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Jun
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My Niece, Emily, graduated from high school last night. I still cannot believe it is time for her to go off to college. I still think of her as the cute little girl who had wide eyes and a big smile every time I visited. Now I may see her even less often which makes me a bit sad. She is going off to Columbia College in Chicago. I hope she enjoys her time there.

My Niece, Emily, graduated from high school last night. I still cannot believe it is time for her to go off to college. I still think of her as the cute little girl who had wide eyes and a big smile every time I visited. Now I may see her even less often which makes me a bit sad. She is going off to Columbia College in Chicago. I hope she enjoys her time there.

May
17th
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IPO

No I’m not buying Facebook. Go check AOL’s stock value. See me in five years.

Apr
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Apr
12th
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Blue October is red. Who knew. They are more Metallica meets 311 than The Cure. Who knew?

Mar
25th
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Somebody That I Used to Know started sticking in my head a few weeks ago.  I was going to blog about it but the video was just creepy.  I saw this cover a few days ago thanks to Robert.  I really like it.  Now I need to find more Walk off the Earth music.

Mar
9th
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New job

As my Dad put it today was my last day of freedom. I start my new job Monday. I am looking forward to it.
I was not worried about finding a new job. What surprised me were the number of opportunities for qualified people. I will be a project manager for a medium size engineering firm. I am looking forward to it.

Mar
7th
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All for want of a screw

German cars are expensive because they are needlessly complicated. My front bumper is made up of dozens of parts including extraneous hardware.
Since I moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio I needed to install a front license plate bracket. The car was delivered with the bracket loose in the trunk and no instructions.
I spent a lot of time searching online until I determined how to install the bracket. It required removing the grill to drill mounting holes. There are wiring looms behind the holes so just drilling straight in would have caused damage.
In the end I am still short the four screws to mount the license plate to the bracket. I will get those today. It took over an hour to complete this. Honda’s bracket required two screws under the bumper (the threaded holes were already there) and about one minute. I’m just saying.

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