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1058 miles.

I’ll post about the show later, but it was a really fun show.
Resting.

No school for me tomorrow.
Woohoo

I’m about to bounce.

To Philly by way of Jersey here I go.

On three.

I’ve put some new pictures up I think you’ll enjoy.

Here’s a collection from Turkey Day yesterday.



And here is another series of pictures my mom took of the Trees around our house during the Fall.



Talk with you soon.

2 Turkey Days is better than 1, especially if the two turkey days are stretched out to two days (as apposed to 2 on 1 day)

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga.—Michael Vick will be in uniform for the first time this season Sunday, standing by as the Atlanta Falcons’ backup quarterback at Houston.

The Pro Bowl QB, sidelined since breaking his right leg in preseason, practiced for the second straight day on Thursday.

During a two-hour workout, Vick rolled out on pass plays after working exclusively in the pocket Wednesday. He also stopped, started and took cuts.

“It felt pretty good,” Vick said. “I’ll just keep taking it day by day and see how it feels tomorrow. I am making progress.”

Doug Johnson will start Sunday when the Falcons (2-9) visit Houston (4-7), but Vick will be available.

“He will definitely be the No. 2 quarterback unless there are any setbacks tomorrow,” coach Dan Reeves said. “He was able to move around and scramble. I was surprised by how well he looked, especially compared to where he was last week.”



And just a note on my reports from Flowery Branch. Yes. I do have reporters stationed in Flowery Branch. So.

I made it, just so you know. I know your worried and pressing F5 every four seconds to see if there are any updates or what not.

Have a good turkey day.
Thanks.

Junk Mail tally for the week: 351*

*thats monday to wednesday at 4:20PM

Too many regarding that patch. Okay, I’m about to get ready to get on the road.

I wish I could post from the road, thats when I think of the best topics. Oh well. Not yet.

December BSmith Tour is about to kick off. Here’s the tentative dates and locations.

11/26,27,28 Brockport/Holley NY
11/29,30 Philadelphia PA
12/1 Albany NY
12/2,3 Boston MA
12/5,6,7 Plattsburgh NY
12/8,9,10,11 Washington DC
12/20,21 Rochester NY
12/24,25,26,27,28 Brockport/Holley NY
12/30 Clifton Park NY
12/31 Gloversville NY

That’s pretty much where I will be for the next month. If the date isn’t listed it means I’m home in Saratoga Springs.

CRAP

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP)—Warrick Dunn’s season ended Tuesday when the Atlanta Falcons placed their leading rusher on injured reserve with a torn ligament in his left foot.

Dunn had to be carried off the field early in the fourth quarter of the Falcons’ 38-31 loss to Tennessee on Sunday. Coach Dan Reeves said Monday that Dunn initially got hurt during his 162-yard rushing effort in a 23-20 overtime loss at New Orleans the previous week.

SI.com – NFL - Foot injury sidelines Dunn for season

20 years ago (next tuesday) Phish performed their first ever gig.


The First Gig
Friday, December 2, 1983
Harris-Millis Cafeteria
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT

Sound Check: Jam (with audience present)

Set I: Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress, Proud Mary, In the Midnight Hour, Squeeze Box, Roadhouse Blues, Happy Birthday

Set II: Scarlet Begonias > Fire

Show Notes: Trey, Mike, Fish, and Jeff Holdsworth recall being billed as “Blackwood Convention” for this show (though no one is certain what band name was used), which is believed to be their first public gig together. The band was short on equipment, so a hockey stick was used as a microphone stand. Between sets, the DJ spun some Michael Jackson and Trey drummed along to the album. The house music (which included more Michael Jackson) was presumably turned up after Fire to drown out the band. The setlist may be incomplete, though, as the master tape contains nothing after Trey’s sarcastic comments about Michael Jackson following Fire. All songs are, of course, live debuts. While this show is often billed as an ROTC Halloween Dance that took place on October 30, 1983, this is incorrect. The master copy of the recording of this show, as unearthed by Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro, contains a handwritten note that pegs the date as December 2, 1983. In recent discussions with Kevin, band members confirmed that they recall rehearsing for this show over the Thanksgiving Break, and that the show was a Christmas semi-formal. Also, though many ROTC students lived in the dormitory (Mike’s dorm at the time), it was not an ROTC-sponsored event; it was a dorm dance in a predominantly ROTC dorm.

And next Tuesday in the Fleet Center in Boston… ... Oh man, I don’t know.. I can’t wait… Their 20th Anniversay Show


1983 – (l-r) Jeff Holdsworth, Mike Gordon, Trey Anastasio and Jon Fishman

From IBM Lotus Software – PartnerWorld

IBM Lotus Announces Finalists for the Tenth Annual Lotus Awards (formerly known as the Lotus Beacon Awards)

Meet the IBM PartnerWorld for Software PartnerWorld for Developers Business Partners that have been selected as finalists in for the Tenth Annual Lotus Awards. They that have left their mark on our dynamic industry, dedicating their time and energy to build innovative solutions using IBM Lotus software.

