June 2009
The Archives
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06.23.09Seen on the Net part XXI Seen on the 'Net Comments Off on Seen on the Net part XXI
It’s time for another random collection of shiny things that caught my eye on the internet! How about a bird’s eye view? Did you hear about tadpoles raining from the sky in Japan? Or, here’s some interesting trivia. On-demand books published now exceed the number of traditionally published books. Even large houses are seeing the […]
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06.19.09San Francisco Miscellaneous Comments Off on San Francisco
Last week I took my first trip to the West Coast. I had a training and certification exam in San Francisco. I wasn’t sure what to expect, other than temperatures 40 degrees cooler than what we were experiencing in Texas. I knew it was going to be a busy trip, but I thought I’d like […]
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06.17.09Thanks Cym Books Comments Off on Thanks Cym
I just wanted to give a shout of thanks to Cym Lowell, for featuring Buried Tales (and Flametoad) on his blog. It was very generous. Be sure to check out Cym’s blog, then check out his novel Riddle of Berlin.
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06.17.09Stop Helping Me Miscellaneous (2)
So, you know the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act that the president just signed? The one that’s supposed to give all of us common people relief from the tyranny of the card companies by letting us go longer before we’re charged late fees? The one in which card companies have to give […]
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06.16.09How I Spent My Summer Vacation Family and Friends Comments Off on How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Back in late May, Mrs. Flametoad and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary by taking our first vacation sans-kids. After a lot of deliberation, we settled on Cancun. Our main criteria was that we wanted a vacation in which we didn’t have to “do” anything. It wasn’t a sightseeing trip or an adventure trip. It […]
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