Patrick Talmadge
From the monthly archives: February 2009
Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1) centers around Sookie Stackhouse. Sookie has a “disabilityâ€. Her “disability†is a telepathic ability that allows her to read minds. She sees this ability as a “disability†because it gets in the way of her living a normal life. Sookie because close with Bill a vampire. [...]
I finished reading The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life. I’m sure my wife will be delighted I’m finished. Every time I learn something new about Buffett I tell her about it. I found the book motivating because Warren Buffett is one of my mentors. Although, I have never met Warren Buffett [...]
I’m really enjoying the Windows 7 build that I’m running. It really does seem to run smoother and quicker than Windows Vista. Even after I installed all the programs I had running on my Vista build it still feels quicker. I have had no problems with drivers or programs installing.
It has taken a [...]
I installed Windows 7 on my work laptop. I have been hearing a lot of good stuff about Windows 7 and I had to try it out. I haven’t played with Windows 7 a lot yet, but so far I really like it. The UI feels quicker than on Vista. I noticed several small improvements [...]
This weekend seemed busy but didn’t do a whole lot. Saturday I spent a good portion of the day trying to find a short in one of our driveway lights. It took a while and a bit of digging but it turns out the person that installed the light post had spliced the line underground. [...]
Finished reading Cracking the Millionaire Code: Your Key to Enlightened Wealth by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen. Hansen is the co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Allen is the author of the real-estate investing guide Nothing Down. They use the term higher power throughout the book in reference to God [...]
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