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 Our fence, built by us. And modeled by Austin and Jacob. ETC: And the following day...  We completed a bit more on the fence's east side, but ran out of enthusiasm for the tweaks we were having to make. So, on to the flatter north side.  Hey - we actually completed a side. At this point, we've finished about 150' of fence, which is about half of it.  You can see the poles waiting for us on the west side. But at least we're having a good time doing it :)  |
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All of the green folks out there protesting energy generated by fossil fuels... I'd like to see some leadership by these folks. I'd like them to blaze that trail for us. For all of the green actors and actresses and directors and producers, for your next Hollywood project, please erect windmills on the set to generate the electricity needed for production. Please show us how it's done. For all of the anti-oil musicians, for your next session in the studio, please buy and install the solar panels necessary to generate the energy you need for your recording. And please take public transportation to get you, your band, and your equipment to your next concert. And insist that your audience do the same. Please show us how it's done. Please - practice what you preach. |
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 No cue cards, no teleprompter, and a firm grasp of the facts - Scott Walker was very impressive in his speech in West Des Moines last night. I have friends of mine who wonder whether the massive government incursion into the private sector can be rolled back to return our country to freedom. Scott Walker did in 5 weeks more to make Wisconsin favorable to jobs and the economy than most governors know how to do in 5 years. And it worked. When he took office, only 10% of business owners in Wisconsin found the climate favorable to jobs and the economy. Today? 88%. More teachers' jobs have been saved through his efforts. No government employees were laid off, despite a threatening debt burden on the state. This in contrast to Illinois, where earlier this year Gov. Quinn boasted that he wasn't going to take the steps that Gov. Walker did - but it wasn't Gov. Quinn who got the pink slip. It was Illinois teachers. But not in Wisconsin, where the budget is balanced and school districts are starting to enjoy a surplus. The protesters who greeted me as I pulled into the Sheraton's parking lot - maybe 100 of them - don't know these facts. They're oblivious. They get their talking points from a union official, who of course hates what Scott Walker did because he curtailed the power of the union by not forcing Wisconsin's government employees to be represented by a union and by not forcing them to give dues to the union. It's now the employee's choice. You know - freedom. Unions hate freedom. Through freedom, Scott Walker saved worker jobs. On the other hand, the unions in Illinois are killing jobs because Gov. Quinn won't promote freedom. The protesters last night, they don't know these facts. They're ignorant, and it's sad. But here's what's really disturbing... in 20 minutes, Scott Walker outlined the principles and the steps he knew that he had to take, in the face of massive protests in Madison. Other than Steve King, I don't know of a politician in Iowa who would have done what he did - sticking to his guns in the preservation of liberty for the people. He endured a media onslaught, physical threats to his family, and simply did what he knew he had to do and he did the right thing. What a man... We could sure use one of these in Iowa. And in the office of the president. |
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 People are starting to use 247Toolset as their personal web site, as you see above. The economics of it makes sense: it's less than $300 for a year, and they get to use the entire backend, with all of its people management and email capabilities. Very interesting... |
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Long ago, I heard someone say, "When you have a child, your heart walks outside of your body for the rest of your life." True. What makes it harder is when you have to watch mistakes that your adult child makes. It's hard to know when to jump in to coach and when to sit back and let life do the coaching. Most of what we learn in life comes through our own experience - through trial and error. Skinning our knees is a natural - and necessary - experience. Sometimes, the most loving thing you can do is let them skin their knees, because they won't learn what they need to learn any other way. Tough act sometimes, parenting... |
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One of my clients is hip-deep in the HVAC industry. For two and a half years, I have worked on their site, a good part of that with the world's greatest technologist, Jonathan. My favorite anyway... Got word today that southern California has adopted their model and is using our platform that we created. A lot of other big players vied for this lucrative space, and our platform was chosen for its accuracy and flexibility. If the pilot goes well, and we'll ensure that it will, then as goes California in this niched market, so goes the nation. :) |
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Earlier today, I decided to update my iOS to 5 on my iPad. So I went through the steps that it prompted me to do, and then it announced that it couldn't pull in the backup that it created prior to updating iOS. Lost are all of my documents created with Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. Gone are all of my videos and pictures that I took in Tofino with the iPad. Gone are most of my apps. For those who tout Apple as a great company with great products, this was a major epic fail. And I'm not the only one... |
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 Two of my sons, Aaron and Tate, just returned from New York City and brought with them a Guggenheim book. In it was "Man with Crossed Arms" by Cezanne, which I like very much. I also noticed that the book had a lot of Kadinsky in it, whom my friend, Annette, admires. |
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I read this, which is a bunch of whining from Hollywood execs about the dismal box office. It's pretty simple, really. You have your Occupy Wall Street crowd, which Hollywood aligns itself with, and those folks are more apt to stream a pirated movie from the Internet or try to get money from their parents (or some other personal philanthropist) to see the movie. And then you have those of us with money, who've been dissed openly and repeatedly by those in Hollywood. We ought to support you with our patronage because why? There are actors and actresses I simply won't see, I don't care if it's the performance of their life. Sean Penn tops that list, for his support of anti-freedom dictators who silence and murder their citizens. But there are others as well, and actually the list is getting longer because you can't pee on your audience continually. Sam Jackson and Morgan Freeman have certainly sucked my enthusiasm for their art with their uninformed comments. I don't have any pity for Hollywood the abysmal box office, though I don't think they'll figure it out any time soon. |
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