tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86463805658245064122012-02-16T05:19:26.756-08:00More random musings from some guy on the net.Davinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164300371027991978noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646380565824506412.post-47257446753233495152010-10-06T09:23:00.000-07:002010-10-06T09:23:44.921-07:00

It's 6:48am.  The boys alarm goes off for school.  I jump up out of bed and immediately the adrenalin starts going:  I'm 2 hours late!!!!!! As I run into the bathroom to collect my overnight case, throw on my clothes and grab a baseball cap I check my cell phone / alarm clock.  It's still keeping time, but the keys are unresponsive.  It's frozen overnight causing me to over-sleep. As I gather

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My brother Darren gifted me a book The Supper of the Lamb (Robert Farrar Capon, Random House) for Christmas.  I just can't say enough about the writing style of the author or how enjoyable this book is to read.  It's labeled "an unorthodox cookbook".  There are recipes in the back and cooking methods scattered throughout, but what stands out is how he relates God, His desire to be creative, and

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Someone hacked into the email of some very smart Global Warming experts. This is a good read.http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/hadley_hacked#63657

Davinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164300371027991978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646380565824506412.post-43766999186671053172009-11-12T08:38:00.000-08:002009-11-12T10:07:30.176-08:00

I am not sure exactly how this works, but this is amazingly accurate.The picture below has two identical dolphins in it. It was used in a case study on stress levels at the Mayo Clinic and later at Fletcher Medical Center in Burlington.Look at both dolphins jumping out of the water. The dolphins are identical. A closely monitored, scientific study revealed that, in spite of the fact that the

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Paramount has wisely chosen to cast George Clooney to portray me in the upcoming "Up in the Air" (releases in Dec?). It's hard to explain to people what I see / go through when on a trip. The visuals from the trailer are fantastic. 30,000' aerial shots of farmland, mountain ranges, looking down on clouds, etc. Hordes of people dragging a suitcase in one hand and a trench coat draped across

Davinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164300371027991978noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646380565824506412.post-39510804047898764052009-09-20T12:46:00.001-07:002009-11-12T10:09:03.298-08:00

2 blog posts in the last 2 days? I know what all 3 of my readers must be thinking.... What, after the misadventures of being alone with the 5boyz for a week, could be happening?? Nothing really. I worked overnight last night in the OC and am catching up on the dozens of blogs I eyeball whilst waiting for my ride home. Most are geeky things related to work, some are like yours - things that

Davinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164300371027991978noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646380565824506412.post-21706214681124994122009-09-19T14:37:00.000-07:002009-11-12T10:10:05.457-08:00

Every once in a while the impact of technology on our lives hits me. It usually the same general revelation, but always with a slightly different context. E.g. my kids will have difficulty comprehending or lack cultural references to:Newspaper (we don't have a subscription)Spending hours researching something in the library - by handTVs with tubesCarrying around a large, bulky, music playing

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It's fun even when it's messyorI hate the candelabra over the tub This will probably be my last post for awhile. I'm glad it's a good one :)Today was a mostly relaxing Sunday. Andrew still doesn't do well alone the nursery, so I opted to skip church. I had plans for home church, but with some house-cleaning duties, those plans got forgotten. That happens to much here...I learned from the

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Traffic CopThat sums up the day. It's really has been like a train station. It's almost too hard to recount where everyone has been during the day.After noon today, each of the kids have been out of the house at some point. I've neglected to mention that the neighborhood kids have been coming in and out all week too. Having other playmates over hasn't been nearly as bad as someone led me to

Davinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164300371027991978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646380565824506412.post-74516889062470856972009-08-22T10:09:00.000-07:002009-11-12T10:13:40.875-08:00

Exhaustion sets inSaturday is my usual "let down" day. My mind/body is usually so exhausted from travel and the stress of customers. Not so much is different this week.Friday morning was supposed to be a relaxing few hours: Denver omlettes in the morning, mow the backyard, baths, lunch and then we would head off to the movies with Gabe's 2 friends. The morning was fine except for the one

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I know what all my 100s of blog readers want to hear: life is all sunshine and roses. Priscila's last minute departure, leaving me alone with 5 kids, has been no big deal. Everything's peachy, right?Hmmmm.... Not today.Don't get me wrong the sky didn't fall, life hasn't stopped, etc. Meals were made, naps were had, kids got wet (outside and on purpose), owies were bandaged, the backyard even

Davinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164300371027991978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646380565824506412.post-92038163815175660372009-08-19T23:19:00.000-07:002009-11-12T10:15:42.624-08:00

Family updateThere wasn't too much exciting going on today. We spent from 8:30-12:00 driving around town. We went to Dad's office and pondered a coup of the West Coast Services Division. After the interim overthrow council decided our takeover goals should be set higher, we opted to postpone the revolution. (just kidding boss). Next was the meat store mom took me to as a kid, we got Gabe's

Davinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164300371027991978noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646380565824506412.post-27984556277069401282009-08-18T21:18:00.000-07:002009-11-12T10:16:04.991-08:00

It's 21:19. Today was hot - in the 90s. It's probably 72 now. I've got the Tiki torches going in the backyard while I catch up on a few things and blog. Sipping my iced coffee outside on my "patio" with the torches going in good weather. I've imagined nights like this many evenings I've been on the road. Still, something is missing from this midsummer's night dream. Something Latin.

