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11.27.01 I am back
Posted Nov 27, 2001
Man I hate it when Life interferes with my fun. Anyway, thanks to a nice E-Mail from Peta, I am back now and am going to resume my duties as best I can.
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09.15.01
Posted Sep 16, 2001
All the world knows what happend in New York on September 11th, 2001. I have been struggling all week trying to put my thoughts into words to post something here, and I just can't. I don't have the words to describe what is going on inside me now. So, I am going to post the song that has been running through my head all week instead. To the other Americans on this board, I think you will agree with this song. To all the others who have posted their grief and support, you all have my heart-felt thanks.
Kudos to Lee Greenwood:
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08.03.01 Short Leave of Absence
Posted Aug 3, 2001
As much as I hate to say this, work is taking its toll on my free time. We are merging with another company, and since I am the defacto head of the IS department, it seems they want me seriously involved in the integration. As a result, I have to take a short leave of absence from my ACE duties until we are done. 
I will be checking in as often as I possibly can, though, so I won't be totally gone. If you have any problems and I can't get back to you right away, please check the list of ACEs above.....any one of them will be more than happy to help.
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6.27.01 Cool!!!
Posted Jun 27, 2001
Good news today. Not only did they dump my boss' job on me when he left, they handed me a nice little raise to go with it!! 
I mean, I asked for one when when I got the job, but I didn't really expect to see it. Guess it just goes to prove that patience is a good thing.
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6.22.01 Sadness
Posted Jun 22, 2001
I heard this morning that Carrol O'Connor and John Lee Hooker both passed away this week. What a drag of a way to start my day.
Carrol O'Connor was best known as the cantakerous Archie Bunker on the 70's sitcom All in the Family. He was always (as Archie) making fun of or putting down minorities, hippies, bums, Jews, Chinese...you name it, he had a derogatory name for it. But beyond all that, he was really just a man who loved his family, worked hard to support them, and was never afraid to speak his mind. For me, the moment that showed how Archie truly felt was the episode where he was trying to roughhouse with his daughter, Gloria, and she said "Daddy, stop treating me like a child. I'm not your little girl any more." Well....Archie's face dropped, his eyes got all puffy, and he looked at her and said "Don't you never tell me that." Having a daughter of my own, I know exactly where that sentiment comes from.
On a comical note, I think one of my favorite "Archie Moments" camr during one of his theological 'discussions' with someone about women. He said "God created man in His own image. He made woman from a rib. That's a spare cut." 
And as for John Lee Hooker, the best way to know him is to listen to his music. His blues style influenced to many of today's artists, my favorite being Eric Clapton. His deep-throated vocals always had a way of getting down into your soul.
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