This week I am getting ready to head down to Dallas, Texas home of Telligent HQ this Thursday to get a chance to work from the office for a week and also visit with the people I work with so closely everyday. We have couple larger projects to undertake during my stay so there will be work mixed with...

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Ok I know it's been a while since I have been posting so I have made a promise to myself to start something new and to challenge myself with at least one post a week even I should be able to do that right? I guess I am still adjusting to fairly new job and trying to balance personal and work can...

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Several months back I did bunch of Microsoft Virtual Labs which they give out little MSDN dolls for participating, I highly recommend checking out the labs and the web casts there is a ton of great information out there you just have to reach out!...

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I have been tagged by the Burke man and the Qgyen master. 1) I was an over the road trucker for 2 years after the tech industry took a hard hit because of the 911 fallout, almost became a trainer before returning the the IT world in 2005. 2) I have Timneh (African Grey) Parrot named "Bri" and...

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Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, hope you all get to spend it with someone special and enjoy a good meal. I am thankful for my life, family, friends and my new job! Here is something fun for you to enjoy, hope it puts a smile on your face as it did mine. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

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About one year ago I was fortunate enough to be invited into the Vista beta program thru Connect, Microsoft’s private testers group and began my beta testing of Windows Vista the next generation of the Windows operating system. One year later I find out that after all the hard work and troubles...

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Remember to get out and Vote today Novemember 7th 2006. This is your chance to make your voice heard and the power of one added together does make a difference and this is one of the few ways you and I can influence what goes on with our world and communites. Also remember to think about the future and...

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Well I made it thru my first day on support at Telligent without getting axed! :-) Just kidding of course, it was a pretty good day I worked on Gold Forum support. Dave Burke has been kind enough to help me in getting my new hat to fit just right and so far I only got corrected once by Eric Duncan it...

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I am proud and excited to announce that on October 30th I will be joining the support team @ Telligent! I am sad to be leaving ASPnix but I think my best role is yet to come in the world of hosting, communities and asp.net I hope to bring something great to the team and to Telligent and of course to...

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Today is your special day hope you have a great one!

Happy Birthday Keyvan

Whew if you ever want to know what you actually do at work just take a little break and then come back and you will see! First of all I want to say thank you to Telligent for having us and being a very nice host(yummy BBQ from Bone Daddy's) Rob Howard and Scott Watemasysk are at the top of the thank...

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Only 2 more nights to go and The Wizz will be in Dallas. I am preparing for my trip and getting my laundry cleaned I figure I might as well wear clean clothes for a change, wouldn't want to make Dave look too good! I will be bringing with me some comments and ideas from the community as well as representing...

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Michael Bullock Fall Poem Summer is ended and the clouds beneath the skin begin to creep into the mist-filled mind Rain behind the eyes screens off the world outside and the heart is washed away down a long grey river Only the leaves still green outside the window provide an anchor for the shipwrecked...

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On this day of rememberence I want to share the words to the song by Alan Jackson. Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) by Alan Jackson Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September Day? Out in the yard with your wife and children? Working on some stage in L.A.? Did you stand...

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Why do folks insist on garbaging up there personal blogs with things like google ads ? No offense meant towards anyone but I just don't get it? Not only does it look tacky to me but who actually clicks on those ads anyway while reading someones blog . and even if a few readers did they surely don't...

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This weekend I will be taking a little Holiday and some Wizard and Family time, I will be unplugging and heading off to the farm. I also want to take this time to mention the Wizards best friend Rob Gersna who has no joined the world of blogging with CommunityServer so let's all encourage him to...

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Here I come! I am going down to Dallas on September 22nd to meet up with friend, fellow CSMVP and Telligenti Rich Mercer who is coming to visit all the way from the UK! We are planning on seeing the city and having a bit of a good time and of course going to meet some more Telligenti @ Telligent HQ I...

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Battlestar Galactica begins Friday, Oct. 6, at 9/8C

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WOW! If you were in or around OshKosh last night and missed these guys you really missed a gem of a show they are the best jam band I have seen in a very long time and the only sadness I have it not discovering them sooner! I am talking about New Monsoon from San Francisco they came all this way to play...

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Here it is already August 16th and I can already sense the season change here in cheese land and I feel like a caged tiger who has given up on freedom I have had a short fun visit with my son this summer which was great but I normally like to get outdoors much more, maybe it's the job! I have not...

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Just testing out Ken's Lightbox CS module.  

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For 3 days of nothing but nature no wifi, web sites or email I admit it will be tough but some how I will manage. The coolest part is my son who is starting to turn into a man is visiting for the summer and is going with us and I am very excited about getting to spend some time with him since I don't...

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Today is the big day for me "40" and I get a knock at the door or I should say the doorbell rang and I was almost afraid to answer it for fear of some embarrassing singing telegram or balloon delivery but I managed to build up the courage to open the door and alas it was a very cool cookie bouquet sent...

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Before I was myself you made me, me With love and patience, discipline and tears, Then bit by bit stepped back to set me free, Allowing me to sail upon my sea, Though well within the headlands of your fears. Before I was myself you made me, me With dreams enough of what I was to be And hopes that would...

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I have just seen the video footage from the so called boot camp prison's we now have in this wonderful country of ours and I am both appalled and outraged! A 14 year old was beaten and tortured by several guards while someone in a white coat just stood there and watched it was so horrific I almost turned...

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One day left till Rob arrives it is a great joy to able to be as old as I am and still feel what is was like to be a child again waiting on christmas eve for the day to be over so night would come and then morning to all the joy and happiness of all the presents and suprise when opening them. Indeed...

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I am now working for ASPnix as a Technical Administrator, ASPnix if you don't already know is a Hosting company specializing in Windows Server Technology, they host web sites for everyone from personal web sites to ecomerce business web sites they also will soon be offering VPS (Virtual Private Servers...

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Well we spent last weekend in Appleton looking at a million places (They have a 15% vacancy rate) where they beg you to move in and not the other way around. We should have the lease signed this afternoon on our new 2 bedroom town house. It has a full basement and 2 floors with 1-1/2 baths, central air...

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Well we are finally doing it, moving to Wisconsin! Probably in the Appleton area, we don't have jobs to go to right now but have saved up enough of a cushion to finally up and move. The job market is good enough so that we should be able to find work in short order. I am very excited to move to Wisco...

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Well today was my first day at my new job, I am now working at Hubert Humphrey Hall @ University of Minnesota as a HelpDesk associate it's only a contract job for a couple of months but I think I am really going to like it. It's a big step up from the last adventure!

So Incase you don't already know I now work at the Help Desk at the Wand Corporation in Eden Prairie Minnesota. Wand is a software company that creates, sells, and supports POS(Point of sale systems - Fancy name for cash registers) for the Quick Serv(Fancy name for fast food) Industry. I get this call...

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It was 95 on Thursday!  Whew and to think I moved up here because I like the snow and cold weather, haha. :-)

Went to what I would call one of Minnesota's hidden gems! Barley John's Brew Pub Rita and I meet up with some fine friends of mine and hung out around a fire on the patio under the stars and sipped some of the finest beer I have ever tasted....too good I'm afraid :-)...

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Man, I can't wait till the good weather is here to stay for a while, especially because I'm no longer driving a truck and can have some fun! The bummer is that it looks like the boys(The Dead) are not touring this year as a group. I can only hope they do something this summer even though there is no...

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