tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295342008-11-11T12:52:24.403-06:00Absurd? Yes. Funny? Sometimes. Current? Hardly, but getting better. Useful? Rarely. Oh come on, just try it, you might like it. I say that to my kids a lot. I say things you may or may not agree with, but you can always say what you want too.Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282292225245515580noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125http://feeds.feedburner.com/DixbertsBlogs?format=skinhttp://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.giftag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929534.post-18686592636905183822008-11-11T12:52:00.001-06:002008-11-11T12:52:24.578-06:00

Ouch!Originally uploaded by Dixbert!I am missing the Mountain Biking, despite prior injuries!

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The snopes article points out that the orignial form of this text came from Mr. Smith, but because of a joke by Jay Leno used with the thousands of email forwards, the entire essay was mistakenly attributed to him. Who knows how Letterman's name got attached to it, probably because most American's can't tell the difference...anyway, what is was written by Craig Smith and passed along so many

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Now IMified is working really fast! I wonder if it read one of my microblog posts about how slow it is. I was about to stop using it alltogether. Now I might give it a go.

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This is a test blog post from IMified. I entered this text into a chat bot, and the chat bot sent it on to blogger.com for me. Pretty cool, if it works.

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My dad used to get annoyed at Sportscasters and Analysts that would say things like "Boy the Twin's pitching was really bad today." He probably still does to a certain extent, but I think I have taken it to the next level, as I will show in a minute here with a work analogy. He used to say "Do you suppose the other team's HITTERS had anything to do with the outcome, or should we JUST blame the

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A young man found himself talking to God. He asked God how long a million years was to Him. God replied, "A million years to me is just like a single second in your time." Then the young man asked God what a million dollars was to Him. God replied, "A million dollars to me is just like a single penny to you." Then the young man got his courage up and asked: "God, could I have one of your

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Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories. - John Wilmot Ok, I didn't have that many theories, and I don't have that many kids, but you get the idea.

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Here's a post from Seth that really, really makes a lot of sense to me. I come in to my office 5 days a week and some days talk to no one. Not only is there no face to face interaction, sometimes my emails and voicemails go completely unanswered until after I have left for the day or even into the next day(s). Why couldn't I sit at Starbuck's or Caribou and crank out code? I could be anywhere

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Michael Yon : Online Magazine » Blog Archive » Joe Galloway 12 March 2008 Everyone should read this guy's blog. Seriously.

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The second sentence on the Wikipedia page for Belize says: It is the only officially English speaking country in the region. I wonder how long before the United States will need to have their Wikipedia page updated with similar language describing the sections, and I mean "sections" of the U.S. where English is the primary language. Also note I said "primary" not official. How is it that Belize

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I have never been at this crossroads before, in any job I have ever had. Not only am I not qualified for my bosses job, I wouldn't want it if I was. And to add to that particular insult, I am approaching the idea of not even wanting the promotion that I just got. I am seriously considering asking for my old title and salary back. If my current boss is just going to keep doing things the way

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A couple of months ago, as I waited for my promotion and raise to kick in after the first of the year, I was struck with two different streams in my consciousness... The first one was "Wow, I am being given the opportunity to lead change and make a difference in this department, heck, in this company." The second one was "Wow, that's a decent raise, and the whole management by objective thing

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The art gallery on the first floor of my building is hosting this show: "Face to Face, Encountering Homelessness..." Not to be offensive, but in order to walk to this gallery from almost anywhere downtown (its on 2nd and 7th, the heart of downtown Minneapolis) you ARE going to come face to face with REAL homelessness. Just seems to me that looking at art depicting said condition would be a

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I just finished up a solid week of training future leaders in the U.S. Navy. The newly select Chief Petty Officers completed the training and induction process and were pinned with their new anchors last Sunday. One of the benefits of being a Chief Petty Officer is the opportunity to continue my own learning during each season where we train our replacements...you always have to continue

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A couple of baby rabbits were discovered by my two dogs this week. I found the nest area, with the help of the dogs after I took the babies away. They weren't hurt, just slobbered on. Baby rabbits are pretty darn good at playing dead though. I put them back in the little hollow at the base of a tree at the edge of our yard and tried to keep the dogs away. Yesterday while I was at work, I was

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Over the last couple of days there has been a lot of coverage of the I35W Bridge collapse here in Minneapolis. One of the things I have noticed, and I don't really know why, is the presence of God. The President, the Governor and the Mayor have all uttered the phrase "our thoughts and prayers..." News reporters and witnesses alike have used the phrase "but for the grace of God..." several times

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Mark Sanborn found a good article and wrote about it today. Robert Kegan, the article's author says: The tragedy of the Bush presidency is not about failure; it is about a conception of success that is much too simple. Trying to boil everything down to red and blue, black and white or right and wrong just isn't going to cut it anymore. I really wonder what happened to taking the good with

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Here's a question...if the whole album costs $9.99, but you are only interested in one song off the album, and you can get the single for $0.99 on iTunes, are you saving $9.00? I would probably like at least a few of the other songs on it, and who knows, when they are released as singles and I actually hear them, I might buy them for a dollar. In fact, I just went back out to iTunes to look,

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Couple things today that I wanted to write down. Mark Sanborn talks about how he likes blogs (and likes TO blog) because he likes to write less and more frequently than stressing out about longer content on a regular basis - printed articles and books I imagine. I am in the same boat, although I don't do either frequently. Of course his saying it is what prompted me to write this post, so

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I know I have posted before about how dumb I think McDonalds is. Never said I would stop eating there, but I probably should from the whole health and fitness perspective. Yesterday I picked up food there for one of my kids that didn't want Taco Bell like the other two and my wife. I saw their patented sign just before the drive-thru that said "for faster service, please have your money ready."

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I should really quit reading the news on my mobile phone. I have to rant a bit. The quote below relates to Jury Selection for the Padilla trial that is about to start. "I'm confident there's a group of people out there like that who have no idea who Padilla is or who have no idea what a dirty bomb is or isn't," Anthony said. "I imagine that's the group they're ultimately going to get to court.

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I have been noticing discussions on the radio, blogs and even face to face about "Secrets of Success." You can go to the book store or the web and pay money to learn the secrets. What I have been hearing though is that many of the secrets are really just novel ways of stating common sense. Knowledge that is easily found for free, or learned in your daily life, when presented by an expert in

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I can't believe it is Friday again and so soon. It seems like I came in here and it was Monday and I had a plan for what I wanted to accomplish. I always hate Fridays because I am forced to look back on the week. By forced, I mean that at least in my civilian job I have to account for my time by submitting a time-sheet. Time flies by so fast that it is hard to look back to Monday now and even

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The quote was from Francis Bacon. "Reading makes a man broad but writing makes an exact man." I have yet to achieve any level of exactness.

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I have a quote on my wall at work, and I can't remember who said it. I keep thinking of the quote though, so its content for me is more powerful than the person who actually said it. Paraphrased, it is 'reading makes a well rounded man, but writing makes a complete man' If its true, I am far from complete. Since my middle boy just came down to my office for some homework help, its not

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