Tag Archives: Navel Gazing and Miscellany

Let Me Save You $40: Here’s How to Be Happy

I was over at my father-in-law’s birthday party, and I saw that he had HAPPINESS NOW!: Timless Wisdom for Feeling Good FAST (capitalization theirs) sitting out next to his bed. It’s apparently even been featured by Oprah. Blargh. Forget buying that book. I’m here for the real deal: I’ll tell you how to be happy. [...]

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Death Announcement: Rev. Richard Stelter

Some of you who know me in person may remember my friend Corlin. His father, the Rev. Richard Stelter, passed away on Christmas Eve. I knew Corlin well, and feel for him: I knew his father only through the terrific work he did on the Committee on Preparation for Ministry, which I had the pleasure [...]

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Plug for my Cousin: “Spike’s Lawn Service”

If you need lawn/snow plow service in the Stillwater, MN area (including Woodbury, Oakdale, and Hudson), give my cousin Paul a call at 651-808-3333. He just bought a part of a lawn service from his now-ex-boss, who has more work than he knows what to do with and is downsizing to prep for retirement, which [...]

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Sweet, Sweet Link Lovin’ from Atlassian

Andy Tinkham just pointed out on #ruby.mn (freenode) that Atlassian’s newsletter gave me some sweet link lovin’. Even dropped my name! w00t! Brian got us onto Atlassian’s radar with his post on Postgres. I got them out of lurking with “Someone at Atlassian Deserves a Raise”.

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I’m Losing in the Polls! (Googleganger, cntd.)

I’m officially becoming less popular on the internet. That dude who plays that game and happens to share my name (you’re not getting keywords out of me today, Google!) has websites that have knocked me down from 3rd and 4th hit to 5th (this blog) and 13th (my LinkedIn profile). I guess I’m a has-been [...]

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