Monthly Archives: June 2007

Short Week, including a Road Trip

Posted on June 30, 2007 by ken

With July 4th falling on a Wednesday, SWMBO and I are taking off Thursday and Friday as well. We’ll head over to West Virginia on the 4th, and visit one of SWMBO’s retired co-workers and her husband. We’ll eat their … Continue reading →

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Another Successful WordPress Upgrade

Posted on June 30, 2007 by ken

tbbs-land is now proudly powered by WordPress 2.2.1. Smooth update, no pain, no strain. Thanks, WordPress! -k- [tags]wordpress2.2.1, wordpress[/tags]

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The Buddy Lily

Posted on June 30, 2007 by ken

I write from time to time about our son Ryan, who died long before his time as far as SWMBO and I are concerned. We always called him Buddy. Our church had a long-standing custom where congregants could purchase an … Continue reading →

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The New Platform Colophon

Posted on June 30, 2007 by ken

In my unabashed geek glee in seeing my first post from my new laptop appear on the interweb, I neglected to provide linkage to all the items that make up this cool little laptop. So, here goes: The hardware: Toshiba … Continue reading →

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One Year Without the Acidman

Posted on June 30, 2007 by ken

June 26, 2006 was the day I learned of the death of the legendary blogger Rob Smith, the Acidman. I read his blog always, commented a few times, and grew quite fond of the crusty old guy, even though we … Continue reading →

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My iPhone

Posted on June 29, 2007 by ken

Strangely, it looks like my old Razr. And it will look exactly like my old Razr until Verizon’s “New after Two” plan kicks in on 1/7/2008. Then the Razr will look like something else altogether. And I won’t have to … Continue reading →

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A New Platform

Posted on June 29, 2007 by ken

If you see this, you’re reading my first post from my new Fedora-powered Toshiba Laptop. My old Sony Vaio, at age 8, was getting pretty long of tooth, and short on memory, disk, and everything else that makes a computer … Continue reading →

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NASCAR HotPass Driver Lineup

Posted on June 24, 2007 by ken

The car/driver/channel matchups for today’s running of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 from Infineon Raceway in Sonoma CA look like this: #2-Kurt Busch, 795 #60-Boris Said, 796 #20-Tony Stewart, 797 #7-Robby Gordon, 798 #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 799 Since this race is … Continue reading →

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Who Knew Math was This Simple?

Posted on June 22, 2007 by ken

I was a college math major, specifically a statistics major. I’ve pored over books, wrote on reams of paper, and consumed gallons of coffee in pursuit of mathematical enlightenment. Yet, I never came across something as brilliantly insightful as this, … Continue reading →

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RIP, Jim Shoulders

Posted on June 21, 2007 by ken

I haven’t been to a rodeo in years; I used to watch rodeo on TNN, in its pre-Spike TV days, or whatever it is now. I guess my casual rodeo-watching, along with my love of classic country music, made me … Continue reading →

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