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Monday, September 26

Inc.

I read 2 noteworthy articles in the July 2005 (wow I'm behind) issue of Inc. magazine...

Stephen Gass invented a table saw that stops instantly when it touches flesh - back in 2001. 32,000 people are rushed to emergency rooms with table-saw related injuries each year in the US, but the industry refuses to adopt his SawStop technology?

Read why David Slawson says that "A solar farm 100 miles by 100 miles would be enough to displace the fossil-fuel consumption of the U.S."

posted by Brad at 9/26/2005 09:04:00 PM | permalink | 6 comments

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• Perhaps the reason why the industry has not adapted this new table saw is for the better of mankind. Have you ever heard of the term social Darwinism? I think they should make the saw blades sharper.
  Jason

  By  Anonymous, at 9/26/2005 11:11 PM 

• Jason,
  
  I don't know you, but I LOVE your comment. I wish I could be that witty.

  By  Unknown, at 9/27/2005 9:23 AM 

• Jason,
  
  I think I know you and I concur that you are witty. You should have your own witty blog we could read all the time.

  By  Laura, at 9/27/2005 10:30 PM 

• I'm not sure where the right place to comment on your bloglink is but I'm doing it here. Don't get down on your fam for signing you up for more years with Sprint without asking you... Regarding the Treo: Windows was made for computers, and had to be scaled back to work on a mobile phone. On the other hand, Symbian was developed specifically for a mobile environmnet and thus is a better OS than Windows on your phone. There are lots Symbian phones that will sync with Outlook - that aren't the Treo.

  By  Laura, at 9/27/2005 10:35 PM 

• Quit being lazy and update your blog already. Geez.

  By  Anonymous, at 9/29/2005 1:05 PM 

• I mean, unreal, unbelievable, wow! I'm never coming back here again if you don't update in the next 4 hours.

  By  Anonymous, at 9/29/2005 1:06 PM 

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CNBC Mad Money

Do people actually watch this show? It's scary...

posted by Brad at 9/26/2005 09:01:00 PM | permalink | 5 comments

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• I hope not...

  By  Anonymous, at 9/27/2005 7:20 AM 

• Agreed. I need some nuance in my programming. He's! Excited! About! Everything!

  By  Alicia, at 9/27/2005 9:30 PM 

• I've flipped to it and was scared. It seems like it'd be more appropriate on Comedy Central - it just doesn't make sense.

  By  Laura, at 9/27/2005 10:00 PM 

• Only people as IMMATURE as the JERK shouting, stomping and screaming. When I first saw this LUNATIC, I thought it was a day care.

  By  Anonymous, at 10/25/2005 11:41 PM 

• Oh Calm Down! It's just a TV Show.
  
  Now go to YouTube and watch my collection of MadMoney teases!
  
  keyword: CNBC TV MAD MONEY Tease
  
  And remember neither you nor I could even come close to his RICHES, the JERK! LOL!

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Sunday, September 25

I Hate Football

• The Packers lost (again)
  
• The Vikings won
  
• My ESPN fantasy team lost despite scoring 150.20000000000002 points
  
• Yahoo won't display fantasy points earned on Sunday unless I pay $10???
  

I am, however, stoked that the Gophers beat Purdue - I predict we'll be ranked #18.

posted by Brad at 9/25/2005 08:22:00 PM | permalink | 3 comments

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• Dont be too frusterated about football just yet. It is still early in the season. But the Packers are real bad.
  Jason
  p.s.--I believe the Gophers are ranked 21st

  By  Anonymous, at 9/25/2005 8:44 PM 

• Really? I suppose nobody would believe that I actually guessed that number. I thought polls came out on Mondays?

  By  Brad, at 9/25/2005 11:17 PM 

• Sorry about your fantasy team. I've started out strong again this year, 3-0 and all alone in 1st place. And my Packer prediction for the year, Favre will not be the starting QB at the end of the year! BYE BYE BRET!
  
  Dan

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Blatant Promotion

I can't belive I'm peddling a credit card, but I've been using the Chase Cash Plus Rewards Visa for a few months and think it's a pretty good deal. I saw an ad in The Chronicle today that's even sweeter...

• $100 cash back bonus after first purchase
  
• 5% cash back on gas, grocery & pharmacy purchases
  
• 1% cash back on all other purchases
  
• No annual fee
  
• 0% intro APR for the first 12 months
  
• 888-787-0329 code HG1 (no incentive for me here)
  

Plus, the card looks like it's fake.

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Friday, September 23

Sweet Ride

We had a classic car show at work yesterday, I didn't take these pictures but thought I would share a few...

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Thursday, September 22

Hit the Road, Dave

DMB is on tour this fall, let me know if you want to go...

posted by Brad at 9/22/2005 12:23:00 AM | permalink | 2 comments

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• But who's going to tend to the farm while he's away!?!

  By  Anonymous, at 9/22/2005 8:09 AM 

• I just may be interested in the Kohl Center...its literally my backyard. I'll call you about it!
  Christina

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Wednesday, September 21

I Heart Pricegrabber

I don't know what I'd do without Pricegrabber - spend more money, that's for sure. I just got a card and cable to connect the aforementioned video camera to my computer for $32, which would have cost me over $75 from Best Buy.

