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Archive for April, 2008

Everyone is lying to you

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

 
OK – maybe not everyone.
But, a lot. Most, even.
Granted – my version of a “lie” is fairly strict, but here is what it says in the dictionary:
lie: n: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
To me, it’s pretty straightforward.
An omission is a lie.
A half-truth is a lie.
Implying a lie without actually stating it [...]

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vice

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

I love the webcam.
I know, there are lots of  great inventions out there in the modern world. But I’m a visual kinda guy. And sure, pictures are nice. A good picture says a thousand words.
But  webcams are like transporters. They take you there. I’ve been sitting in my office, and looking out at Australia, Asia, [...]

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Keeping your kids in line online

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Kids and safety. It’s a never-ending conundrum.
We need to keep our kids safe because…well…they’re our KIDS, right?
But I would venture to say that no two sets of parents have the same version of what “safe” means. I know I’ve witnessed every variation between keeping the children in a virtual bubble to letting them run utterly [...]

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I’ve been reading

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

I’ve been reading a lot over the past months, averaging around a book every two weeks or so, I guess.
I was making myself a list of stuff to keep an eye out for at the bookstore, which turned into a list of stuff that I’ve read so that I don’t buy a book twice.
I figured [...]

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Catching up

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

As I mentioned in the previous post…I didn’t die.
We’ve been buried in work and parenting since last summer, to an almost idiotic degree.
Jennifer is still working at the library – which is ending soon – and has started a second career as a craft demonstrator/sales chick. As usual, with anything artistic, she’s really good at [...]

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I’m not dead

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

I’ve just been accumulating far more input than output.
I’m on the verge of a mental buffer overload.
Be back soon.

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