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Archive for March, 2007

Gearing up for Babymoon!

Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Wow, what a week…trying to get the desk cleared for a ten day vacation! As I’ve never taken a ten day vacation before, I wasn’t aware what this was going to mean.
Let’s just say…I’m READY for Hawaii now, lol.
I’ll try to post a couple of times along the way, the ship has a “internet cafe” [...]

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Road Trip!

Posted in Misc Ramblings on March 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Okay, learned a couple of lessons this weekend.
First of all, even at my advanced age, road trips are still a hoot! We drove down to Bakersfield on Saturday and returned Sunday… 30 hours in the car! Besides a killer sinus infection from the constant air conditioning, I fared pretty well…

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Sick, Sick Humor

Posted in Misc Ramblings on March 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Okay, first of all let me warn you that my definition of “humor” is whatever cracks ME up, regardless of the rest of humanity’s general view on the subject.
In that light, yesterdays blog post “You’ve Got Mail” by Dave Barry, from the CBC news article, “Head, liver mistakenly mailed to horrified Michigan couple” just had [...]

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Do Meetings Make Us Dumber?

Posted in Cubeville on March 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I just read Randy Mears blog post “The Trouble With Meetings” over on EDS’ Next Big Thing Blog, and it got me thinking (no comments, please!)
One comment really caught my eye: “Most meetings, however, are not engineered for decision making — if they are engineered at all.  They are designed to achieve the politically correct nirvana [...]

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My Most Important Blog Post Ever

Posted in Coffee on March 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Second Annual Starbucks Coffee Break!

According to SlashFood and the Starbucks Gossip blog, next Thursday, all company-operated and licensed Starbucks stores in the U.S., Canada, (and other countries) will give away free Tall cups of coffee to anyone who drops by from 10 a.m. to noon on March 15.

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Should I Be Concerned?

Posted in Misc Ramblings on March 7, 2007 | 4 Comments »

Okay, so it was Friday night and we had some last-minute dinner guests coming over.  

I called my wife and asked her if she could pick up a couple of things from the store while I was cooking, among them a nice bottle of red wine.

Now Vic is pregnant, so she doesn’t drink at all, and [...]

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Coffee Wars Part Two

Posted in Coffee on March 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Okay, it looks like the “infamous Starbucks memo of 2007″ is still shaking up the blogosphere.
Doc Searls is now embroiled in the debate, talking about Starbucks “Heart & Soul.”
Also in the fray is Thomas Kohl who seems  to be questioning if the “soul” of a company is reflected in the experience of its customers, and asks, “Do [...]

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