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The Daily Fungo by Mike McClary :: Detroit Tigers Baseball: Yesterday and Today.

Great article about a guy I admire(d).  Mickey Tettleton.  Dad and I would love to watch him when we were going to games in 1989.  He and Cal were fan favorites and great role models for a boy growing up in the suburbs of Baltimore.  One game, Dad snapped a picture of Mickey hitting a homerun.  We sent him a copy and asked him to send an autographed copy back to us.  He did.  An inspiring memory.

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What does it all mean?

On Thu, Jan 26 2012, in Leroy, by Leroy
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A little verbal processing here.

Lately I have been really into survival techniques. Things like fire starting, cleaning hunted animals and stuff like that. I have also been really digging deeply into the skills that I have worked over the course of a career in IT to hone – to better understand not only management strategies but to get a better feel for the engineering processes that surround successful development and deployment of software. I know, I know – yawn. But this stuff is my job and I am really uncomfortable “settling” with failing projects. I want to succeed and I’m the kind of guy that will push the buttons that need pushed in order to steer the inertia of a project into the realm of success.


The main emphasis of what I am discovering brings all the process and layers of complexity of software boiling down to one point, and I’d quote from Peopleware but their copyright forbids it so I’ll summarize: Success of a project stems from good communication by all participants, and the failures are rooted in poor communication.

Good communication, eh? That’s it?

I think you’ll find there is alot of evidence of that in life. I certainly believe it after reading How to Win Friends and Influence People.

So while I used to believe that having good communication skills was just a commodity – I am beginning to realize and understand that it is A SURVIVAL SKILL. In a world of shrinking 401Ks, receding economies, imploding real estate markets and general instability – you need as many things going for you as possible. It is worth it to study up on effective communication.

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Turkey Wish!!

On Tue, Jan 24 2012, in Emma Kate, Leroy, by Leroy
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It might be a little late for this one but I don’t care. It was an awesome moment!!

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Proverbial Android Application

On Mon, Jan 23 2012, in Leroy, by Leroy
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Hehe. We are really excited to have a small part in launching this new Android Application. Special thanks to Sators.com for providing the great design template.

Proverb of the Day: http://bit.ly/vZ65GZ

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Gardening 2012 – #1

On Mon, Jan 23 2012, in Leroy, by Leroy
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Pretty excited to see how our garden turns out in 2012. This is a video recorded shortly after I bought some more topsoil for the raised beds.

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Humpty Dumpty!

On Sun, Jan 22 2012, in Emma Kate, Leroy, by Leroy
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Woo hoo!

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Truth #1

On Sun, Jan 22 2012, in Leroy, by Leroy
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Steak knives run through the dishwasher will dull. The blades rub the inside of the plastic silverware tray and they become dull. Not just the steak knives in the link to the right. All steak knives.

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The Secret of the Fibonacci Sequence in Trees

On Sat, Jan 21 2012, in Leroy, by Leroy
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The Secret of the Fibonacci Sequence in Trees.

This is just great.  Sort of makes me want to re-invest in exploring how we can get solar power to work for our home.

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Funny one of Wandering Eyes!

On Fri, Jan 20 2012, in Emma Kate, Leroy, by Leroy
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I had no clue she did this funny stuff with her eyes! Awesome!

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ALL MEN!

On Thu, Jan 19 2012, in Leroy, by Leroy
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All men can sustain adversity. If you want to test a man, give him power.

~Abraham Lincoln

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