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Year: 2004

New Wheels and Easter

Posted on April 10, 2004 By Tom No Comments on New Wheels and Easter
Miscellaneous

Yesterday certainly didn’t turn out like I had imagined.  Laura decided to test drive convertible roadsters, and wound up buying one!  We found a used Audi A4 convertible with only 13K miles.  It seemed a shame not to buy it! Of course, we did test drive one other car – a used Mustang convertible with … Read More “New Wheels and Easter” »

Quick Trip to Francis Beidler Forest

Posted on April 9, 2004 By Tom No Comments on Quick Trip to Francis Beidler Forest
Travel

The weather has been fantastic, so Laura and I decided that after she got home from work Thursday, we would head down to Beidler Forest. We headed out around 5:30 PM, and found a cheap place to stay in St. George – right in the middle of nowhere, but close to the swamp. The next … Read More “Quick Trip to Francis Beidler Forest” »

Caches of Rebel Flags

Posted on April 6, 2004 By Tom No Comments on Caches of Rebel Flags
Geocaching and Maps

I love Spring Break.  I always have too long of a “to do” list, but I’m always fettered with this incurable laziness – true spring fever.  Yesterday was my day to waste time around the house then wander downtown and see what trouble I could cause.  Today, being such a beautiful day, I felt the … Read More “Caches of Rebel Flags” »

Posted on April 5, 2004 By Tom No Comments on
Miscellaneous

The first day of spring break, and I’m out and about around town.  Lunch was downtown at Trios (making Laura tremendously jealous), then I hit my favorite stops – the Map Shop, then Horizon Records. My final stop was Oshman’s Sporting Goods, where I bought a pair of hip waders.  When I got home, I … Read More “” »

Posted on April 4, 2004 By Tom No Comments on
Miscellaneous

Another month (or two) has gone by without a post. It’s now the first of April and Spring Break, so I’m spending a few minutes updating things.   I don’t want this to become one of those “abandoned blogs”.  Same excuses apply — too busy or too lazy to update, plus I had about  three-week stint … Read More “” »

Valentine’s Day Post Analysis

Posted on February 15, 2004 By Tom No Comments on Valentine’s Day Post Analysis
Miscellaneous

I almost headed this “post mortem”, but decided that was a bit harsh.  Valentine’s turned out fairly well this year.  We had our fancy dinner at home Friday night, since we knew Saturday’s schedule would be a bit weird.   It was a very relaxing evening at home after an extremely taxing week. Saturday morning we woke … Read More “Valentine’s Day Post Analysis” »

Posted on February 12, 2004 By Tom No Comments on
EdTech

It’s been a hell of a week.  Our network is finally back in one piece, thanks to Ginger’s work.  I put the finishing touches on a plan to spend over $1.5 million in taxpayer money over the next six months.  The good news is that by August all of my schools will be on Windows … Read More “” »

Coronas

Posted on February 10, 2004 By Tom No Comments on Coronas
Restaurants

Busy week, and it’s only Tuesday.  the main core switch at one of our schools we down, so they lost connection to the network.  Never realize how dependent on technology you are until it goes away. When Laura finally got home from work, she wanted to go to Coronas for Mexican, then go to the … Read More “Coronas” »

Posted on February 6, 2004 By Tom No Comments on
Travel

Well, I’m sitting again.  This time on the flight back to Atlanta.  There were more sales pitches this morning, then they hustled us out the door with lunch in a bag to head to the airport. Seems like everything is delayed into and out of Atlanta.  Ginger and I were able to get booked onto … Read More “” »

Posted on February 5, 2004 By Tom No Comments on
EdTech

I’m trapped.  At 8:30 they put us on a bus and shipped us to the Hewlett-Packard campus.  The sessions have been non-stop each day, with only five-minute breaks between each session. The campus itself is amazing, in a natural setting that is almost totally unrecognizable as a manufacturing facility.  It looks like a wooded office … Read More “” »

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