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Priscila chides me for blogging randomly about the latest political 'haps. As I've wrote before, there's no sense writing a tell-all on work and she's with the kids 99% of the time, so it just makes sense that she blogs about the family.Now the shoe is on the other foot. It's my turn to live day to day without a spouse.Her Paternal Grandfather passed away over the weekend. Bummer. We got her

Davinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164300371027991978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646380565824506412.post-77652302062128112002009-06-26T13:11:00.000-07:002009-06-26T13:15:04.843-07:00

Here's a letter I recently sent to Senator Murray of WA in response to her broadcast email asking to support healthcare reform.Senator Murray,I appreciate your efforts in leading the charge for changing our healthcare system. I, however, do not agree with the overall direction our politicians are currently taking. As a concerned constituent, I am asking you to consider in the following matters:

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I'm part of that middle-class silent minority that quietly says noting, does our jobs raises our kids and hopes the people we put in office do the right job.It's about time we all stood up and said how we feel.I've reposted an open letter written by Janet Contreras to the government. Why? Assuming I can still get to this blog in future years, I want to remember how I felt during 2000-2009. I

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While I'd like to comment weekly on the status of the US financial crisis I'm not an expert and have no original insight. All I know is I'm incredibly frustrated by the lack of common sense coming out of Washington DC. The '08 election campaigns were filled with words like HOPE and CHANGE. I think we got the CHANGE part. I don't think it's the CHANGE we were expecting. What's the point of me

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I've had the ultimate in garage door security for a long time - short of having no garage door. Something happened to the code, so no one could get in. Along comes google to the rescue...Intellicode Model GWKP (off-white with flip-up cover) Programming Instructions for the GWKP Genie garage door opener keyless entry involves following the two sets of steps below:

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A winter blast has covered from Salem north to Seattle in snow and ice. It's not as bad as some years I remember, but it's fun to be stuck together in the house. Yesterday, we got about 6" of snow at our house and overnight about an inch of freezing rain (ice).Thursday (12/18/2008) I was in Bellevue, WA when the first storm hit there. It effectively shut the city down. Seattle wasn't much

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My wife continually asks me 2 questions:Did you read my blog????When are you going to blog??? As a computer consultant, it's hard to find things to blog about that wouldn't reflect on my customers or repeat what's already being said by industry pundits. How many stories about bizarre IT occurrences with unnamed people can this world take?? Hopefully the few times I do blog make them gems

Davinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164300371027991978noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646380565824506412.post-13050199141802220972008-11-17T21:51:00.000-08:002008-11-17T21:57:07.265-08:00

This is a letter I sent out to my Representative and Congress ladies. Never done it before. This is probably the most significant political thing I've ever done.I think the letter leave LOTS to be desired, but I'm sick and tired of being on the sidelines. Gotta get off my rear and start somewhere.If you read this and feel motivated either way - write your legislators. Google write your

Davinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164300371027991978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646380565824506412.post-34717808282769536952008-09-15T07:54:00.001-07:002008-09-15T07:54:55.293-07:00

made a tart this weekend. will post pictures. http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2006/08/31/tarte-aux-nectarines-et-framboises-nectarine-and-raspberry-tart/

Davinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164300371027991978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646380565824506412.post-48862683561610878442008-09-11T20:56:00.000-07:002008-09-11T21:45:57.555-07:00

A couple days ago Ethan asked what we were having for dinner. I replied, "Salchichitas" (sal-chi-chi-tas).It's a dish from Priscila's childhood - cut up hotdogs simmered in pasta (tomato) sauce for a good while. Priscila's mom would make the sauce from scratch. In Argentina back then, you couldn't find a jar of pasta sauce in the store. Everyone made sauce from scratch.Ethan asked what we

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I made soup tonight from a random selection: ground beef, green beans, spinach, carrots, onions, white and red beans, bell pepper, and tomatoes. The beans and tomatoes were canned - everything else was fresh. Liquids were (by quantity) chicken stock, beef stock, water, and a little beer. Seasonings were some Kirkland no-salt seasoning, my house seasoning, worcestershire, garlic & parsley.My

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So the conference is over and it was pretty good. Tomorrow will be hanging out at Harold's house. Tonight will be learning how to navigate our new PSA system and cleaning up my computer.Fun.

Davinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164300371027991978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646380565824506412.post-22274780845831937822008-07-13T18:11:00.000-07:002008-09-11T21:45:36.123-07:00

So.... Finally I'm getting this train rolling. This week I'm in San Diego at the IBM System Storage & Storage Networking Symposium. I'm here to get updated on new IBM products/technologies, update skills, pass tests and connect with the co-workers I never see.I'll be Twittering this week at the conference and I've added my twitter RSS feed to this blog. You can check out what's going on with

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This is my first post to get this crazy blogging train started. I'll be "migrating" pages over from my wetpaint wiki. I figure blogging might outlast it, or something... Or maybe I should leave content there for static, non-stream-of-consciousness, stuff.My wife's blog is over at my5boyz.blogspot.com - which show's her perspective on raising 5 boys. My perspective is pretty simple. It's hard

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