tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78704322011-04-21T17:26:57.141-07:00My Spot for random thoughts, ideas, rants, etc....Kestrylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07530423734200580834noreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870432.post-1134586669106175792005-12-14T10:57:00.000-08:002005-12-14T10:57:49.173-08:00

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted….  The main reason for writing this post is so that the first thing that you seen when visiting my blog won’t be the picture of a woman breastfeeding a tiger (scroll down for that fun).I guess I should give a quick overview of what I’ve been up to since my last post….Work was busy for a while, as we were working on re-certifying our support center.  Then

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Breast-fed tiger cubs die of dehydrationMay 12, 2005YANGON, Myanmar - Two Bengal tiger cubs breast fed for weeks by a Yangon housewife have died of heat and dehydration, a Myanmar newspaper reported on Thursday.The black-striped, orange-brown cubs drew worldwide attention when Hla Htay, a mother of a baby boy, answered a plea for help from Yangon’s zoo and fed the cats three times a day after

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Well, I haven't been blogging for the past couple of days, due to the fact that I have decided that I have been neglecting my other web sites. Yes, like a true geek, I have more than 1 web site out there. This blog started out as nothing more than a place to rant about stuff that I didn't want to put on my web site, and then evolved into more of a personal diary where I would write about the fun

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Nothing to write about today… but I’ve become addicted and need my fix of blogging anyways.The past couple of days I’ve been listening to a new Podcast by Cory Doctorow.  I got interested in his work when I found a book entitled Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, and of course I just had to read it.  It is a futuristic Sci-Fi novel where everyone is free to do whatever they want, no one has to

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Well, here in SoCal today it is raining... and raining pretty good. Now even though traffic sucked and I got to work a hour and a half late because of it, I love the rain. So what better than a rainy day top 10....Top 10 reasons I love the rain.10. I live in SoCal... rain dosen't come often. I enjoy it while I can.9. Rain is the the best smog removal tools. Yes, wind works too, but I hate

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I've spent too much time posting serious issues lately, so today I'm going to do one of those infamous Top 10 lists. Seeing as how it is currently Saturday and I am currently at work, what better thanThe Top 10 reasons we should really only work 4 days a week.10. Sudies have shown that on an average we work more hours than people 2000 years ago. We're moving in the wrong direction people... time

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One thing that I've noticed recently is that most people have an issue with rules. Everyone speeds on the freeways, or makes California Stops (you know S.T.O.P - Slightly Tap On Pedal), or downloads what they like to call 'free' music, and so on. But they justify themselves by following the 'big' rules; They don't kill, they don't really 'steal', etc.The problem is that they want to take this

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Turn on the lights, fill the oil, put on the vestments, light the candles.Start saying the evening prayer, getting nervous, at one point start reading the wrong Psalm.Then something comes to mind.... it's not about me. If I say the wrong line, or stumble on a verse or a word, that's not what's important.It's the Word of God that's important. It's the gathering together of people in his name. It's

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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the strain) - David BowieLately I've taken some time to look at the changes in my life. In the past six months I have gone through some major changes in my life. All the changes have been good ones (in my own humble opinion at least) but no matter how good change is, change in it's own nature is difficult.People do not like to change. Change is scary, change is

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One of the many reasons I don't post as often as I would like on this blog is that I spend way too much time watching TV. TiVo is both a blessing and a curse at the same time. The blessing is that I never have to worry about missing a show. The curse is that catching up on all the shows that TiVo becomes a chore.Still, I would not give up TiVo for anything. I love not watching commercials. I love

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Now I don't feel old... of course I'm sure someone is reading this saying yea, but Kevin you are 'old'. Nonetheless I don't feel old. I would rather play Playstation or GameCube games, than go to work. For that matter, some times I just play Quake when I am at work (nothing is like the feeling of shooting your co-workers down).With that being said... I've come to the realization that I am 'older'

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OK... so these top 10 lists are becoming so popular, I figured that I'd post this one that I just got in my email... have fun.!YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2005 when...1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next

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So today I woke to the room spinning.....I've been feeling a little run down lately, like I may be coming down with something, but nothing too bad. However this morning for some reason I open my eyes and the room literally starts spinning. Not a nice slow spin, but a fast nauseating one. I sat up rather quickly (not the brightest idea) with the hope that it would help stop the spinning... but no,

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(phone rings)"Hello, this is Kevin""So I'm having problems getting this to work..."(pause)"OK.... what are you having a problem with..""Well I installed what you told me, and it's not working..."(a little longer pause)"OK.... and you are????"Why is it that people call me and start right into their conversation as if I know who they are and/or what they are talking about. I can understand this if

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Monday morning:6:00 AM - Too Early, turn off Alarm Clock, back to Sleep6:09 AM - Don't even remember turning off Alarm, still sleeping.6:18 AM - Smack nightstand, knocking thing off until Alarm shuts off, more sleep.6:27 AM - Awake enough to look at Clock, know that I need to get up now... go back to sleep.6:35 AM - Youngest child climbs into bed, within a minute oldest follows, realize that it

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Never underestimate the power of prayer. God always listens... sometimes he helps in small ways so small you might not even notice, and sometimes in big ways so big that you can't help but see!Bagels go faster than doughnuts... I guess people really are starting to live a healthier life.More people should read the bible. I don't care what religion you are, or what you do or don't believe in. If

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Now if this isn’t a strange change in my life. I go from being the one that everyone knows as the resident atheist, to having the new people at my work thinking that I’m a Minister.Now maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think that you have to be a Minister to read the Bible. Apparently other people do because that is why the person today made the comment about me being a Minister. If you read Harry

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This is something that has been bothering me lately.... how do you deal with negativity. Lately I've had a lot of negativity with people in my life lately, both professional and personal. One thing I know from past experience is you sure can't combat it with more negativity. That's just a downward spiral that you really don't want to get into.So the question remains, what to do??? I've tried my

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So I found out this morning that I got tagged by my good friend J.... oh the strange happenings of cyberspace, and even though I don't normally do this kind of stuff, I figured "why not?". At least I'm not being asked to forward 10 emails to 10 friends, so I can get good luck, or not get bad luck, or to try and get a $10,000. So let me take a look at my iPod and see what I've been listening to...

