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Once again a month goes by…

By Sam On October 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I was reading an article that says in order to be a successful blogger you should probably average about 1000 words a day. I think I get that in about a month. So successful I’m not but at least I am updating it. I am enjoying the new job and have met some wonderful people. The only downside is [...]

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New Job, New Commute, and New Car

By Sam On September 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

A whole lot of “news” for me this past month.
As mentioned earlier I had been laid off at Ricoh because of some restructuring there and was looking for a job. I liked that job a lot and was sad to see it go but I believe someone mentioned God closing a door and opening a [...]

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Since I know people are gonna ask

By Sam On July 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Since I am being laid off in a month, I decided that perhaps I needed a little grooming before going on job interviews.
Think it will make a difference?
Before

And of course after

I so should have robbed a bank or something before doing this.

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Anniversary presents.

By Sam On July 18, 2011 · 1 Comment

So I started the tradition when we first got married to actually attempt to find both a traditional and modern wedding anniversary presents for my wife. Of course the Internet being so full of wonderful information (sarcasm) has a few conflicting ideas as to what those gifts are. Some of the years are fairly consistent such as paper the first year. [...]

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7 years, 9 years, 12 years, whats a few numbers mean anyway

By Sam On July 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This past weekend, my wife and I celebrated our 7 years of being married. Of course this if just the number of years since our wedding. We got engaged 2 and a half years before that. And we dated for for 2 and half years before that. So what have I learned in 12 years. [...]

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