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I love it when graphics are used in a way which instantly and quickly conveys the message behind them. Of course, some of the time, the message they convey is not entirely positive. However, other times they can be used as a tool to quickly analyze and absorb data. (Continued)

I know you cannot change the past, hind sight is always 20/20, and all the other similar clichés that say the same thing. And I know that the past is history, the future is a mystery, and the present is just that: a gift. However, all that being said, I cannot help but be bothered when I see things like the following:

The full story behind the graphic is worth a read, even though it is a little irritating (for me at least).

There are so many better places we can (and probably should) be spending our taxpayer dollars. I find it very sad and irritating that so much of those dollars are devoted to this warrant-less war when there is still so much work to be done here at home.

Oh, well. For now, I guess we will just have have to live with being stuck between Iraq and a hard place. After all, we made this bed. Now, we will have to sleep in it.

Four years ago today, I walked into a HealthSouth outpatient surgical center here in Austin, TX, to have surgery performed on my lower back — specifically, a partial discectomy to repair a herniated disc between the L4 and L5 segments of my lumbar spine. The surgery itself lasted just under an hour, the nurses had me up and walking around five hours later, and I literally walked out of the hospital nineteen hours after they stitched me up.

While back on my feet, I was not cleared to work for another two weeks, and it was half-days at best. It took two months of therapy and exercise (mostly walking) before I was back to anywhere near “normal.” Seven months after that, I was finally released from therapy and able to ride my bike again. The biggest bonus: over the course of the experience I met and grew to know better the person who would become my wife. (Continued)

It is currently 28 degrees (F) outside and snow has started falling. For many parts of the world, this is a common site during the winter months. However, in this part of Texas we only have three seasons: a week of “winter,” a couple of months of “almost summer,” and then many oppressive months of summer heat.

So, you can imagine that when weather like this hits our city there is nothing less than pandemonium. The grocery shelves go bare with people stocking up on food. I mean, it could be a whole day or two before they are able to leave the house again. You have to prepare for the worst, I supposed. It’s like Y2k all over again. (Continued)

I have written many times before about how great the anti-spam feature of Gmail is. (12,064 today and counting, by the way.)

Today I wanted to share some tips that I have picked up which aid considerably with my Gmail usage: dot & plus addressing.

Gmail addresses are much like any other e-mail addresses out there and are in the format yourname@gmail.com. No surprises there. Where it gets interesting is that you can alter the e-mail address you give out to others (including web sites) and they are all delivered to the same mailbox in Gmail. (Continued)