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Wedding pictures

June 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

My daughter Katie picked her wedding photographer.  Before you ask,  Eric Von Bargen is his real name! Eric prefers candid shots with movement over formally posed portraits.
Here’s my daughter’s wedding from his eye Click Here. Remarkable.  He saw things I would never see.
Katie made a wise choice.

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Bad genes … good dog

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

My lower back is genetically deficient. I’m not sure who to blame, both my Mom and Dad suffered from degenerate disk disease.
The other weekend, I heard my back “click” when I was lifting a heavy box out of the back of the truck to setup the wedding reception for my daughter. And I […]

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I love every turtle that doesn’t live in my house

June 16th, 2008 · No Comments

As a parenting lesson learned, I said that I would never let a tiny turtle back in my house. However, my personal biography says “I love turtles.” My daughter Katie, noting the contradiction asked, “Which is it, do you love or hate turtles?”
Here’s my explanation. We have a box turtle that lives […]

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Blogging etiquette

May 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Please do not write me an email or call me by phone to chat about a blog post unless you are my Mom. She can do anything she wants.
All others, are encouraged to press the Comments link at the bottom of each post and tell me [us] what you think. Don’t be afraid to […]

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Hit the Bull. Win a Steak.

May 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I met my nephews, Owen and Cole (10 and 12 years old respectively) at the Durham Bulls ballpark on Friday night to watch “the greatest show on dirt.” Here’s the some of the insightful conversations I recorded during the game.
John: Owen, you get in any trouble this week?
Owen: What’d you think?
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Cole: After the […]

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The best advice I ever got

May 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Fortune asked 25 accomplished people to relate the best and worst advice they ever got. They didn’t ask me, but if they had … here’s what I would have shared.
The best advice I ever got came in the 70’s when hair was long, shirts were silk, and Pablo Cruise ruled the airwaves. That’s my brother […]

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I’ve escaped from behind the IBM firewall!

April 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

You’ve probably noticed a significant cosmetic change in this blog page. I’ve created a WordPress blog right inside my own projectEZ domain. I won’t bore you with the reasons, but let’s just say I’m trying to move up the Google search hierarchy.
In this blog you will find insights on topics such as Project Management, […]

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