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Wow, just wow.
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The Arlington Independent School District in Texas decided not to show President Obama’s address to students live yesterday because it reportedly didn’t want to interrupt its regularly scheduled lesson plans. However, the district has now decided to bus its students off-campus on Sept. 21 to hear President Bush speak:
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I’d list this post under the fun category–but it wasn’t fun.
We saw District 9–which was mediocre. It’s been out for a while now, but the theater was packed. No more holiday weekend movies for me.

Cool!
Payments for unused vacation time and sick leave could be converted into retirement savings under the new measures and Americans would be able to have tax refunds directly deposited into their retirement accounts or used to buy savings bonds.
The measures do not require congressional approval and most will take effect immediately.
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Sold!

Mayday! I’m not feeling well. :’(
What’s the worst part about being sick you ask?
Is it the…: lack of sleep, coughing, sore throat, achey body, mucus thicker than rope stuck in my throat, head ache, pukey feeling?
Nope! The worst part is being unable to kiss my cute wife!

I’m too sick to work, and feel terrible. So, what do I do with my day? Good question. I watch “judge” shows on TV (People’s Court & Judge Judy) while refreshing MLB.com to see if my favorite payer is coming back home, and he is!

PEORIA, Ariz. — Ken Griffey Jr. is coming home.
The future Hall [...]

I don’t think my question was all that confusing. Customer Service like this does not make me want to switch from Comcast to Verizon.

Me: Does Verizon offer voip?
Jimmy: Well FiOS compatible with the VOIP
Jimmy: We are not offering Voip.
Me: What’s Verizon “voicewing” then?
Jimmy: Yes that is a VOIP but that is not available online you [...]

It’s just one of those days when I want to throw my hands in the air and give up– when all I have left is hope.
“Hope is not blind optimism.” Pause. “Hope is not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight.” Pause. “Hope is that thing inside of us that insists, despite all [...]

Enjoy a brief update and some fun pictures.
Let’s start off with the most important and fun news. Melo and I celebrated our six-month anniversary last night–woohoo! Even though we had snow, we managed to make it out of the house for the first time in days to buy some much needed groceries for [...]

As some of you may know, last week I had to do one of the hardest things in my life–give up my beloved dog. For those of you that don’t own a dog, I can’t articulate what it means to have a bond with an animal. For those of you that do, you can only [...]