As one of our industry’s most prestigious awards, the Lotus Awards (previously known as the Lotus Beacon Awards) have honored outstanding solutions from around the world for a decade. Each year, we receive hundreds of nominations worthy of consideration, and it takes multiple panels of industry judges – including analysts and members of the press – to select our top finalists.

Winners will be announced via press release on December 18th as well as on a special Third Thursdays with Lotus teleconference for Business Partners on December 18th, 2003.

Winners and finalists will be invited to a special reception at Lotusphere 2004, to be held January 26- 29th at The WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort in Orlando, Florida.

“Our Business Partners breathe life into our technologies – they’re so often at the heart of the success of IBM Lotus. These finalists for the Lotus Awards have been selected from an incredible pool of innovative entrants. My sincere congratulations to this group, and many thanks to all Business Partners who submitted to the Lotus Awards this year.”
- Jean-Marc Favennec, Vice President, Lotus Software Marketing

For the Best Real-Time & Team Collaboration Solution: Recognizes an on-line collaborative solution that leverages Lotus’ collaborative technologies to enhance communication, efficiency, and organizational effectiveness in order to improve collaboration among the customer’s employees, customers, suppliers, or distributors. The finalists:
Brookstone Technologies Pty Limited (Australia)
-Eden Communications, Inc. (US)
-Relavis Corporation (US)

Stay tuned! The Best in Lotusphere Showcase award is available to all Exhibitors at Lotusphere. This award category is judged on site and the winner/finalists will be announced at Lotusphere. An invitation to nominate solutions for this category will be sent to all exhibitors at the beginning of December.

Best in Lotusphere Showcase Award: Recognizes an innovative solution that leverages the latest cuttingedge Lotus technology to demonstrate the collaboration and human interaction power of Lotus software. Particular consideration will be given to those solutions that integrate multiple Lotus & WebSphere technologies such as a portal application that surfaces Lotus Domino applications, or a Domino application that uses IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 6.5 and integrates Lotus Instant Messaging.

Here is my sister and my parents after Colleen’s big dance show.

“I designed that costume for Galactic’s Century City. Everyone loved it, and I have a hair thing that makes my hair look spikey and funky” – Colleen

I feel like I have something important I wanted to say this morning to you but now for the life of me I can’t necessarilly remember what it was that I wanted to say. It’s right on the tip of my brain and in my mind, yet still so far away. I know it had something to do with numbers or dates or some form of currency or something. Hmm. The last thing I remember this morning in reference to what I wanted to say was the number 5. Or was it 7. I’m not really sure. I’m going to have to think about it for a while. I’m going to have to mull it over in my head so that I can possibly remember what it was. What was it? Damn it. Okay, can I make a confession. There wasn’t anything. It’s just that I wanted a new post and didn’t have anything that I necessarilly wanted to say or not say this morning. So, basically I just posting this bullshit to fill the void inside my head.
Oh I do remember something I wanted to say and thought of last night. I’m so glad that my site does not have to adhere to some sort of content specific postings. Like, for example, I don’t have to constantly post about the movies I’ve seen and thats it. This blog does not follow a set pattern of rules as far as what it reports upon. It’s free form. I can post shit about anything and basically not care what you think about it. Now thats cool.
Okay where was I. Oh yeah. Just ending. I’m out of here.

Just talked with Bob from USDA, who happened to get a link to my sites via email I sent to him externally. Another client who has “eden” as one of the words to flag when receiving emails.

I’m looking forward to visiting in December. It’s going to be a good time.

I haven’t been to DC since I was 6.

Okay, What the frigger… I got a lot of emails about this last week.
NO, I don’t need a Penis Patch.
And here it is, 7:32 AM on Monday morning and I’ve already received the first penis patch email for the week.
Notorious.

This is related to the weekly dump I do on my deleted items box that collects my piles of spam. This morning, that number was 1078. One thousand, seventy-eight junk emails I deleted. That’s insane. I get so many emails, that when I see that I’ve got a new one I don’t get excited. I know it’s going to be junk mail. Remember the days where you were excited to get email? I barely do.

This is sort of old news, but…

Our Help Desk has won the Lotus Advisor Excellence Award!

Help Desk for FAA NexGen Initiative | Eden
Eden Help Desk gave the Federal Aviation Administration a robust,
Lotus-based collaborative tool that can handle a high volume of Help
Desk calls and the administration’s internal IT requirements.

Some of you long time twobs fans may remember me writing about this project as it was going on, sometime during the summer. July, I believe.

Lotus Advisor Excellence Awards celebrate superior achievements with Lotus Software, including Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino, Lotus Instant Messaging (Sametime), Lotus Enterprise Integration, Lotus Domino.Doc, and more.

The Advisor Team asked he Lotus community, to determine which projects where using IBM Lotus Software to improve business processes, control costs, improve customer service, expand business opportunities, or otherwise benefit the users and organizations with which they work.

The projects were evaluated based on the following criteria:
Appropriateness of the solution to the problem
-Innovative use of Lotus software
-Quantifiable business benefit
-Development creativity and ingenuity

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