Archive for ◊ 2007 ◊

01 Oct 2007 Helfenboysen Wedding Video
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Here’s a sneak peek at my sister’s wedding slideshow.
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22 Sep 2007 I hope this wasn’t me
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Comment from the most recent Customer Experience Survey at Gap:

“I went the counter to make my purchase, ther was no hello, or did you find everything ok… nothing. the cashier– who was a grown adult didn’t speak a word, it was very awkward. his name was david and he looked miserable and pissed off. which by the way i could careless about. he didnt say hi. offer me to open up gap cc account.. and i wouldve. he didnt even announce my total… i just seen it on ccdisplay screen.. then h barely mumbles ‘thanks’. are you kidding me. why is this loser so pathetic? if he hates his job i suggest he get another one, instead if treating paying customers rudely. i was never greeted or offered help in you store at all. i was in your store for approximately 20-30 min! what a shame (Store: Kids Date: 08/25/07 Day: Saturday Gender: Female)”

These comments are verbatim, so the spelling and grammar are what it says. My manager tells me it was the other David….who doesn’t normally work on Saturday’s. I wish I knew who did it…

08 Sep 2007 Kristen & Chad’s Wedding Announcement
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Here’s a link to Kristen & Chad’s wedding announcement in the Post Bulletin. Thought you’d like to know!



Wedding Announcement

updated 5/23/08:(link broken)

20 Aug 2007 Flooding in SE Minnesota
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My aunt and uncle were camping at Whitewater State Park near Rochester on Saturday night. A park ranger came around and told them it might be a good idea to leave, because he didn’t know how high the water would get. They left everything there and headed to Rochester to a hotel for the evening. When they returned, the river wasn’t where they left it, neither was their stuff. Their tent was gone, their supplies were gone. They found a few things, but many items were lost. Luckily, one of the items they lost was not their lives. Here are some links to pictures on news websites as well as some pictures I got from her.

WCCO – Massive Flooding in SE Minnesota
KARE – Tent Camping Devestation

20 Aug 2007 9/11 is coming, bring on the conspiracy theories
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It must be getting close to September 11th, because the shows on TV have shifted to the numerous documentaries on 9/11. Usually I hate watching these because they’re so one sided. They only show what ‘really’ happened, but don’t tell both sides. I’ve watched several of the Internet documentaries, including Loose Change. I tend to believe or at least agree with what mainstream media and the government have to say about what occurred. Although I do find some of the conspiracy theories interesting, I find them just that, conspiracy theories that are usually easily proven to be UNTRUE.

One of the best REAL documentaries I’ve seen so far is “9/11 Conspiracies – Fact or Fiction” on the History Channel. This show did a great job of debunking or at least refuting some of the claims of the conspiracy theorists by showing the theories, and then refuting them with actual expert analysis. I say ACTUAL expert analysis instead of going using some guy who used to do construction in some city somewhere who said that it looked like a controlled demolition. I liked one statement in particular where an investigative journalist said that as an investigative journalist, they put together all of the pieces and connect the dots, whereas some of these so-called journalists that put out movies (“Loose Change”) they don’t connect the dots, they just spread gossip by saying a completely false statement and then saying “…you decide.”

What I liked about this documentary is that it showed actual clips from films like “Loose Change” and then had real experts and people who were there and whose sound bytes were used as the context for most of these conspiracy theories telling us that they were profoundly not true. I find it repulsive that some of these conspiracy theorists prey on people who mourn the people who died. To say that the government actually kept a secret and did something like blowing up and killing its own citizens is ludicrous. It is insulting to my intelligence that they would say that. The worst I’ve seen is the idiotic ‘journalists’ from Loose Change ON September 11, 2006 at Ground Zero arguing with FDNY and others about how they need to “Ask Questions, Demand Answers” about what REALLY happened. Most people, I believe, are content with the fact that their family member, loved one, friend died in the collapse of one of the towers or in one of the planes that were used as weapons that day. I’m sure that THEY (those mourning) find it insulting that idiots that are searching for ‘answers’ by coming to a memorial on a day of remembrance and saying that their family, friends, loved ones were in on the conspiracy and didn’t do anything about it.

Sorry conspiracy theorists, I just don’t believe you. I’ve watched, but everything you say, although sensational, is very easily debunked. Where’s the MythBusters when you need them to build a full scale model to prove what happened and show that these ideas are not even ‘plausible’ or ‘confirmed’ but flat out BUSTED!

14 Aug 2007 Pavement “regrading”

Normally when I think of pavement regrading, I think of how most places do it: by taking a machine and removing the topmost layer of pavement, but leaving some of it behind so theres still a road. I guess I was wrong about that one. Perhaps that is just “resurfacing”. Apparently regrading involves removing all of the previous layers of asphalt and completely replacing them, leaving a 6 inch precipice at the end of the driveway. Anyways, here’s some pictures and a video of what they’ve been doing in front of my house. It was pretty cool to watch. Big noisy equipment. Where can I get one?

13 Aug 2007 all done!
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I finished up my last official class on Friday! I will be taking one class this fall while student teaching, but it only meets 4 times during the semester (it’s a class where we basically just make our electronic portfolios for certification). It’s about time I’m finally done with school!