the year. I started by taking today off. Reagan…

  • Season of wardrobe confusion

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    When I was walking from the train to my building this morning, I came across a guy wearing a huge scarf, thick corduroy blazer and wool slacks. He was visibly sweating. It is (and was, at the time) 70 degrees outside. I know that everyone just hit all of the back to school sales and…

  • I h8 television "journalism"

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    When I say hate, I mean loathe, in the strongest sense. I firmly believe that the irresponsible sensationalist TV journalists talking heads, are directly responsible for a lot of the economic problems that we are currently experiencing. I was in the firm dining room today, when I happened to catch a snippet of a promotional…

  • 300th P on the new B

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    For starters, I promise that this is the last photo related to cars that I will post for a long time. Having said that, this is the 300th post since I started the “new blog.” Just for kicks, here is the link to the first blog that I ever started. I was still learning about…

  • Junkie

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    I guess that is sounds rather cliche, being that I am male, but I freaking love cars. I love them almost as much as I love motorcycles (which is a lot). Last night when I left work, I wandered around the winter garden and took a bunch of shots with my blackberry. When I was…

  • Weekend Recap

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    -Friday, Regan’s sister Jody came to visit on her way to Cairo. She and Reagan had a great visit with Piper. -Saturday, Reagan and I became CPR Certified, and the Univ. of Utah football team extended their record to 3-0 by defeating USU by close to 50 points. -Sunday, Moto GP raced, for the first…

  • motorexpo at WFC

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    I remembered seeing some banners about the motor expo when I was walking out of work Friday evening. But I had totally forgotten over the weekend. If I could come around the corner every Monday morning on my way into the office and see a couple of beautiful Maseratis, instead of the usual geriatric tour…

  • More Nerd Stuff

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    Reagan had girls night tonight. So I spent the evening working on some effects for our albums page. I don’t really know if I like them 100% yet. I just made a couple of new style sheets and made use of some pretty cool flash plugins. I have put together 3 little collages from 2008,…

  • Stoner goes down in wet FP1

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    This morning’s first free practice session at the Indianapolis Speedway, met the riders with rainy conditions. The wet track led to a high-side wreck for Stoner and the Marlboro Ducati team. At the end of the morning practice session, Stoner was the only rider to suffer a spill because of the wet track. After 2…

  • Piper would like to share her news

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    I know it is lame, but I am generally hesitant to write about Piper’s achievements. The reason, is that historically when I have chosen to announce what we took to be certain milestones, etc., she would invariably suffer a huge setback a day or two later. I am crossing my fingers (and toes) that this…