Archive for March, 2008

I need to ease up on the caffeine

By Scott • Mar 31st, 2008 • Filed under: Fun

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Maine to Florida - Four Million Steps - 2300 Miles

By Scott • Mar 30th, 2008 • Filed under: Events, Wow

Sounds whacky doesn’t it? Well our friend Tommy Neeson is going to make the run. For Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Once in awhile a really wild idea gets into your head, ferments, grows and if
powerful enough has the power to transform your thoughts into actions.
Tommy Neeson, husband to Elaine, father to Shelby and parent of [...]

WordPress 2.5 is out (and installed!)

By Scott • Mar 29th, 2008 • Filed under: Blog, Wow

From the WordPress Development Blog:
WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that [...]

Portsmouth NEATFest - Celebrating 13 years of success!

By Scott • Mar 28th, 2008 • Filed under: Family

Portsmouth NEATFest is coming on May 3rd, 2008! This event is a change from the previous years’ NEAT Summits.
Creating more of a carnival atmosphere and bringing displays and presentations from many units within the Police Department.
This year’s event will be held at North Landing, (the old PortSide site) at Crawford and North Streets.
Please contact [...]

Botanophobia

By Scott • Mar 23rd, 2008 • Filed under: Family, Fun, Holiday, Wow

For some history on this post go here. Then see here and here for more fun reading.

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George Carlin on age.

By Scott • Mar 23rd, 2008 • Filed under: Family, Fun, Wow

George Carlin’s Views on Aging
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions.
‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m four and a half!’ You’re never thirty-six and a half. [...]

Say OWIE!!! Daughter Two with Broke Ankle

By Scott • Mar 21st, 2008 • Filed under: Family

Last night Courtney broke her ankle in gymnastics class. She was coming off a high mat from a round off that should have moved right into a back handspring… instead she lost her balance and her ankle twisted beneath her.  She crashed down on top of it and it broke.  Her coach said he heard [...]

Happy St Patrick’s Day

By Scott • Mar 17th, 2008 • Filed under: Events

Happy St. Patrick’s Day ya’ll…

Are WI-FI Hotspots a thing of the past?

By Scott • Mar 10th, 2008 • Filed under: Wow

According to Ericsson’s Chief Marketing Officer they are.
The rapid growth of mobile broadband is set to make Wi-Fi hotspots irrelevant, according to an Ericsson executive.
“Hotspots at places like Starbucks are becoming the telephone boxes of the broadband era,” claimed Ericsson’s chief marketing officer Johan Bergendahl, speaking to delegates at the European Computer Audit, Control [...]

Questions for ICOC Leadership

By Scott • Mar 7th, 2008 • Filed under: Church

I found this post in the ICOC Discussion forums on Delphi… tough questions. I wonder if any have the backbone to answer them…
The ICC Discussion forum #21519.1
What actions did you take immediately after the HKL in order to self-examine your teachings and beliefs?
What actions did you take to insure that nothing in the HKL could [...]