By the way, what's with Geek Squad-branded computer accessories? I remember the good old days when they were one of Technically Speaking's competitors...

posted by Brad at 9/21/2005 04:52:00 PM | permalink | 1 comments

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• I have a student who would like tickets...but he has to check with coach first to see if he can skip a game or something? He is making a medallion with the logo and he was quite surprised I recognized it! I guess I am cooler than he thought! Mom

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Tuesday, September 20

Mofoto

Mrs. Pearson asked if I had any more wedding pictures, instead of Flickring them all I put up a Picasa album...

posted by Brad at 9/20/2005 05:30:00 PM | permalink | 2 comments

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• How many weddings have you been in? Good lord, that has got to be getting expensive. By the way, I am getting married in a month and I want you to be in my wedding.

  By  Anonymous, at 9/20/2005 6:24 PM 

• I think this is the 3rd wedding I've been in over the past 10 months - Susan has been in 2 during that time.
  
  I'd be honored to be in your wedding, where's it at? Oh and who the heck are you?

  By  Brad, at 9/20/2005 7:02 PM 

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Yawn

Pekoe is understandably worn out - his first training class was tonight at Petsmart (yes, he pooped in the store again). We met Rocco and Pugsley, as well as Shauna the instructor who is "having a rough day... and year" and "can make dogs so excited they pee." Yep, she was a character.

Enough about the dog already - I won both of my fantasy football games this week (both teams earned 130 points in 2 different leagues, weird). Now I'm somewhat motivated to put some effort into the whole thing and try and win back some of my combined $30 investment.

Man, I was so ready to rag on Culpepper for sucking it up Sunday, and then the Packers lost. Again. Maybe da Bears will win the NFC North? I know a couple people who would be stoked.

I guess a bunch of shows premiered tonight, but I was pretty content with an hour of syndicated Family Guy and a Daily Show rerun...

posted by Brad at 9/20/2005 12:57:00 AM | permalink | 3 comments

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• What was with the Daily Show rerun? I was annoyed...

  By  Laura, at 9/20/2005 1:01 PM 

• Jon & writers were basking in the glow of their 2 new shiny Emmys?

  By  Brad, at 9/20/2005 1:04 PM 

• I think you're right - they had to do a rerun b/c Jon and the crew were still in CA Tuesday after celebrating the win. They made reference to this on last night's show...

  By  Laura, at 9/21/2005 10:36 AM 

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Sunday, September 18

Farmer Dave

Thanks to the feed at nancies.org for linking me to the Food & Wine article that informed me that Dave Matthews is a farmer and vintner.

posted by Brad at 9/18/2005 11:43:00 PM | permalink | 1 comments

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• I would offically like to call shenanigans on Dave Matthews being a farmer.
  Jason

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Conan

Conan & writers lost to Jon Stewart & writers, but their montage on the Emmys reminded me that Conan was a writer for the Simpsons back in the early 90s - who knew?

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Grape Escape

We checked out the Lodi Grape Festival & Harvest Fair on Friday night, basically like every other fair I've ever been to - except this one had grape murals. I posted some pictures above, but they are much cooler to see in person. The party's over at 11 PM today, so you'd better hurry!

posted by Brad at 9/18/2005 02:55:00 PM | permalink | 1 comments

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• These remind me of the jelly belly portraits in Disneyworld in the 80's! Who actually created them? Mom

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Friday, September 16

Dogcam

I'm borrowing a Canon Optura 20 for the next couple weeks, bear with me while I play...

walking
licking
climbing
pouting

posted by Brad at 9/16/2005 02:56:00 PM | permalink | 2 comments

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• "One of these things things
  just doesn't belong here.
  One of these things
  just doesn't belong.
  Can you guess which one it is?"

  By  Nick, at 9/16/2005 3:49 PM 

• Ewwwwwww.........
  
  Video #2 is yucky!!!

  By  Unknown, at 9/17/2005 9:03 PM 

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Happy Birthday del.icio.us

Better late than never.

posted by Brad at 9/16/2005 10:56:00 AM | permalink | 0 comments

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Excrement

I've been carrying a Moleskine for several months, it's "the legendary notebook of Van Gogh, Hemingway, Picasso, and Matisse" you know...



I wonder if any of those guys had to tear out a page to pick up the crap their dog just took in the middle of Petsmart?

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Wednesday, September 14

Click Your Heels

2 quick hits before we start watching Wedding Date...

With my birthday less than a month away, people have started asking me "what I want." True to my GTD roots, I've been keeping a "wishlist" category in Outlook for tracking just such things - but that isn't exactly the easiest way to share said information. So I created a Backpack instead, and plan to maintain that for future reference.

Have I mentioned Amabuddy before? It's a cool service that allows you to call a phone number (617-712-3574) and enter a UPC/ISBN to find out how much a book/CD/DVD costs on Amazon. I've used it a few times, and it's starting to shape up into a nice "stuff you can find at Borders" wishlist.