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I don't know why it is such a problem for me to come up with things to write about. I don't lead that interesting of a life overall, and most of my day to day things are pretty mundane. Between work, wife, kids, church, sleep, and all the time spent in the bathroom (it's a joke people ;), I don't have much time for anything else. ...... but I have to have something to write about, so tonight I

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I am currently journaling my vacation to Puerto Penasco Mexico at my main site of http://www.kestryl.com. If you are interested, please stop by and take a look. Please be aware, that I do require everyone to register for access to my site, so if you don't feel like registering, don't bother clicking on the link.

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I just spent a little time reading a friend's blog (which I might say is damn entertaining) and came to realize that I cannot think of any long time hobby/sport/interest that I've had in my life. Don't get me wrong, I've had a lot of hobbies..... A lot of them, however nothing that has been a major part of my life for any serious amount of time.My friend has spent 20 some years of his life

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If this doesn't bring a tear to your eye... then you just might be heartless.....My Boring Ass Life � Wednesday, 6/1/05

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Now these are just wonderfull..... (click on the links for more)Top 11 Rejected Star Wars TV ShowsQueer Eye for the JediTop 11 Ways George Lucas Could Ruin Episode III Have the Empire invade the planet of Erak on the pretext that they have weapons of mass destruction.Top 11 Characters Not Appearing in Revenge of the SithChewbacco - The chaw spittin' WookieeTop 11 Misappropriated Star Wars Quotes:

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Christian Wisdom of the Jedi MastersNow if this isn't stranger than fiction... what is?

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Do Pets Go to Heaven?I've been struggling with my faith for the last month or so, and one of my biggest questions is about pets in heaven. This is because our family has been going to church regularly for the past few weeks, and each week my oldest son talks to me about how he misses Michael. This is natural because when we had to put Michael to sleep, we had to somehow explain to him why Michael

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In my effort to keep my Star Wars memories alive and well, I'm revisiting some of my favorite Star Wars related sites. Here is one of my favorites. Trooper Clerks

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I haven't written in a long time... but I haven't really felt the need to until today. For those of you who know me, you know that I am a Star Wars geek and proud of it. I just got back from our 10 day campout for Episode III (I myself wasn't there every day, but my tent was), and now I am depressed.We have come to the end, the last of the Star Wars movies, the last multi-day campout for a movie,

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Our family dog Michael, passed away yesterday, October 23 2004. He was 6 and a half years old. He had developed massive seizures, which in turn, led to partial paralysis. In his best interest we had him put to sleep peacefully. He will be greatly missed.

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The title pretty much sums up how I feel right now. This Saturday, I'm going to have to take my dog to be put to sleep. Right now I don't know if I'll be able to do it. He started having seizures about 2 months ago, and he's just gone downhill quickly. Now he just lays around the house when he's feeling OK. But when he has a seizure, he is paralyzed for up to an hour afterwards. I don't know if

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I really don't think that I'm asking too much to ask people to do the job they are being paid for. I get tired of having to pick up the pieces after other people screw up badly enough that people start to complain. I could understand if they messed up on something strange and out of the ordinary. However, when it turns out that they screwed up on an everyday ordinary thing, it's just ridiculous.

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Well... I made it back from vacation in one piece... It was nice getting away from work.. and now it's nice getting away from the kids and back to work :) I'll update more later.... too tired now.

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I'm sitting here in a meeting listening to a guy drone on and on about a process being so slow, while he's the one that drags everything on forever. I guess it wouldn't be so bad if he was interesting to listen to, but he's as boring as can be.Why is it that both Linux and Mac users are such fanatics? Yes I'm a Windows user, and overall I'm happy with most of Microsoft's products (Project has

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That's what this has been, just one of those days. You hope that on the weekend you could get some relaxation in and just take it easy, but no luck. I have to say, the highlight of my day is my dog ripping out one of his teeth on the new screen door I put up this week. We finally replaced the screen, on the screen door for our sliding glass door this week. I decided that because the dog has

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JOHO Emergency InstructionsAnd just in case you think a hat is not enough...Atomic Bombing: How to Protect Yourself

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Well, made it to the end of another week. I would have thought that I would be home by now, but no I've got to stay here at work and wait for an employee who's running late. You know I understand that shit happens, but it still sucks. If I was making overtime waiting here I'd probably be less pissed, but I don't even get that luxury. If all goes well I will be on the road this time next week.

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OK... let me start by saying I just got through writing a great rant... and lost it because the fucking network here sucks! You would figure that NASA would actually have some backup network connections just in case one goes down, but apparently that's too much to ask. now onto my original post... or at least what I can remember of it. I truly believe that everyone who works in any form of

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Well, here it goes.... It seems that this is the latest rage everywhere, so I figured it was time to get a blog of my own. I hope that it ends up being as enjoyable to read as some others that I've visited, but I don't count on it. Right now pretty much all on my mind is: Vacation, Vacation, Vacation. I start vacation in just over 8 days and I can't wait. It's not that work is that bad right

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