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Scouting
I am an Eagle Scout, so is My Father. Less than 1% of boys who enter scouting ever reach this rank. Yet I happen to associate with a bunch of different men who did. Life works out that way. I was contacted a while ago by the BSA to join the NESA, National Eagles Scout […]
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How to grow a geek
I am a parent… OK now that I’m done scaring you i have a question. If you are a geek / nerd and you would like to advance your plan for eventual world domination by growing the next generation of geeks / nerds. How do you do it? You can’t force awesome content down their […]
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Paddle
Everything happens fast anymore, between twitter, facebook, cell phones, On Demand cable. Why would a technologist need to slow down? Shouldn’t I be speeding up, adding ram or another screen right now? No… You shouldn’t. A sniper can only be at peak awareness for but so long, some military guides have it down to 30 […]
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Reborn spidey
Anything for a smile… We can rebuild him… See the last post for the full explanation
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Why am I holding spiderman’s head
My son is a rambunctious little tyke. He desperately wanted to get a balloon animal spiderman. We warned him ablout the fragile nature olof balloon animals. The transient joy of a large balloon creation, weighed against the sadness when it eventually pops. I did however think it would last longer than 20 minutes. We visited […]
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Babies Change Things
A lot of things can shift the way you look at the world. The big changes in anyone’s life are easy to point out. Birth, is by far one of the bigger things. Â At one point you stare back at yourself in a mirror and you say “I’m a Father?” Or whatever noun you have […]
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A new beginning
Ladies and gentlemen boys and girls children of all ages, Come one come all to to meet the newest member of the CaffiNation Lair’s Staff. it is with great joy that we welcome Amber Elizabeth Muller, She entered the world yelling at 3:09 pm July 12th. Despite the fact that a true lady never tells […]
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Time
So I find myself with tons of stuff to do but not enough time to do it once again. Like post regularly on the non production related sites… Most of the time around here is spent on family stuff, honestly the wife is beating me in Tetris so bad, and so regularly I might need […]
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Jury walk about
Today is jury duty, its actually still going on. But this post isn’t about that but rather about free time. The judge gave us a two hour lunch, and I love me some people watching so center city is my oyster! Taking lunch at reading terminal is nice, but it doesn’t really have enough seating […]
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So ends a decade of fat
I entered into my 20’s a trim specimen capable of running long distances, working without a shirt if need be and visiting the beach without fear of harpoons. I was 6’2″ 180lbs at 20, a little underweight, a runner’s body with little to no real muscles, especially upper body muscles. During the roaring 20’s i settled down, stopped walking […]