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Archive for November, 2008

Black Friday Earns Its Name
Friday, November 28th, 2008

“A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.” — Agent K, Men in Black.
From the NY Daily News:
A worker died after being trampled and a woman miscarried when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island Wal-Mart Friday morning, witnesses said.
I was hoping starting the Christmas [...]

Giving Thanks
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

I’m thankful that I’m not a turkey or ham.  The edible kind, anyway.
I’m also thankful that (in no particular order):

we’re still not deciding a presidential election.
our roof is getting fixed.
my parents are coming for Thanksgiving.
we got the treadmill out of the basement today, with a minimum amount of fuss.
my wife who has handled the Christmas [...]

A Sheep in Goat’s Clothing
Monday, November 24th, 2008

For our congregation, which follows the three-year lectionary, the Gospel was Matthew 25:31-46, the parable of the sheep and the goats.
The pastor’s sermon was full of sufficient Gospel to choke a horse: you are the blessed, you are the sheep, you are the ones who inherit the kingdom, you are the ones who in Christ [...]

EFO CPD: Marketing Engineering Services
Thursday, November 20th, 2008

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series EFO Fall 2008.The last class of the Continuing Professional Development put on by the Engineers Foundation of Ohio came in the form of two breakout sessions. I attended, “Marketing Your Professional Engineering Services.” Dr. Lynn Daily, professor of marketing at Capital University, gave the [...]

EFO CPD: Avoiding Hot Spots
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series EFO Fall 2008.“Avoiding Hot Spots” was a lecture given by Luther L. Liggett, Jr., and Douglas L. Shevelow, of Bricker & Eckler, Attorneys at Law.
The State of Ohio Engineers and Surveyors Board confers and revokes Professional Engineering licenses, and they also have the power to [...]