In case you don’t know why St. Patricks day is celebrated… or you are bored sitting at work… shhh I will not tell… here are a couple of links with a good basic history of the holiday:
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/stpatricksday/?page=history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick’s_Day
The symbol of shamrocks: An Irish tale tells of how [...]

Well Jennie made a comment last night - and I researched it. Apperently her Grandmother impressed into them every St. Pattys day about them being Scots-Irish not Irish and that there was a difference, and that they should remember that.So that got me to thinking… what the heck is Scot-Irish? Was granny loosing [...]

Ede once again has a good thought provoking commentary on his site. I ended up writing quite the comment. I wrote more than I expected to, along with my plans for this site, that I felt I should repost the comment here as well. I would encourage anyone who has a personal [...]

So the big annoucement goes out today. I am changing jobs. I have accepted a position with Eagle Creek Software in Valley City, an opportunity to further my current career goals and achieve growth within a company closer to home. For those who don’t know - I got invited to work out [...]

So I got a little behind on my things to ponder. I am of the opinion it is because I was thinking too much. Irrision and ThatEdeGuy thought it was because I wasn’t thinking enough… so the super long ponder-post today is all their fault.
IM programs. That is something for us [...]

Well the downside is I have to cover the Sat shift (10am-2pm), but it did mean I didn’t have to come in till 1pm today.  Heh, so it was a rather nice and lazy day.   I did a little work around the house, but mostly got to catch up on some sleep.
So - what is [...]

I have been wondering - why is it movies come out for rent on Tuesday? Why not a Thursday or a Friday night, which usually people rent more movies on? Do they think that then the rush will be less so there is a greater chance that everyone will get to see the [...]

Well besides the fact that I really have been a slacker lately about blogging, Jess reminded me a couple of days ago that I do at least have some people who read my site. Readers come back for fresh content… so in essence, by not having fresh content, I am telling those people not [...]