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blincolnw




I'm doing 28 things
  

blincolnw's Life List

  1. 1. pay off my credit card debt
    10 entries . 73 cheers     		523 people
  2. 2. pass the MCSE 2003 exams
    6 entries . 22 cheers     		3 people
  3. 3. have multiple streams of passive income
    2 entries . 33 cheers     		323 people
  4. 4. escape a life of corporate servitude
    3 entries . 58 cheers     		11 people
  5. 5. start my own business
    7 entries . 74 cheers     		7,201 people
  6. 6. have an eye exam
    4 entries . 32 cheers     		2 people
  7. 7. get a passport
    3 entries . 65 cheers     		1,415 people
  8. 8. do 50 pullups
    3 entries . 36 cheers     		3 people
  9. 9. get an 8 pack
    13 entries . 39 cheers     		54 people
  10. 10. learn to juggle 4 balls
    2 entries . 63 cheers     		8 people
  11. 11. get my motorcycle license
    3 entries . 49 cheers     		308 people
  12. 12. see the northern lights
    3 entries . 60 cheers     		14,285 people
  13. 13. learn to play guitar
    1 entry . 71 cheers     		3,413 people
  14. 14. read all of shakespeare
    2 entries . 66 cheers     		84 people
  15. 15. visit Edgar Allan Poe's house on Halloween
    2 entries . 59 cheers     		4 people
  16. 16. build a chopper
    5 entries . 27 cheers     		33 people
  17. 17. read all of Poe's short stories
    2 entries . 39 cheers     		1 person
  18. 18. Visit Edgar Allan Poe's Burrial Spot
    1 entry . 43 cheers     		3 people
  19. 19. qualify for a north american strong man tournament.
    5 entries . 22 cheers     		1 person
  20. 20. Visit the Samuel Adams brewery in Boston
    2 entries . 38 cheers     		2 people
  21. 21. make a 50 cal ammo can into a humidor
    8 entries . 7 cheers     		2 people
  22. 22. build adirondack chairs
    1 entry . 27 cheers     		1 person
  23. 23. landscape my yard
    9 entries . 27 cheers     		258 people
  24. 24. paint the door on the back of the garage.
    7 entries . 24 cheers     		1 person
  25. 25. roast my own coffee
    2 entries . 34 cheers     		52 people
  26. 26. raise my floor and install perminent lally columns.
    5 entries . 9 cheers     		1 person
  27. 27. see how many miles I can get out of a tank
    5 entries . 7 cheers     		1 person
  28. 28. pick a baby name!
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		2 people
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escape a life of corporate servitude (read all 3 entries…)
head hunters 1 day ago

Every so often I get an email from some kind of agency that found my resume on Monster and they want to tell me about a job opportunity that they think I should apply for. Usually it’s nothing I’m interested in, but today there was a position that sounded good; so I send in my resume and they got back to me within a few minutes. I get a call from them saying they showed my resume to the ‘hiring mangaer’ and they want to talk to me.

Then I call, and the guy not only sounds like English is not his first language, but he seems to know nothing about my resume. He asks me where I am currently working… um look at the resume you say you showed to the “hiring manager” its on there dude. Where do these companies come from? they are sending me info on jobs in MA and they aren’t even in the same state as I am, and he asks me 3 times if I am in MA. Why would I apply for a job in MA unless I lived there or was willing to travel???

Oh well… another reason to start your own business. Trying to find a job has become some kind of stupid game.

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see how many miles I can get out of a tank (read all 5 entries…)
Gas prices 1 day ago

I’m sticking around 415 miles a tank now, not too shabby. I think after I (finally) get an oil change and put in a new air filter I may see an improvement.

I just saw $3.88 a gallon! I hope it keeps going down this is good news. I was afraid I would be paying $4.50 a gallon for heating oil all winter but maybe that will go down too. Although with gas people will drive less when prices are high, demand goes down so the price drops. I doubt anyone will stop heating their house because of high oil prices. :-)

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pick a baby name
It's going to be a boy 2 days ago

Now that I’ve posted the goal up I think I have a name. I’ll see what happens. I just want to try to pick a fairly unique name. I found a site where you can look up the names and find out how popular they are in a given year:

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

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