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03/21/2010 08:06 #51234

Took the smartphone plunge
I've been meaning to for work for sometime and also since I'm still 12 in other respects. Typed in in estrip.org and of course screwed that up, but as a result found out that estrip.com is for sale. Iphone....teaching the fat fingered something knew all the time.
tinypliny - 03/21/10 09:42
I have one (HTC-dream-Google-1st-gen) and I still use it as an alarm clock.

03/11/2010 15:15 #51156

I'm so immature
Category: random
This is seriously some too much time on your hands programming, but my inner 12 year old thinks it's bitchin.


mrmike - 03/12/10 10:03
Heidi, if they praise an aging Irishman like myself, who am I to decline? lol
heidi - 03/12/10 00:37
If anyone on this site was to be a Swedish hero, I'd have guessed an (e:Larson) or (e:Terry) before you. But congrats on paying your broadcast fee! It's so much better done than the cnnbc ones :-)



terry - 03/11/10 18:31
ha! that is actually quite awesome, hero.

03/11/2010 10:31 #51151

I made Glenn Beck Cry
Category: random
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james - 03/11/10 10:52
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03/07/2010 18:37 #51127

Sunny Afternoon
Category: random
Been missing the sound of the water. Hope Spring is about to do its thang. Wandering in the Saturday sunshine at the Marina.


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metalpeter - 03/08/10 19:29
Nice Pics Mike I've been meaning to make it down their but just haven't made it all winter.....
tinypliny - 03/07/10 19:10
Lovely pics! Thanks for sharing. I have't been down there since the summer!

03/04/2010 08:47 #51106

Parenting: not for wimps
Category: fatherman
You never stop getting tested. Been camped out at Women and Children's Hospital during the first part of this week. Going into last weekend, my older daughter was complaining of a sore throat that was funky enough that we took her to the Dr's office on Saturday morning. It was promptly diagnosed as Tonsilitis and Antibiotics were prescribed. We took her home and got her settled in and she took her stuff saturday.

Sunday she was having a tough time getting them down. She got herself dehydrated so the doctor said time to quit fooling around. To alleviate that, the solution was to head for the hospital and the safety and comfort of hydrating IVs and a liquid form of the antibiotic to chase stuff away. Her mom stayed with her Sunday night and I did the job Monday evening (getting a little old to sleep in a chair, but you do what you do). We got her back home Tuesday night, where she is recovering and should be ready to greet the world once more. But you fall back into roles pretty easy. My ex and I were never shy when it comes to speaking up. I'm pretty sure there is a file on us at Sisters from when Number One Son was born. The staff mentioned a painkiller to ease the tonsils. It wasn't administered right away. So, my former spouse looked at me on Monday night and said: "Pardon me, I'm going to have a Aurora Greenway moment (Shirley McClaine in Terms of Endearment). Painkiller was delivered straightway. I laid out the kids dentist office for trying to give us a hard time for missing an appt for number one son on Tuesday morning. Medical staff is insanely great, it's the administrators who need to be incorporated in health care reform. I never looked up from a chair before to discover we were in the middle of rounds.

She is 18 and you are in charge of that point. While we were getting checked out in the INT ward. I couldn't help but laugh a little when Mighty Daughter said her Mom and I could speak for her.Things you'd never thought you'd hear, right? Right up there with hearing her say "Mommy" or "Daddy" without it being ironic.

I had to do a sponsorship presentation for work mid-day on Tuesday. At that point, we engaged the grandparents for a little help. I did most of the prep work last week, but nothing like addressing the hierarchy of one of the local health care providers on sleep that was mostly a series of short naps. Between that and the amount of coffee I had, I must have sounded like the fast talking guy from the American Express Ads. It must have worked because they signed on for two years.

So, I'm glad for the warm weather and pending weekend. Mike needs a beer.
hodown - 03/04/10 10:19
Parenting is not for wimps, but I assure you your kids are very thankful to have such amazing parents!