Archive for July, 2007

SSShhhhhhh…

Posted by Kirk M on 11 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Misc posts

The author is sleeping. He worked his you-know-what off all week so far (and it’s only Wednesday) and had to go to bed. He’ll be back at it tomorrow.
Sometimes you just have to pass out. Read more »

One for Vermont…The Simpson’s in Springfield

Posted by Kirk M on 11 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Life at home

Who would have guessed? Out of over 50 towns throughout the old US of A named “Springfield”, who would have even thought that the Springfield of the Green Mountain state would be chosen to host the premier of the new Simpson’s Movie?
Well YAY for us!
Now, along with fall foliage, maple syrup, beautiful scenery, quaint life [...] Read more »

A New Keyboard, an Upcoming Phone Call and ABW

Posted by Kirk M on 09 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Just Thinkin

Such things be happening here in my small corner of the Blogosphere these last couple of days not the least of which is a finally buying myself a new keyboard.
One of the most frustrating things for me about this art of blogging is the typing end of things…meaning I’m not one…a typist that is. I’m [...] Read more »

The Unfinished Community

Posted by Kirk M on 07 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Community

I have been keeping a close eye on and participating in the discussion going on about the new “mass messaging” feature added to the MyBlogLog community site. I’ve found this pretty fascinating so far because as I first watched the idea of the personal computer take form all those years ago, through the idea of [...] Read more »

It’s Friday!

Posted by Kirk M on 06 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Misc posts

Ain’t it the truth though? Sometimes you just have to say it…
Thank God It’s Friday!
I even got up early so I’d be wide awake to express that very feeling. Sometimes you just have to take advantage of waking up in a good mood by telling everybody about it and what good is having a blog [...] Read more »

MyBlogLog Community Messaging…Ripe for Spam?

Posted by Kirk M on 04 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Community

One of the new functions recently introduced at MyBlogLog is the ability to send a message to your entire community in one single operation called Community Messaging. For those who haven’t found this yet it’s a new link added next to the links that reside to the right of the thumbnail of your blog. For [...] Read more »

Good News For Veterans

Posted by Kirk M on 03 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Life as a veteran

Here’s one for the record books. A substantial increase in financing for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the care of the folks returning from Iraq and Afghanistan which can only help existing older vets as well, especially in the VA claims department which although has slowly but surely improving, has always been understaffed and [...] Read more »

Reflections To A Time of Learning

Posted by Kirk M on 01 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Reflections

A post by Liz Strauss at her blog Letting Me Be… triggered the most amazing response from me (amazing to me that is). I’m modifying my response to her post only a bit to work it into this post. It’s about one of the hardest things in life that you might go through and everyone [...] Read more »

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