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GRAFFITI -- September 08, 2008 thru September 14, 2008 >> Link to the Current Week << Last Week << Mon   Tues   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat   Sun >> Next Week Search this site : Welcome to Orb Graffiti, a place for me to write daily about life and computers. Contrary to popular belief, the two are not interchangeable.     About eMail - I publish email sometimes. If you send me an email and you want privacy or anonymity, please say so clearly at the beginning of your message.

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September 8, 2008

0912 - Good evening. A busy day. I still need to get the backups running, so I'll be brief-ish. Things I forgot: To set up the printer. Sigh. This is perhaps the worst habit I have when setting up new systems (or revised systems, in my case). I think I'm done, I walk away, but there's no printer configured. I was able to fix that, of course, but it's small consolation that I do to myself precisely what I do to others ... No Printing For You!!! In other news, Marcia and I selected a Maxfield Parrish print from AllPosters, for the wall above the Deco vase. Parrish predates Art Deco by a bit, but the styles have always seemed complementary to me. Any guesses which print we were able to agree on? Guesses welcome until the framed print arrives in about two weeks.

Okay. The backup is running. Time to get something else done. Oh, yeah, sign into class. Ciao!

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September 9, 2008

2007 - Good evening. School work (online, still waiting for the book, but there's stuff I can do without the book), and work-work (updating 8 or so boxen to current while in the maintenance windows) ate the evening. Now I have to get the dogs out and in, then me to bed. Dentist's chair tomorrow at 0700 for a cleaning. Ciao!

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September 10, 2008

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September 11, 2008

2215 - Good evening. A sad day. I wasn't even awake, on the other coast, when the planes started crashing in. And, as Bob notes, we didn't know what to do. We used to know... But now what we know is an erosion of the rights of all Americans in the name of Security Theatre, and foreign wars that don't seem to be addressing the problem, for all the blood and treasure spent. Oh, well. There's a rock out there with our name on it, anyway.

I'm seeing more of those Smart cars (Mercedes Nano?) all the time around here. There was a bright blue one out on the beltway just the other day. Unfortunately my only thought was, "Two, one bank, corner pocket off the Hummer."

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September 12, 2008

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September 13, 2008

2053 - Good evening. Tomorrow night, watch 102 Minutes That Changed America. Lest we forget.

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September 14, 2008

2018 - Good evening. I'd note that the program guides, including the electronic one that comes from our FiOS TV, don't show the upcoming special presentation I mentioned last night. That makes it difficult to program some DVRs. Persevere... We were watching another 9/11 show earlier in the day. So damned moving... We're recording it now. I'm not going to watch more today.

A successful day. Shopping, mowing and other yard work, a salsa-marinated roast on the barbeque (past tense, yum!), and a fresh batch of salsa. I still have to check in with my online course, and maybe take some headache meds. We'll see about that.

Of course, one of the reasons we're in Iraq is to execute a regime change that makes the place inhospitable as a terrorist base. While our troops do their damnedest, it's incumbent upon the policy makers to make smart strategic decisions to capitalize on gains won by our troops at the cost of some of their lives. (I speak to political Washington DC, now) They sacrifice and fight on our behalf. Grant them the boon of respecting their sacrifice, and stand up for what's right, not what's expedient or popular.

• Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Mayne, 29, of Fort Benning, Georgia, died Sept. 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
• Pfc. Bryan R. Thomas, 22, of Battle Creek, Michigan, died Sept. 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
• Pvt. Jordan P. P. Thibeault, 22, of South Jordan, Utah, died Sept. 5 at Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident.
• Pvt. Michael R. Dinterman, 18, of Littlestown, Pennsylvania, died Sept. 6 at Outpost Restrepo, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he received enemy fire while on dismounted patrol.
• Pvt. Vincent C. Winston Jr., 22, of St. Louis, Missouri, died Sept. 4 in Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
• 1st Lt. Nicholas A. Madrazo, 25, of Bothell, Washington, died Sept. 9 while supporting combat operations in Parwan province, Afghanistan.
• Capt. Jesse Melton III, 29, of Randallstown, Maryland, died Sept. 9 while supporting combat operations in Parwan province, Afghanistan.
• Senior Chief Petty Officer John Wayne Marcum, 34, of Flushing, Michigan, died Sept. 12 from injuries sustained while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan Sept. 11.
• Chief Petty Officer (select) Jason Richard Freiwald, 30, of Armada, Michigan, died Sept. 12 from injuries sustained while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan Sept. 11.

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