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January, 2010:

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1/3 of Union Square’s portfolio is under attack from patent trolls Thousands possibly killed by Haiti’s earthquake; “country destroyed,” says Haitian president The Big Picture has devastating photos of the earthquake in Haiti Conan O’Brien: Standard Bearer of Temperance and Dignity Interactive map of where different languages are spoken in the States Photos of compelling [...]

The Otterbox iPod Case

Over at the Outfitters, the featured product is the Otterbox iPod Case which is an incredibly effective to protect your iPod (or Blackberry) while still being able to toss it in your pocket, pack, or even carry on luggage.  I’ll see how it stacks up against Mr. Destructo and I’ll post a real world review [...]

Vacation 2010

Wendy and I have been talking about vacation plans in 2010.  We are starting now because 2009 was a vacation debacle.  Three of the four extended times away I had to come into work.  It wasn’t so much works fault but staff were sick or injured and we didn’t have enough staff at the time [...]

Pete Carroll to the Seattle Seahawks

I really hate this.  I am not a USC fan but one has to respect the work that Pete Carroll did at the University of Southern California, unless of course all of those stories about nagging NCAA rule violations are true.  Then it bugs me that Pete Carroll who was in charge of the program [...]

Why I am still a friend of Emergent (even if we don’t talk that much anymore)

I posted about Andrew Jones’ decision on the weekend and I can respect what he is doing as he has been a person of his convictions and one has to do what one has to do. He makes a pretty good case for leaving. Also over is any official relationship I have left with one [...]

Emptiness

I emptied out my office at work.  All of my personal effects are gone today. I am not quitting but I decided to redecorate my office this week.  I am not sure what I want to do with it but I am not that happy with it and I really don’t enjoy being in it.    [...]

Goodbye to Emergent Village?

Andrew Jones wrote this today on his blog Also over is any official relationship I have left with one of those emerging church groups called Emergent Village. EV is a hard group to leave because its a flat structured organization and there is no one to inform that you are de-friending yourself, or getting de-friended, [...]

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The AMP3 MP3 Player :: Supposedly quite a bit better than the iPod according to many audiophiles. Roger Ebert can no longer eat or drink, but what he misses most is dining Summary of the angry state of research around chronic fatigue: a false battle between viral and mental New U.C.L.A. study says that even [...]

2009 in Review

This is late but we all need to deal with disappointment in our lives. Memorable events for 2009: Heading to Chicago Thanksgiving weekend freezing at the lake Freezing at the cabin in late April with snow on the ground Favorite books I read in 2009: The BLDGBlog Book The War by Ken Burns The Kennedys [...]

An Opera House on Wheels?

  It’s not quite the Sydney Opera House on wheels but it is a pop up camper that bears a strong resemblance to it.  I love it when designers totally reinvent a fairly stagnant product and give it fresh life like this.

Review of the renovated Credit Union Centre

I was in (the then Saskatchewan Place) for it’s first game in 1988.  It was a horseshoe configuration with the one end open on top and bottom while the other end was open in the upper bowl only.  Over the years the top bowl was completed on one end and for the World Junior Hockey [...]

I wear my sunglasses at night…

From what I was reading, former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach was upset that injured player Adam James came to practice wearing sunglasses as he was recovering from a concussion and headaches. A source close to the family said James sustained a concussion on Dec. 16, was examined on Dec. 17 and told not to [...]

2010 New Year’s Resolutions

Okay, I just checked out my 2009 New Year’s Resolutions.  Let’s see how I did. Walk or ride by mike to work 100 days next year :: Not even close.  I did it about 50 times.  FAIL  Read a book a week :: I read a lot but I would do about 2 books a [...]

Why Jordon Cooper Outfitters?

A couple of you have asked what my plan is for Jordon Cooper Outfitters as it hasn’t made a lot of sense for some of you as to why I have done it and why I am only posting once a day.  Here is the short answer. I am posting once a day because it [...]

Don’t shed a tear for hard working coaches

Mike Florio has a great article in the Sporting News on the “sacrifice” coaches make to succeed. In the wake of Urban Meyer’s decision to step down as coach of the Florida Gators — and before he decided less than 24 hours later not to step down after all — the media erupted with lamentations [...]