Category: General

At MDE, AOL instant message accounts were blocked, but you could get on with Yahoo!; at DNR, Yahoo! IM accounts are blocked, but you can get on with AIM.  Still can’t get onto Lync, something got messed up in my account on the way to DNR apparently.Also, haven’t been able to link to the shared…

Studies suggested that the elderly overestimate their driving abilities, possess a distinctive smell who’s disagreeable properties do not originate in the underarms, and sometimes die of loneliness.Harpers, August 2012, pg. 80

Today was the 6th Annual Minneapolis Bike Tour.  I haven’t ridden it since the inaugural tour when Darrell and Dave and I went.  I went with Darrell and Denise today.  We couldn’t have asked for better weatherMy total ride stats for today are 55.63 miles. Avg 13.5 MPH. Max 31.5. Time 4:06’46

I accepted a job offer for a Supervisor position from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources today, starting on 19-September-2012 (International Talk Like a Pirate Day).  It’ll be hard leaving the great coworkers I have at MDE, but the opportunity was too good to pass up.In other news, the web application we have been working…

via email from Bill Slobotski, Thursday; August 23, 2012My responseRepeat after me:The Internet is a good thing.The Internet is a good thing.The Internet is a good thing.Social media is good.Social media is good.Social media is good.Reality TV is good.Reality TV is good.Reality TV is good.Frack me!

When I was a kid, I lived in Phoenix and these kinds of dust storms were a regular summer occurrence.  The used to be called dust storms, but now they have a fancy middle eastern name, “Haboob.”  They were always a drag because the dust got everywhere; all the pools were filled with muck for…

My mother used to say, “You should be careful, your face might just freeze that way.”In Qin Kai’s case, that would be bad. from Time Magazine, 20-Aug-2012