Category: Personal
2008 – the year man-made global warming was disproved
December 28th, 2008, No Comments
The UK Telegraph has an interesting article stating that a number of factors in 2008 has brought about the “turning point in the great worldwide panic over man-made global warming.” “…temperatures have been dropping in a way wholly unpredicted by all those computer models which have been used as the main drivers of the scare.” [...]
Wow!
December 18th, 2008, No Comments
A picture tells a thousand words. Wages, healthcare and legacy costs are killing the Big Three.
My Son Joined the Army
December 3rd, 2008, 3 Comments
37F – Psychological Operations Specialist (Psyop) My son Tyler joined the Army yesterday so everyone can relax now as the world will soon be a safer place. He decided he was done with school for right now and wanted something different. Luckily I talked him out of the Marines but couldn’t get him interested in [...]
My EC2 Instance is up!
November 21st, 2008, No Comments
I finally got around to getting my EC2 instance up and running. I debated upon using an Open BlueDragon, Windows 2003 or Railo AMI. I finally decided upon the Railo image after a collegue (you know who you are) spoke highly about Railo. I found a really good tutorial on setting up EC2 so it [...]
Great Words by Colin Powell
September 22nd, 2008, No Comments
Gen. Colin Powell last weekend on “Meet the Press” regarding an American soldier who was killed in Iraq. This is one of my favorite photos and sums up alot for me regarding the good in this country.
Adoption is Final!!
September 12th, 2008, No Comments
After 2+ long years, Kira’s adoption is finally complete! We had the ceremony at the court house today and about 20+ family and friends showed up (except for Scott as he couldn’t make it from Gainesville). During the ceremony the judge let us take a couple of minutes to exchange rings with the immediate members [...]
Sun Makes History: First Spotless Month in a Century
September 10th, 2008, No Comments
This article argues that we will soon enter a period of global cooling due to the lack of sun spots. My favorite comments on the story: “Actually, it’s much worse! On any given day, half the planet faces global warming whereas the other half faces global cooling! Coincidentally, the warming half is the one facing [...]
Me & the B
September 4th, 2008, No Comments
I spent most of last night and early morning at the Distillery in Bradenton with the B Foundation, one of my favorite bands. Cathy and I hung around after their set, bought them shots (multiple) and generally partied till the wee hours. Work is rough this morning. The B Foundation opened for Ballyhoo. Brittany is [...]
Fay Fades Out
August 20th, 2008, 1 Comment
Tropical Storm Fay never really made it to a Hurricane as predicted and missed us altogether. Predictions over the weekend were that it was going to hit us on Tuesday. We experienced some winds but no rain. We’ve had worse thunderstorms!! It’s amazing how the same people that “predict” global climate change 30 years out [...]
News on the New GI Bill
June 21st, 2008, No Comments
The new “Post 9/11 GI Bill” will soon be heading for the President’s desk. This new benefit will give servicemembers and veterans who have served on active-duty since Sept. 11, 2001, a new education benefits package worth up to roughly $3,000 a month. The same legislation includes a change to the current Montgomery GI Bill [...]
