Category Archives: Personal

Personal stuff about me.

It’s gonna be a late night with Verizon

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Joel

There’s gonna be a Verizon party at my house tonight. Here’s the scoop.  The neighbors I’ve spoken to, and the discussion posted online, prepared me for one possibility. I didn’t expect the troubles. To prep, we cleaned up the basement … Continue reading →

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Verizon FiOS installation on Monday

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Joel

Yup, they’re coming on Monday, 8am, and we’re ready.  I’m taking a vacation day, as I asssume I won’t have any internet access for most of the day.  Of course, I copied a lot of files over to my laptop … Continue reading →

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Michael Jackson 1958 – 2009

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Joel

In 1984, my family and another went on a 3-car road trip to Florida.  In hindsight, I’m not sure how we accomplished it all — Walt Disney World in Orlando (when it was just the Magic Kingdom and EPCOT Center), … Continue reading →

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So I’m drinking coffee now

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Joel

I must be getting older. I used to have the energy of a bull. Most nights, I’d be up until 3am, yet still ready for work the next morning. Any regular night that I drank caffeinated soda, fuggedaboudit. I’d be … Continue reading →

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So we have cable tv and the internet back

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Joel

A happy announcement — as of Monday afternoon, we had our cable tv and hi-speed internet back.  Cause for celebration? Yes.  Could it have been fixed sooner?  You betcha.  Let me explain. Last Thursday, a Comcast technician was supposedly dispatched … Continue reading →

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Back to NJ and off to a baseball game @ FirstEnergy Park

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Joel

Woohoo, time for a big, fun-filled weekend. On Friday, we got out of the office a little late (the usual wrapping up of work), dropped off the rental car, and headed over to the ticket counter.  Of course, our flight … Continue reading →

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Why is hotel TV so entertaining?

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Joel

Do you know what I don’t get? When I’m home, I watch very little TV.  Maybe I don’t have a lot of time at home, maybe there’s not much on.  I’ve at the TV on at 2am while I was … Continue reading →

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Comcast! What are you doing to us?!?!?!?

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Joel

My wife called me Tuesday to inform me that both the digital cable and internet were both out.  Reset modems and cable boxes, and we’ve still got nothing.  I haven’t been able to dial out to their 800 customer service … Continue reading →

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The $10,995 bike

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Joel

Late lunch today between meetings, we ran to a nearby Subway for quick sandwiches. Next door to Subway is a cycling store called InVita Sport. I had seen the store back in April, but it was closed at the time.  … Continue reading →

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Administering and redesigning the church website

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Joel

I seem to be back in the website administration business. Just when I get out, they pull me back in.  Well, not quite, but I’ll explain. For the uninitiated, through the years in addition to my personal ode to self-indulgence … Continue reading →

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