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I hate non-anonymous evaluations
As the summer quarter draws near to a close, it is time to fill out evaluations. I have an evaluation and my employer has an evaluation. I have to fill my evaluation out first so my manager can view if before she fills out her evaluation… how stupid is that? I just finished answering all the questions in my evaluation, both questions on myself as well as my employer. As anyone who follows this blog... [read more]
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Boys and their toys :-)
Big news from the geeky side of my life this weekend… I bought an iPhone! Last Friday, I went to the Apple store after work with the mindset of buying an iPod. I have never had an mp3 player before and with my extensive music selection and love for a great tune, it was about time. I went into the store and played around with all the different iPods and iPhones for nearly an hour.... [read more]
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The birds are organizing!
Have you ever seen Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds? I have. I watched it back sometime during my sophomore year of high school. It was on some lazy, late Friday afternoon when I had nothing else to do in an empty house. I watched intensely as the birds revolted against our civil society… and then I drove to a friend’s house. It was quite the drive. Now I know movies are just movies… and I know... [read more]
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I’ll teach you to toot!
I started a new side job yesterday, teaching high school trumpet lessons! I have two students from a smaller high school in Cincinnati that I will be teaching weekly from now until who knows. I was pleasantly surprised when I heard them play. Both are good players with (of course) areas that need attention. I won’t narrate the lessons to you, because really… who would want to read that. But instead I would like to... [read more]
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Concentrate on your lips and tongue!
Have you ever just heard a word, and thought it was a strange sounding word? Or maybe it didn’t really sound like a strange word until you put some thought into it. Here’s a fun activity, pick out just normal words, look around your cube and pick out random objects, and just say those words out loud but rather slow. Here’s a few examples of what I thought sounded quirky… When saying these words, concentrate... [read more]
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The next greatest thing…
I like to come up with ideas; ideas that haven’t been thought of before; ideas that are variations on present products/services; I just like to come up with ideas. Lately as my knowledge in the computer realm increases, I have been able to start chasing these ideas/concepts by developing them to various levels. While driving down the highway today in my normal squint along with all the other hundreds of drivers sitting awkwardly in their... [read more]
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High school football fans say…. WE SUCK!
It is the first football game of the season and the stands are filled with High School Football fanatics! They are cheering on their kids, their friends, their Alma Mater… GO DARBY GO! GO DARBY GO! … The clock is stopped at 30 seconds with the score tied at 14 apiece, its fourth down and inches for Darby on the defenses 20-yard line… This is what football is all about! The teams break from their... [read more]
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A bit about car alarms…
When was the last time that you were walking through a parking lot and somewhere off in the distance heard a car alarm go off and immediately whipped out your cell phone to dial 9-1-1 while thinking… Oh no! Somebody’s car is being broken into! I must notify the authorities! That just plain doesn’t happen. I have thought about this often and was hit hard on the point this morning when I woke up to... [read more]
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Stolen Goods - $6298
Over the past week I received two emails from Paypal telling me that my request to withdrawal money was approved and there was going to be a transfer to my bank account. Great I thought, if I have a balance for a certain number of days, it will automatically be put into my checking account… no hassle, right? I check my Paypal account yesterday and see that I received two payments for $3,200! Both of... [read more]
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I have the urge….
Do you ever just really get in the mood to do something? Maybe you wake up one morning and you think to yourself, you know? I am really in the mood to go for a jog. Or one evening you are sitting around with friends watching TV or something and you get the urge… you know? I am really in the mood to go bowling. Well lately, I’ve been in the mood… yes, I have... [read more]
Jason Pawlak
Me and my Internet
Husband, Dad, Navy Officer, Coder, and Tinkerer. I have many interests and am always looking to learn something new. This site is a launching point to the many areas of the Internet that represent me.