A personal notebook
Thoughts, notes, and ideas.
Writing about whatever I’m trying to understand.
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From a guy who lost…
I don’t mind losing as much as I mind the other guy winning.
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A Really Great Guy I Met This Week
I was down in Columbus Ohio for the Small Business Marketing Unleashed Conference. It’s a great conference that I totally love being at. One of the people I met was John Tuggle. This is…
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T. Boone Pickens at the National Press Club
I couldn’t rip myself away from the screen as I watched T. Boone Pickens at the National Press Club. Here are some quotes from that speech that stood out to me: I don’t care…
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On a Marines T-shirt
Pain is weakness leaving the body.
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Old Trail School – Headmaster: John Farber
Involvement in extra curriculars is a leading indicator of success after high school.
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Quotes From Joe Biden
“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your books and I’ll tell you what you value.” “The measure of success is not how many times you get knocked down, it’s how quick you…
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Me and Joe Biden at the Football Hall of Fame Rally
Joe Biden Football Hall of Fame Rally, originally uploaded by Sage Lewis. This is a crowning day of glory for me. This is the first picture I have ever had of me and a…
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Rsync Problems
For the life of me, I couldn’t get files to transfer from an XP laptop to a FreeNas samba server. This was why: rsync Linux Commands: Remote file copy (Synchronize file trees) a trailing…
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Tips On Getting Involved in Community Development Online
This is a post specifically for people who attended my Community class at Small Business Marketing Unleashed in Columbus Ohio. But if you haven’t come to the class, you might find this useful too.…
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Robert Giroux “highbrow publisher” Obituary
This is from The Week (September 19, 2008):“What’s publishing all about?” he once asked. “If it isn’t about what you like and believe in, you might as well manufacture sausages.”
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Andrew Bacevich – The Limits of Power
This is from The Week (September 19, 2008):Bacevich argues that a generation-plus of profligacy at home is feeding reckless U.S. militarism abroad, and that neither trend is sustainable. “Tacitly, at least, the American people…
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Rocky is in search of her favorite pediatrician
First, if you have never checked out Rocky’s blog, I highly recommend it. It’s the way you always wanted your blogs to be written. It’s concise, funny and clever. But she is in search…