Les on December 15th, 2009

For the best packaging for 2009, the winner, in my book, is Apple Computer. They have mastered the art of packaging such that they use less material and design the packaging to be both elegant and functional. In fact, they reduced the size of their computer boxes so that they can ship the same number units [...]

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Les on December 14th, 2009

When Gwen Bell announced the Best of Blog Challenge 2009, I read thru the list of topics.  I knew this was a topic that I didn’t think I had much to blog about.  Yes, I’ve done a LOT of things this year from discovering that I LOVE kayaking to learning that I can make friends [...]

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Today’s topic for the Best of Blog Challenge 2009 is your biggest challenge of 2009. As Gwen Bell describes the topic, “Something that really made you grow this year. That made you go to your edge and then some. What made it the best challenge of the year for you?” For me, the hands down [...]

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For day seven of the Best of Blog Challenge 2009 we’re supposed to describe the best blog “find” of the year.  I have to detail two blogs that I love that I didn’t know existed before 2009.  Zen Habits by Leo Babauta and The Bloggess by Jenny Lawson. I found Zen Habits after finding Leo [...]

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Les on December 4th, 2009

Early this year, I picked up the book The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.  I had hoped to have read it by now.  In fact, I did start to read it.  But, life got in the way and I have yet to pick it back up and finish it.  What is stopping me?  Procrastination.  Plain [...]

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Les on December 3rd, 2009

I have to admit, it took me some time to come up with what is my favorite article from 2009. I think this article speaks volumes. It is exceedingly popular in fact. It’s the definite article “the”. Wikipedia says this about the Definite Article.  The definite article is an important part of the language.  This [...]

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Les on July 15th, 2009

People tell me that I have amazing fresh salsa.  I have friends that pay me to make it for them.  In fact, one of my friends has even said that I’ve spoiled her for real fresh salsa so that anything else just doesn’t measure up.  Naturally, I just shrug, because after all, it’s just a [...]

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Les on July 14th, 2009

Ok, nothing major today, just some random thoughts bouncing through my head right now. 1) I love my iPhone.  I just wish I could have waited for the 3Gs to come out so I got the video camera part.  But, c’est la vie! 2) The weather radio in the kitchen is blinking, so we must [...]

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Les on April 28th, 2009

Ok, James over at Nobody’s Listening posted this today and I figured it was more than crazy enough to post here.

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Les on April 25th, 2009

If you’ve visited before, you’ll notice some changes. I’m in the process of changing the site and adding some features. Check back later!

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