Category: Ravings
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Setting Up DSL
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Setting Up DSL Or Things that will make you say, “Aaaaaarrrrggghhh!” Salutations on the Ides of June! First of all, I have to say that my ISP, http://vbs.net/ has got the greatest service I have ever experienced. Like most call centers, I waited for what seemed like ever, on hold;…
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T Roosevelt Quote
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There is an e-mail circulating with a quote about immigration from Theodore Roosevelt. It is only partial and after some homework I found a couple of interesting quotes: “In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here does in good faith become an American and…
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Customer Service
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Now here is a lesson in customer service and positive PR that some websites would do well to learn from. In my last entry I mentioned, sort of “en passant,” that Carter and I had started our website, the long-awaited, much-anticipated “Republic of Bob” on a website called Wetpaint.com. I referred to my disdain…
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Stem Cell Issue
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Hollyweird has been unusually quiet this election. Maybe someone told them to shut their traps, or as Laura Ingraham says in the title of her book, “Shut up and sing.” There has been a noticeable flap between Michael J Fox and Rush Limbaugh which has interested me because I heard…
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Understanding Egyptians
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Well, I hope I haven’t misled you with my title. This is not about peace treaties or terrorism or anything of the sort. No, this is how I have come to understand why Egyptians worshipped the cat. Yes, that’s right, I have been converted. Well, I guess converted is the…
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National Hero Week or Nurse’s Week May 6 thru May 12
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Florence Nightengale May 12, 1820 – August 13, 1910 When Florence was 24 years old, she had a “calling” from God. She wrote in her journal, “God spoke to me and called me to His service.” Florence decided her calling was to help the sick and the poor by becoming a nurse. You can read more about Florence…
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Happy Birthday E. A. Poe
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I’d been thinking about a lot of different things to write about and then I heard it was Edgar Alan Poe’s(1809 – 1849) 197th birthday today (1/19/06). I am a big fan of Poe. A lot of people only know what they were forced to read in High School English class. They think that…
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Christmas pt 1
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Well, first of all, I have to say that I am a little disappointed in the response to the Red Kettle group. No donations and no one joining. I guess I’ll e-mail each one individually and remind you again about it. I would love to see some of the higher-traffic…
