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Category Archives: day to day living
This World is Getting too Advanced or I’m Getting too Old and Feeble
So recently one of my worst fears finally happened an early morning business meeting I was hosting totally flopped. I mean I was ready and able to host the meeting except there was a combination of technical and human brain … Continue reading
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Is it Really Possible to have Enough?
A couple years ago I contemplated my future financial situation. I was living in an apartment for many years and had steady income from a corporate job for well over 20 years straight. Back in 2010 I was forced to … Continue reading
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Preparing for my Mac to go away
So for over twenty years I had been using a Macintosh in a corporate work environment. Back in the mid 1990’s those of us who worked in the corporate work place we got used to the idea that the Macintosh … Continue reading
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I miss being Ten
This morning I took my dog out for the usual walk just before getting ready to drive off to work. The temperature was moderate, it had just stopped raining and was overcast. It was a quiet Monday morning on the … Continue reading
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Help, I’m Lost. Please Find Me. — iPhone Tip
For the past couple of days I’ve been sipping large quantities of freshly ground and brewed coffee at work. Mmm, mmm, mmm. It tastes so good, but I’m definitely getting very buzzed. I started to bringing my own pot of coffee to work and … Continue reading
I managed to settle down and get smarter again
So today I found myself at work doing lots of computer upgrades and relearning how to work with a Microsoft SQL database I had started to forget how to use. After about some 5 hours in the office racking my … Continue reading
Computers getting more complicated or I’m just getting dumber
So a few days ago all my websites went out of commission for almost 3 days. The end result was I started contemplating the possibility that all my blogs over the past couple of years had been wiped out and … Continue reading
Avoiding Super High Cell Phone Charges while Out of the Country
Recently, I came back from a mostly relaxing cruise from the Baltimore, MD to Bermuda. After several days it’s been hard for me to get myself back into the swing of things as I’m constantly in perpetual nap mode and … Continue reading
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Thoughts of the Life Suction 2000 Machine
I remember years ago running across this Dilbert cartoon introducing a device called the “Life Suction 2000”. The cartoon revealed how the boss at your corporate workplace has installed a secret machine into the ventilation system that steadily sucks the … Continue reading
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Torn Apart and then Gently Reassembled
So over the weekend I had gone away to a Core Energetics “personal intensive”. In some ways it was a bit like a small retreat to one of those spa’s to help you lose weight and get more physically fit. … Continue reading
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My Pension is now a Possibility; Is this Good or Bad?
So last week I got to attend the 30th anniversary of someone at my work place. That’s 30 years working for the same company, kind of a rarity these days. And so then I asked the person how long they … Continue reading
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The World has Ended Today May 21st
So I’ve seen this billboard for the past several months mentioning that the world will end on May 21st 2011. If you search the internet you’ll find plenty of sites talking about the end of the word, such as this … Continue reading
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Starting to Catch up on Sleep
It’s been a few weeks now that I’ve actually not worked thru the weekends. I think the nice weather has been enticing me to just lie, sit, walk or stand in the sun light. The days of Summer are long … Continue reading
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Starting to not care as much about my work
So in these past couple of months I’d say that one thing I’ve noticed that’s changed is my fear of my workplace is lessened. I mean I remember getting a phone call at my office a few weeks ago and … Continue reading
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Oh Geez. I haven’t posted in 4 months!
Well this is hardly an interesting blog, and I’ve been probably the only reader. That’s pretty bad. If I was in my early 20’s I might be clicking away trying all kinds of things with lots of reserve energy. But … Continue reading
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It’s hard to sell popular items on eBay
Up until about 6 months ago I would have said that it was a breeze selling an iPhone on eBay. It’s such a hotly contested item, that usually no one will even see your listing until it has only a … Continue reading
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I’ve officially entered the big leagues in work-a-holics
Well my workplace has managed to push the right buttons to make me work 15 hour days and work on weekends. I think one week I probably put in 100 hours! Sucks!! But I have to stress my job really … Continue reading
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I just upgraded to an iphone 4 – “eh … yaawwn”
Anyway, I can finally celebrate. My friend’s old iPhone 3G is officially sold, all money collected, and no complaints from the buyer. I feel vindicated proving that it is possible to sell a used iPhone, even one that is defective … Continue reading
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Cross my fingers. Finally sold the iPhone on eBay
So, a small part of me feels a bit lighter now that I’ve finally sold an iPhone on eBay. It’s only the fifth time I’ve successfully sold this same iPhone. Hopefully this time the sale doesn’t go sour and sticks. … Continue reading
Changing the nature of my blog
The original intent of this blog over a year ago was a quest to have a bit of fun trying out get rich online schemes and document my progress as frequently as possible. It was inspired by the movie “Julie … Continue reading