10 Oct 08 Bedtime: no ‘net, no laptop(s), smartphones, touchphones - a real paper book
What a concept, eh?
Off to continue reading Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins…
Tags: Add new tag, Anthony Robbins, Books, personal improvement, Self-improvement, Tony Robbins
10 Oct 08 Sarah Palin found guilty of “abuse of power” in Alaskan firing of Walter Monegan (Alaskan Public Safety Commissioner)
You gotta wonder about the timing… eh ?
The top legislators in Alaska have approved the release of a report that finds Sarah Palin guilty / responsible for the unjust firing of Walter Monegan who was the Public Safety Commissioner in Alaska - essentially the highest ranking law enforcement position.
Apparently, the firing resulted from Mr. Monegan refusing to fire an Alaskan State Trooper (Mike Wooten) who was going through a bitter divorce and custody battle.
Supposedly, the Palins (Sarah and her husband Todd) put intense pressure on Commissioner Monegan to fire Wooten…
The McCain campaign had released its own 21 page report on the incident which concluded
“It is tragic that a false story hatched by a blogger over drinks with Trooper Wooten led the legislature to allocate over $100,000 of public money to be spent in what has become a politically-driven investigation”
Can we say smear campaign..
The sad thing in all this is that it is the (real) family that really suffers…
Info and source: BBC News about Sarah Palin
Tags: Alaska State Trooper, Crime, Mike Wooten, Politics, Sarah Palin, Todd Palin, Walter Monegan
10 Oct 08 TGIF : Vive le weekend with my boys ; summary of this weeks twits from Twitter
Well, still suffering with this “acute” bronchitis (as the Dr. at the Jewish General Hospital called it after listinening to my lungs, but I’m relieved that this week at work (with 4-5 major system failures/outages) is behind me. The priority for now is a good night of sleep and having a great day tomorrow and Sunday with Zachary and Tristan… 
That’s what counts.
So for anyone who’s noticed, I installed a little widget on the right side of the site that shows my most recent twits on Twitter. Twitter is basically a microblogging platforum for quick messages up to 140 characters (no tags, titles, formatting, etc.), easily used from multiple devices in multiple locations (usually mobile, but it’s becoming hugely popular in the general desktop Web as well.) I’ll write more in my tech blog.
You can also grab an RSS feed for my Twitter updates.