*Note that I will use both of these services as if nobody else is looking at them, so they might not exactly be "edited"...

posted by Brad at 9/14/2005 11:29:00 PM | permalink | 1 comments

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• Brad,
  
  Your gift from me is allowing you to stay in my house for a week in October. Sorry, I won't be buying you books or movies!
  
  Vogts

  By  Anonymous, at 9/15/2005 8:56 AM 

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Google Blog Search

Google launched it's blog search engine today, it's speedy.

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Tuesday, September 13

Sad State of Affairs

I cried a little bit when I read that the Racine County Historical Museum (which apparently used to be the Public Library) might close due to lack of funding. I did my Eagle Scout service project there back in the winter of 1997/98, renovating the northwest gallery with the help of dozens of scouts and parents from Troop 161.

I've never been much of a history guy myself, but I doesn't 6 years of increasing attendance, memberships & contributions say something?

PS The Journal Times has funny headlines.

posted by Brad at 9/13/2005 06:50:00 PM | permalink | 1 comments

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• Not everyone who helped with your project was a scout or a parent... just to be clear.

  By  Anonymous, at 10/10/2005 8:13 PM 

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Disappointing

I enjoy sunflower seeds, and can't get enough chocolate. But chocolate covered sunflower seeds? Don't waste your time - there's a reason that M & M hasn't come out with these yet, and it's not because they are too small for an "m"...

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Monday, September 12

#500

My 500th post, and all I have to say is that we made it home safely. As usual, check out the pictures since I'm off to bed...

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Thursday, September 8

Have you seen me?

I can't find my phone anywhere...
Nevermind. Thank you Susan.

posted by Brad at 9/08/2005 10:50:00 PM | permalink | 1 comments

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• I spoke with you at about 11pm last night. You were internetting while we were on the phone. Start there?

  By  Laura, at 9/08/2005 10:58 PM 

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Burning

If you are like me and use optical media (CD-R/DVD-R) to back up any of your data, check out the article below to find out why you might be setting yourself up for disappointment...

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Wednesday, September 7

Supper

Off to Matsuyama for some yummy sushi...

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Wine-o

If my memory serves me correctly, we conquered the following Napa Valley wineries on Sunday...

• Domaine Chandon - where were Nick & Jessica?
  
• Cakebread - highly recommended both for the wine and tour/tasting.
  
• V Sattui, AKA Barnum & Bailey's winery & deli
  
• Heitz, where the service was more pretentious than the wine.
  
• Clos Pegase - that's "Klo Pehgaas" mister, very artsy fartsy.
  
• Frank Family - home of American champagne and warm Chardonnay.
  

For the record, we spent the previous Sunday in wine country too.

• Peju
  
• Sutter Home
  
• Ravenswood
  
• Viansa
  

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Tuesday, September 6

Miss Me?

I missed you. And surprise, surprise - I'm too tired to write after yet another long weekend. We had a really nice time with Wade & Ali over the past few days, check out the pictures and hopefully I'll have more details soon.

posted by Brad at 9/06/2005 12:10:00 AM | permalink | 1 comments

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• I like the sweet head gear. I started my first day of the 19th grade today and boy was it fun. My homeroom teacher sure is swell. You know this means I will be checking the blog all the time now so I certainly hope you are feeling witty.
  Yours in endless student loan debt,
  Jason

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Friday, September 2

DCI on ESPN2, thanks TPT

It must have been about 2 years ago that I e-mailed Twin Cities Public Television to inquire about whether or not they would be showing the Drum Corps International Finals. Not sure if they ever replied, but imagine my surprise to get an e-mail from them today...

Dear Viewer,

Twin Cities Public Television was not able to obtain the rights to broadcast the Drum Corp. International Finals this year. However, we wanted to make sure that you know it will be broadcast on ESPN 2 on Tuesday September 6th at 9:00 PM. We hope you have a chance to enjoy the show!

I always said that being in the University of Minnesota Marching Band was one of the most athetic things I've ever done in my life. Apparently it can be considered a "sport" (poker anyone?) and therefore broadcast on ESPN...

posted by Brad at 9/02/2005 04:17:00 PM | permalink | 1 comments

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• Hi Brad,
  
  COOL BLOGGAGE! And was I glad to hear about the when and where of DCI, being a Racine Explorer Scout (Chrome Dome) alum.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Mary Jo Diem (aka Mrs. Diem)

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Thursday, September 1

Beware of the Badge

Get used to that row of pictures up above, it's not going to disappear like the rest of my posts eventually do. It's my Flickr badge, and will always display the last 5 pictures I uploaded. Like the linkblog to the right, think of it as things I want to share that don't justify a whole blog post of their own...

Are you reading this post through an RSS aggregator? You're my hero.

To make sure you don't miss out on any of the action, be sure to subscribe to my Flickr and del.icio.us feeds.

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Congratulations...

...to Greg & Natalie Barntsen, who welcomed their new son Grant into the world on Monday.

...to Vogtman, who is a proud homeowner. Derek, do you realize you're moving in with a former AKPsi house manager?

...to John Siegrist, who made a hole in one at Brookview Golf Course #4 with a 7 iron:

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