Archive | January, 2008

25 January 2008 View Comments

Talon’s achievement award

  Talon’s appearance is around 2:46 Nicely done, buddy! Tweet

21 January 2008 View Comments

uh.. ok.. it’s really, really cold

Found this in my truck this morning. Brrrr Tweet

18 January 2008 View Comments

It’s been 3 years since Raleigh was crippled by an inch of snow

Do you remember it? I do. It was an cluster. Talon was at my mother’s, a trip that normally takes me (at that time) 30-40 minutes. It took me around 6 hours to get to him. The ground has pretty much been frozen for several days, so as soon as the snow fell it turned [...]

17 January 2008 View Comments

If it snows at 4am, and no one sees it, did it still snow?

Another alleged potential disaster averted. I pulled into the gas station the other night on my way to a meeting, and every pump was occupied. After a few minutes, I was able to pull up and start to fill up. I don’t think I have ever been at a pump that ran so slow. After [...]

17 January 2008 View Comments

How to nap successfully

  Scientists say that a successful midday nap depends on two things: timing and (no kidding) caffeine consumption. Experiments performed at Loughborough University in the UK showed that the sleep-deprived need only a cup of coffee and 15 minutes of shut-eye to feel amazingly refreshed. Right before you crash, down a cup of java. The [...]

8 January 2008 View Comments

I was interviewed by Wayne Sutton for Local Conversations

Wayne Sutton a new/social media evangelist from NBC17 contacted me via Twitter the other day and asked if I would be interested in doing an interview about local bloggers. We did the interview at Panera Bread. The weather yesterday was oddly warm, so we took advantage of that and did the interview outside. I think [...]

6 January 2008 View Comments

Hey Critter

Hey bud, how’s it going? *shrug* One day at a time, I guess. I haven’t written much due to the fact that one person in the family has been ill. Talon became sick just as Christmas vacation started. He was pretty ill for a couple of days, but then he’s been pretty lethargic and tired [...]

3 January 2008 View Comments

Cleaning off the camera.

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1 January 2008 View Comments

Happy New Year

More later (am too bloody tired right now)   It’s a shark. I caughtz it. It was midnight. we celebrated. Tweet