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How I Spent My Winter Break & Why Godaddy Isn’t My Blog Host

And no this has nothing to do with SOPA… yet. We’ve been on the run since Friday… Woe, that was two weeks ago. Man, time flies… Christmas eve-eve I was busy working on Tricia’s video, using my blog-woes as a cover story. Alas, the blog woes was more than a convenient cover-story (see below). Friday, last …

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EMDT Xmas Photo Session, Part1

Should have known when they asked us to line up outside that things would go downhill from there. Some folks didn’t find the background particularly artistic or representative of our work-life here at Full Sail U. Of course this background was my choice. Ha! Ain’t life grand. Merry Xmas, y’all. jbb

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I’ll Have a Right-Upper-Cut w/ My Turkey Drumstick

The Thanksgiving holiday is a family thing. In years past, with one notable exception I’ve never suffered from a lack of having family to spend the afternoon/evening with. I’ve been fortunate that way. Having a “significant other” has been an entirely different story. Given that I’m now a several hundred miles from family and the …

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Things I Never Thought I Would Hear at Work

I love these people. Before heading out to our various Thanksgiving holiday destinations Beth (month 1) pulled out a composition book with the title “Things I Never Thought I Would Hear at Work.” Once we were seated around her like attentive pre-schoolers, she read to us a collection of quotations and our job was to …

Educational Dead Zone

• We’ve entered the educational dead zone between t-day and xmas. energy level really low in 1st period. no snoring though # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Reflections from Another Halloween to Forget

Got the earbuds dug in deep ’cause it’s unlikely that I’ll be having any conversations beyond ordering another beer. Barmaid with beards, witches with snakes and a couple zombies thrown in for good measure, I can’t remember the last time I even bothered leaving the apartment for a Halloween. Hmm, the last Halloween of any …

Not the “Season’s Greetings” One Would Hope For

So… Having made my decision, I spoke on the phone with the program director and after an eight-minute conversation set the new plan in motion. I then sent the following email to my Pepperdine cadre-mates: I’m not sure what it is about the Holidays that tends to make them into pivotal decision making times, but …