I was downloading a cd image before coming into work this morning and noticed something different…my download was peaking at 10-10.1 mbit/sec! I tested my upstream speed – which is normally a cable modem’s weak spot (usually capped at 125-384kb/sec), and got up to 1 mbit a sec! SWEET! Here are some screenshots:
 
When I was getting into my car this morning, I noitced I had dropped some mail on the ground last night while bringing it in. One was a letter from InsightBB announcing the change. They still haven’t updated their website. Wonder what the Broadband Plus speeds will be now?
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The Blog | Paul Hipp: METH AND MAN ASS | The Huffington Post
First of all, I got a kick out of the story about Ted Haggard, but the link above is a song about it. Its not safe for work and probably small children, but I think its pretty darn funny! 🙂
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Since we’ve all been collecting pictures of our childhoods for Brian and Ashley’s wedding, I decided I might as well put them online, since they are so cute!
Try not to laugh too hard at my pudgy thighs in some pictures…I thinned out as I grew up!
Click the picture below to see them all! Ash and Brian – can you email me the ones that you have from Dad so I can add them to my website?
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My mom had her every-other-year Longaberger Basket party tonight. It was great. There was lots of great food, fun games, and an awesome scavenger hunt throughout the house that had people running finding clues for about an hour! Cathy won the scavenger hunt and got a great prize! Yay Cathy!
My mom is placing the official order on Thursday. If anyone missed out and still would like to order something, email me or my mom!
Check out Longaberger’s website to see all the stuff.
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We got a Halloween package from Paul’s parents yesterday with some really cute Fall and Halloween decorations / table linens for our house. Also in the package was a cute shirt for Meg (of course) that says “woof” :-) She likes it a lot and it fits her great! Thanks Narni & Lary!
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We had a great Halloween; it was our first one in our new house! We had a lot more kids than we thought, considering it’s a brand new neighborhood. Meg sat on Paul’s lap most of the time, greeting the princesses and goblins and vampires that walked up to the house. They all wanted to pet the cute puppy!
She got a Halloween hedgehog (her favorite squeaky toy) that she quickly disemboweled and a new pink argyle sweater to keep her warm this winter. Check her out:
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From: Oddessey2000 Weblog
1. List 5 foods you’ve never eaten:
– Squid – no thanks!
– Salmon – stuff stinks cooked or raw!
– Criadillas (a spanish Tapa…look it up) – I’ve got plenty thanks.
– Cottage cheese (amen SeanE!)
– Liver – ewww
2. List 5 places you’d like to visit:
– Austrialia – would love to spend a week or two here
– Ireland – the motherland 🙂
– Spain -Wouldn’t mind going back to Spain now that I am old enough to appreciate it.
– I’d like to tour around Canada on my motorcycle
– Alaska, Russia, Maine, Italy, so many others.
3. List 5 things you hope to do in your lifetime:
– Scuba diving – emily and I did SNUBA diving on our honeymoon, and I took a class in college, but I want to do more!
– Visit said places in #2
– Make enough money that can I easily support my family and extended family and make sure my parents retire comfortably.
– drive 200mph
– skydive
4. List 5 things you would never wear:
– a thong.
– a real suit of armor in a lightening storm
– white jeans tight-rolled above multi colored socks and Chuck Taylors…okay, at least i won’t do it anymore.
– a popped collar. It was dumb in the 80’s and its STILL DUMB!
– all the dumb wrinkled, torn, faded styles that Abercrombie and American Eagle are trying to tout as stylish.
5. List 5 things you never want said to you:
– You are no longer a twin.
– Anything regarding emily’s health or well being.
– I didn’t see your dog run into the street…
– *Beep* Operating System Not Found, press any key to reboot
– Mr. Cahill, this is the RIAA….
– “it looks like the Tax preparer made a mistake and you owe the IRS $XXXX.XX”…oh wait…that did happen. Thanks H&R Block!
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Mirth, Musings, & More
This is one of my favorite political blogs to read. Of course its democrat and quite critical of the Republican Regime. He’s witty though, and posts some good political comics.
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I haven’t posted a new blog in a long time (since Oct 4..holy cow!).. What I’ve been up to:
Been extremely busy at work (its trade show season and we have been releasing a bunch of new features).
Went to the annual Cinci DSM Shootout. I may not own a DSM anymore, but I still have a lot of friends in the group (many of whom don’t own DSMs either anymore)
Ryan Gast and Jessica got married this weekend. Was a nice wedding and a fun reception.
Emily and I went with Chris, Jim and Cathy, Dallace and Tina, and a few other people to see Spamalot in Cincinatti. It was a whole lot of fun! (PS – I fart in your general direction)
I have a cisco networking class on Thursday nights. Thursdays are very long days for me…luckily the class only has a few more weeks. I’ve also ruined the curve in that class for others 🙂
I attended the LinuxFest Ohio with Jason earlier this month also, up in Columbus. It was fun…and boy were their some nerd there 🙂
In other news, one of my best friends, Jeff N. will be leaving in a couple of weeks for a 12-14 month tour in Iraq. Good luck Jeff!
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I got back from The Walk to Emmaus tonight. I had an absolutely wonderful time. I was humbled to be a part of the team for this walk. I met some wonderfully beautiful souls this weekend and feel very close to them, even after only 3 days. I feel blessed to have been a part of their lives at that special time.
I found my next book…I know, I know, I already had the “kick the dog book” in mind, but one I purchased the weekend takes precedence over the other. It’s called “Surprise me, A 30-Day Faith Experiment” by Terry Esau. He says “Surprise me, God. What if you started the next thirty days with those three words? No agendas, no plans other than waiting on God with eager anticipation of what is about to happen next. Surprise Me, invites you to approach your spiritual life with openness and an eye for the unexpected to discover God working in the everyday moments in your life, from the spectacular to the mundane.”
Read the Amazon review here.
Looks like an entertaining and self-reflective book, something that I need after going on the walk. I’ll save the prayer book for after this one.
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