Monthly Archives: February 2009

Google Changes FeedBurner Feed Addresses–Again.

By Kirk M | Published February 27, 2009

Google changes FeedBurner Feed addresses again. So why can’t they tell us about it?

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Indoor Plumbing Appreciation

By Kirk M | Published February 26, 2009

An excellent reason to appreciate indoor plumbing.

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Labeled Disabled | Wherein the Problem Lies

By Kirk M | Published February 25, 2009

Still having trouble dealing with being “disabled” much to my own surprise.

Posted in Life as a veteran | Tagged | 10 Comments

IRS Thanks me for Serving my Country?

By Kirk M | Published February 20, 2009

I called up the IRS yesterday…
Now isn’t that a fine way to start a post?
I called up the IRS yesterday with a question I had never thought I would ever have to ask and that was:
What if I didn’t earn any money last year?
It was a legitimate question since, for the first time in my [...]

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Surgery is on! With or Without Sugar.

By Kirk M | Published February 18, 2009

Three times a charm they say and in my experience what they say (in this case) is often true. In parley with my surgeon down at the Boston VA yesterday we finally came to an accord. Surgery will take somewhere between the 15th and 30th of April, exact date depending on what her monthly surgery [...]

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Sunday Thoughts on Monday | The State of Things

By Kirk M | Published February 16, 2009

I’m an avid news reader and thanks to the WWW I’m not limited to mainstream media’s idea of what news items make money rather than reporting without bias. Even better than that is being able to read comments on those news articles that allow them which is rapidly becoming the rule rather than the exception.
Because [...]

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Three Years of Doing it Myself?

By Kirk M | Published February 10, 2009

It seems that while I’ve been dealing with the slings and arrows of outrageous illness, this third incarnation of my first blogging effort had it’s third birthday (anniversary?) without me. In other words, I’ve been doing-it-myself for 3 years now plus a handful of days.
According to the archives my first post on my new custom [...]

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Still down but not out.

By Kirk M | Published February 5, 2009

Just a quick follow up post to let you all know I’m somewhat on mend. This has got to be the worst crap I’ve ever encountered since my experience with a yellow fever vaccine.
And I’m sorry if the title to the previous post shocked a few folks. It was supposed to be all in fun. [...]

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