Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…
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Product review: Graco Magnum DX Airless Sprayer
I don’t do a lot of product reviews. OK, I really don’t do any product reviews outside of the occasional consumer electronics gadget. However, I feel compelled to through something up on my Graco Magnum DX Airless Sprayer. I know this is not something that most people will ever need, but in case you do…
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My next toy
They say they are focused on military sales first. I bet it will be in the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog for this Christmas.
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Trip planning update
So after some feedback from my readers, a few decisions have been made on our European trip for next Summer. First, we will be going in the first few weeks of June. Second, I got a lot of feedback that it’s an easy trap to fall into to over schedule and try to go to…
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Planning ahead – request for ideas!
Been a bit light here again. Summer has just been too much fun. Between volleyball clinics, shooting 2-3 times a week, karate, vacation, concerts and too many BBQ’s to count I just haven’t really had time to update the old blog. This I thought was blog worthy though (plus it’s like 106 outside so I…
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The Supremes
It seems the supreme court made the difficult decision <sarcasm> to uphold the constitution yesterday </sarcasm> by saying that the 2nd amendment is indeed an individual right held by all citizens and may not be infringed by state and local ordinances. While there was a lot of circular discussion about due process and incorporation, I…
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Jam
Step 1 – drive to your local u-pick strawberry patch. Step 2 – bring home 13 lbs of strawberries (picked by you, your lovely wife and children). 10 lbs for jam and 3 lbs because you couldn’t figure out how much 10 lbs was when you were picking and you can’t put them back on…
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Summer reading
So what are you reading, and most importantly what are you reading with your kids this summer? My daughter has been studying American history during the revolutionary war, but is stopping short before they get to all the really good stuff, oh, like the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. So it hit me on…
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Kendall's film
Kendall participated in a program called families create and one of the films that she wrote, directed and made all the models for is below. The next Spielberg? Kendall’s Claymation on Youtube
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Dr. Eyjafjallajokull (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the ashcloud)
What a week. I set out last Sunday from Cincinnati to Nuremberg via Detroit and Frankfurt. I had several days of meetings scheduled with my team and various internal customers. It was in every way a normal trip to Germany: get up in the morning, breakfast in the hotel, taxi to the office, meeting after…