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Continue reading →: South of the Border
While Tim Tam might object, we’re on our way out the door for a pleasant little vacation off the coast of Belize. The resort we’re staying at – Coco Plum Cay (map) – has a mere 10 cabanas on the entire island. We expect to spend much of our…
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Continue reading →: How To Break The Internet – SOPA/PIPA Edition
Warning – This entry will have some techno speak but hopefully it won’t blow your mind. Congress is currently considering a pair of bills – Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (S.968). Both are bad bills, bought and paid for by the entertainment industry.…
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Continue reading →: A Streak Ends
Last night for the first time in … *does some quick counting* … 46 days, I did not write. Not a single word. Nope. I mentioned once before that I set myself a personal goal of writing 250 words per day. That’s roughly one book page per day. If I…
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Continue reading →: Don’t Look Back
Ten years ago today, the way I looked at the world changed. That was the day I walked into Wolfe Clinic in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and laid myself under a laser beam and let the doctors go to town. I got my first pair of glasses sometime in the 3rd…
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Continue reading →: The Year in Scribbles – 2011
Per U.S. Christmas Code 25, it is required that all participants in family events and/or Christmas are required to distribute a missive stating their activities and/or accomplishments of the past year. Hereupon, the Hughes’ submit said missive. It may be best to classify 2011 as the Year in Travel. In…
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Continue reading →: Christmas Gift Fail
Like most husbands, I wanted to find my wife a Christmas gift that was thoughtful and would warm her heart all through the Holiday season. And like most husbands, I didn’t have a clue what she wanted. So I spent a lot of time searching. Soul searching. Web searching. Magazine…
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Continue reading →: Why No Updates?
There are two possible scenarios for the lack of updates on the blog as of late: Scenario One: I was kidnapped by metallic pygmies native to my closet who held me hostage in a shoebox until a ransom of Peppermint Bark had been paid. Scenario Two: I haven’t been writing…
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Continue reading →: College Paid Off
On December 7th, a payment of $34.22 will free me of the last of my student loans. I graduated college in 1997, meaning it’s taken around 14 1/2 years to pay off that education. And holy crap, is it ever a liberating feeling. Just thinking about it makes me a…
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Continue reading →: The Proper Care and Feeding of Your SAP
Congratulations on the acquisition of your new Technical Support Assistance Provider! This is a bright moment for you, one that promises to be filled with joy and relief. With proper care, your Technical Support Assistance Provider (SAP for short) will be by your side for many years, through countless software and…
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Continue reading →: Here, There, and Everywhere
Steph’s back from Portland. I’m back from San Francisco. And we’re both back from our whirlwind Thanksgiving weekend tour of Dubuque and St. Louis. All the trips can be declared a success. Steph did whatever business she had to do and didn’t start a riot, like she did when she…
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This is Moose and Ink – home of the writer Matt A. Hughes, resident of Northeast Iowa and generally an all around good guy.
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