October 09, 2009

Short Updates

Posted by Scott at 11:59 PM

A belated good morning all! I dropped the older ones off at middle school. Michelle dropped the boys off at their schools and then headed over to Golds to use their cardio machines for a while. I'm VPN'd into work for the day. 9:09am

Buzz going around the InterTubes: Will Kanye West show up at Nobel ceremonies saying they made the wrong choice? 9:34am

Just got off the phone with our hospital. Without going into a lot of detail, all of the lab analysis results of the mastectomy tissues look very promising. Feeling much better. 11:39am

My Toro "New England edition" (just kidding) snow blower has arrived. grunt grunt. 12:40am

Bookmarks I made today:

Milford Pumpkin Festival
Comment: For my friends not in the local area, this is the big deal in our region this weekend... And it's our 20th anniversary of this festival. http://www.milfordpumpkinfestival.org/
Excerpt: Information for the Milford Great Pumpkin Festival

The Google Android party has begun
Comment: One might ask, "Scott, why do you care?" Could it be the chipsets used Android phones? "Mmmm.... maybe!" ;-)
Excerpt: Two years after Google announced Android, phone manufacturers are launching new devices sporting the mobile operating system and mobile operators are lining up to sell them. Read this blog post by Marguerite Reardon on CTIA Fall show.

'Michelle's Law' is now the law of the land
Comment: Although named "Michelle's Law", it was a completely different person here in NH. Read about this sensible reform in health insurance law that has just moved from being NH only to a Federal requirement.
Excerpt: A federal law inspired by a New Hampshire mother and daughter took effect Friday, sparing seriously ill or injured college students from having to choose between taking time off and keeping their health insurance.

PostPartisan - Palin, Vaughn, Rabinowitz Win Awards
Comment: If you need to laugh while taking in the Nobel Peace Prize news, I highly recommend this bit o' satire. [Don't worry progressives. It even throws a dig at Sarah Palin...] http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/10/palin_vaughn_rabinowitz_win_aw.html
Excerpt: In a stunning announcement, Millard Fillmore Senior High School chose Shawn Rabinowitz, an incoming junior, as next year’s valedictorian. The award was made, the valedictorian committee announced from Norway of all places, on the basis of “Mr. Rabinowitz’s intention to ace every course and graduate ...

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