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Aug 31
I can haz safety barrier?
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 5:03 pm (Aug/31/10) Daily Waste of Time, Technology No Comments »First rule of being a technology demo reporter: Never put yourself into a position in which your life will be in jeopardy should that said technology fail spectacularly.
Aug 30
In Salt Lake City. On my way h…
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 10:23 am (Aug/30/10) Padre's Blog No Comments »In Salt Lake City. On my way home to DC. (@ Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) w/ 16 others) http://4sq.com/3zOBjz
Aug 28
Scouts from Cinci and the Mets…
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 10:16 pm (Aug/28/10) Padre's Blog No Comments »Scouts from Cinci and the Mets are checking out our southpaw Lopez. http://twitpic.com/2j7jjh http://twitpic.com/2j7juc
Aug 28
Splash hit for Panda Bear! W00…
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 9:43 pm (Aug/28/10) Padre's Blog No Comments »Splash hit for Panda Bear! W00T!
Aug 28
Nice seats at the Giants game….
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 8:56 pm (Aug/28/10) Padre's Blog No Comments »Nice seats at the Giants game. Watching my boys struggle with the D-Backs. http://twitpic.com/2j6p2t
Aug 28
Now time for the wedding of Gl…
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 4:40 pm (Aug/28/10) Padre's Blog No Comments »Now time for the wedding of Glen & Michelle (@ Most Holy Trinity Church w/ 2 others) http://4sq.com/8IQshW
Aug 28
And this is why Catholics don’t get married Outside
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 5:35 am (Aug/28/10) Daily Waste of Time No Comments »Aug 26
Palin Blasted by AFL-CIO President
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 8:28 pm (Aug/26/10) Politics and Law No Comments »REMARKS OF AFL-CIO PRESIDENT RICHARD TRUMKA
ALASKA AFL-CIO BIENNIAL CONVENTION
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
August 26, 2010
Thank you, Vince [Beltrami], for welcoming me here to be with the men and women of the Alaska AFL-CIO … .
[To Vince] And thank you for giving me the opportunity to join you, my brother, here at your convention.
[To delegates] Let me tell you something…. your president is something special … he tells it like it is, and he fights for the way it should be… always
(Lead applause)
It is an incredible honor to be here with ALL of you—the hardest-working men and women in Alaska ….
And it’s a pleasure to visit a place where so many of our working families are still working, thanks to an economy that’s a lot like your great state—huge and quite a distance from the lower 48.
It’s not pretty down in the Great Recession, in the worst national economy in 75 years… 15 million Americans are out of work. Half of them have been unemployed for longer than six months. And as many as 26 million Americans are under-employed, working any job they can find for a fraction of what they once brought in.
Aug 26
Just saw Inception with Fr. Ng…
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 7:49 pm (Aug/26/10) Padre's Blog No Comments »Just saw Inception with Fr. Ngo. I loved it!
Aug 25
The Rebirth of New Orleans – 5 Years after Katrina
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 6:38 pm (Aug/25/10) Faith, Padre's Blog No Comments »Aug 24
Wait… I left DC just as it w…
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 11:19 pm (Aug/24/10) Padre's Blog No Comments »Wait… I left DC just as it was cooling off, only to arrive in San Jose just as it was heating up??? … KHAN!!!!!!’
Aug 24
I’ve been playing with the FAV…
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 1:56 am (Aug/24/10) Padre's Blog No Comments »I’ve been playing with the FAVI Pico projectors. Very cool and surprisingly useful.
Aug 23
Cleanliness is next to… the urinal?
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 12:45 pm (Aug/23/10) Daily Waste of Time No Comments »Aug 22
Early morning, ‘gadget’, mass,…
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 1:23 pm (Aug/22/10) Padre's Blog No Comments »Early morning, ‘gadget’, mass, now lunch at Mark Ducks. Sundays ARE the perfect day! 
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Aug 21
Had a nearly flawless, all-fir…
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 3:47 pm (Aug/21/10) Padre's Blog No Comments »Had a nearly flawless, all-first-class, 8-city trip with Delta. The only bad mark?40 minutes to get my “priority” bag in DC. Delta FTW!
Aug 21
I’m back in DC for 70 hours. T…
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 3:21 pm (Aug/21/10) Padre's Blog No Comments »I’m back in DC for 70 hours. Time to burn the midnight oil! (or Biodiesel if it leads to a lower carbon footprint.)
Aug 21
A car that drives better when Drunk
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 2:34 pm (Aug/21/10) The Green Geek No Comments » |
From GreenBiz: It’s said “What whiskey won’t cure, there’s no cure for.” Scientists in Scotland applied that adage to alternative fuel and brewed up biofuel made from whiskey byproducts. News of the development tends to elicit a “say-it-isn’t-so” response among some who catch the word “whiskey” and not the other bits, then leap to the conclusion that using spirits to power cars would be a terrible waste. Ok, so maybe the car isn’t drunk and perhaps it runs not on whiskey, but on the byproduct from the production of whiskey. Still… this is pretty cool, eh? |
Aug 21
Heading back to DC. Thanks to …
: Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 6:48 am (Aug/21/10) Padre's Blog No Comments »Heading back to DC. Thanks to Mel for a 6:00am airport run & Dad for dropping me off at 5:00am. Family FTW!
Aug 20
