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I decided to take Wes up on some of our prior conversations where we talked about hiking around various NC mountain spots. We took a Saturday and spent it at Pilot Mountain hiking for about 9 miles. This was an excellent trip and I'm glad we decided to
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I had a serious issue after updating my blog to the Word Press 2012 Theme. The font looked like CRAP on my home PC and my Work Laptop. Doing a little bit of research on the new Open Sans Font I learned I needed to go to: Control Panel >
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I decided to keep up the friend visits by following through on a promise to visit Priya in Birmingham, Alabama. This was a great time. Priya knows lots of beautiful girls which is always a nice bonus. Here's the full photo set of my trip to Birmingham. We
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Since visiting Buffalo in June / July we all decided the crew needed to visit Raleigh. Labor Day worked out to be the best time. On the way down Jason, Ashley, and Robbie wanted to stop in DC. That seemed cool to me so I flew up to meet them there
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The moral of this post is that Lisa is awesome and will make cakes on demand. It's better than movies on demand. Full album of 30th Birthday Pics here. First things first.. I've been working on my plate at The Flying Saucer. After much drinking I
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Lisa threw a 4th of July shindig where I took some photos. Thanks Lisa for the party! One theme of the night is that Heather resisted photography.
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My sister Jen said "I'm going back up to my HS reunion, and our cousin is having a bachelorette party / wedding shower". This seemed like a perfect opportunity to combine some family visits with the brief time where the weather in Western New York is pleasant.
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Another catch up post here about a trip to San Diego straight from Hawaii for Cisco Live 2012. Seems like the weeks and months have just been melting away recently so I'll do my best to keep things brief on summary while hitting the high points. It'
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This is a super belated post about the trip I took to Hawaii back in June with 7 awesome friends. I have to admit being invited in the first place was quite a surprise to me! Heather told me there was an extra spot and that the collective decided I
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Time for a trip in the WAY BACK machine. Here's a thing we did back in April on an awesome late spring weekend. Zach knew a dude who lives around Middlesburg, VA to we headed out there from DC to watch Steeple Chase and then visit a winery.
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I passed my CCIE Voice Written last Friday. My CCIE is now recertified. There was some new material I hadn't seen before, but I still managed to squeak by with an 827/1000. Passing was 790/1000. To celebrate I went to the beach (Emerald Isle) with Kenneth
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I've been studying like crazy lately. The CCIE Voice Written has become more difficult since the last time I attempted to pass it for recertification. Every two years I have to pass the multiple choice part to keep the certification active. I'm at a bit of