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Reply to Questions for today in Blogging JoeUser Forums

1. What's your favorite Alcoholic beverage? If can't or don't drink, what do you like to drink thats not alcoholic? Massive quantities of Diet Pepsi (mental note: buy stock in Pepsico), and when I want something stronger I'll add a shot of Malibu to it. 2. Do you wear glasses? Yup, have all my life. Too scared for Lasik, beside insurance wouldn't cover it and I can think of things I'd rather spend money on 3. What kind of ho

Reply to The Coolest Thing About My Job in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

*Why* do you know this? Why wouldn't *you* know this?? Yeah, I actually ended up with a burgandy stapler first because I wanted a red one right away. As soon as I was able to get a real one, I passed the burgandy one on to the new guy. My boss has seen the movie and is a little concerned th

The Coolest Thing About My Job in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

This is worth the past four years of toil... :)

Reply to Rants and Questions in Blogging JoeUser Forums

1. What's your name?Christine 2. Where are you from?Minnesota 3. What's Your Birthday?October 8 4. How old are you?29.....(oh god...here comes 30) 5. What is your profession?I have this hippie new age type boss who doesn't believe in titles...but I call myself bookkeeper. 6. If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound? Depends on your definition of sound. </fo

Reply to Reservists may get call in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

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Reply to There is no Spoon... in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

Carpentry.

Reply to You are ANTI; I am PRO in Blogging JoeUser Forums

When you say paragraph and sentance breaks do you mean the way the paragraph breaks at the responses to what I've written? I meant when you end a paragraph to either indent the next or add an extra line. Just something more to clearly define the end of one train of thought and the beginning of another.

Reply to A+ Certification in Misc JoeUser Forums

CompTIA certification programs are the recognized industry standards for foundation-level information technology (IT) skills. A+ is a solid certification that employers look for and is the industry standard for entry-level computer technicians. Having an A+ certification proves that you have a broad base of knowledge and competency in core hardware and operating system technologies including installation, configuration, diagnosing, p

Reply to I am NOT an Isolationist! in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I almost could have predicted someone mentioning Mondale. Just for the record, I was not even in Minnesota for that debacle (of course, I wasn't old enough to vote either.) But Mondale is almost understandable because he was from here. It's kind of like the Vikings. They mostly suck, but we still love 'em. I also had a feeling that you would say that you can't take care of domestic issues first then turn to international. It's a balanc

Reply to Old people and driving in Misc JoeUser Forums

I think everybody should be required to pass some sort of comprehensive capabilities test every so many years.

A+ Certification in Misc JoeUser Forums

I'm wondering if anyone out there has the A+ Certification. If so has it made a difference career-wise at all? I just finished some continuing computer training and will probably sit for the test at the end of July but I'm wondering if it's really worth it. Opinions please! Thanks <!-- Ju-An

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Reply to I am NOT an Isolationist! in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I had to stop and really think about your comment. And even so, I still have to disagree. I truly don't believe that everyone around me in the state of Minnesota just doesn't care nor do I believe that our state prefers to ignore other countries to our benefit. I believe that the attitude is to take care of ourselves first so that we are in a condition to deal with outside forces. There are so many domestic issues that seem to be overlooked in fav

Reply to Reservists may get call in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

It's not me. My SO is ING (Inactive National Guard). I'm not sure how it all works just that in May he'll have for sure completed his obligation. Unless that Rangle dude and the rest of his gang pass the draft.

Reply to You are ANTI; I am PRO in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Interesting essay. Am I on the right track when I say that what I get from it was that people should be more positive? There are certain aspects of your opinions presented that I don't agree with, but I'm thinking that your point was more big picture than individual stances. I want to say that your writing flows extremely well. Constructively: maybe re-do paying attention to sentence and paragraph breaks. This could be a powerful piece.

Reservists may get call in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

N.D. reservists may get call: Army prepares to recall about 5,600 U.S. civilians for Iraq deployment This is still out there. It's almost in the same vein of the military's classic "Hurry Up and Wait" attitude. I just wanted to post this in my life journal because it is

Reply to How We Lost The High Tech War of 2007 in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Great article. Got me thinking...so much so I had to post my own article. (I don't know what the etiquette is regarding putting links in others blog comments so I won't).

I am NOT an Isolationist! in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

"That day I ceased to be an isolationist like so many back home in Minnesota who think that we should just ignore everything and it will go away. " I had to write an article about this because I didn't want to write a huge comment in Greywar's blog. (I know how you feel about long comments, Greyw

Reply to The In-Laws are in cahoots with the Amish Electricians in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Yes it is, and so is writing it out. Being able to put the scenario down from my point of view at the time and then read it over objectively helped me put it in perspective. Of course there's nothing quite like the Monster Bar... Link

The In-Laws are in cahoots with the Amish Electricians in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

We finished pulling off all the old masonite siding over the weekend. That is hard muscle aching work for poor little me, bookkeeper extraordinaire. The strongest muscles in my body are my keyboarding muscles. So I'm sore and achy today, but it'll get better, I'm sure. Out of the blue Sunday afternoon, SO's parents show up. This was ok, sort of. We hav

Reply to "friday five" ... in YOUR dreams in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Oh, this looks like a fun one! in *my* dreams ... 1/ I want to live right where I am, EXCEPT!! I want to change the climate. I want nine months of summer and three months of winter instead of the other way around. (We had a frost warning this week...it's June....FROST???? WTF...) 2/ I am married to the same guy, although we wouldn't HAVE to be married. We kinda married cause we *had* to (no, not cause of a baby, we had alrea

Reply to Fishing With Negrodamus in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

HAHA!! That was hiliarious...I might just have to print this one out for SO, he would find it especially entertaining. "Right off the smaller island and right on the bottom with a Rapala and a leech!" OUCH! If they actually managed to bait a Rapala with a leech...could they throw it on the

Reply to Deadly Charisma (Pt. 9) in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

To qualify for that I would first have to be somewhere within 3 or 4 states of my child I think... I appreciate the sentiment though You do what you can, baby, and thats all you can do. Exactly. It takes much more than physical presence to be a father. It's the effort that matters more

our house was wired by Amish Electricians in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

We purchased our first home, a farmhouse built in 1900, in May of 2001. Since then it has been in a constant state of remodeling. We've done most of it ourselves and this has proved quite a challenge for us since I am a bookkeeper and my SO is an auto mechanic. A quick recap of what we've done so far: -Added a built in dishwasher (Number one

Reply to Lack of Empathy in Misc JoeUser Forums

I'm hypersensitive and empathic when dealing with others. I can be overwhelmed by it Ditto. Unempathetic people try to say the "right thing" without regard to how it wil