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Occasionally, I get emails intended for ANOTHER Eric Stewart. How do you handle these incidents? What should I do the next time I get one of these? From: Random Lady Subject: Drama Queen Hi Stew, I'm doing ok... I can still feel I am crazy, but hopefully can pull it together. Just had a meeting with my new boss and things seemed to go well, I think I am nervous but excited. Should have called out, I'm doing nothing.         Somethings I'd like you  to ponder: Can you make either wedding? 6/6 or 6/20 - I think I am pushing for 6/20 (Random Lady's Friends Name)... While I know its not your fav activity, it means a lot to me and these people will always be my friends and while they can drive me crazy I love them a lot and its very important to me that you both can get along and find you great and awesome like I see you. I don't know if I will be going to Chicago, we might do another city, so maybe we wanna go?? My Reply Wow, I don't know what t...

This weekend, after our trip to Wilmington, there was laundry to be done. We loaded the washing machine and then headed out to the grocery store, as that was also a priority. Upon returning home the washing machine was still going. It has long been a joke that our washer and dryer work on "Gina Minutes" in which a minute is actually much longer than 60 seconds. The display showed "15" minutes remaining. Twenty-five minutes later the display read "5" minutes. Finally, when the washer was  done, there was an error code of "F 21." Looking on the internet I found this video After watching I opened our lint trap to clean it hoping to clear the error and return the washing machine back to a normal working state. It should be known that we live in a household of six. The kids are now aged ten, thirteen, thirteen and fourteen. You can imagine some of the things that were found in the lint trap.

I was asked by a co-worker to create some Revit families from CAD blocks. They are 2D plan representations of people. I asked the requester if she wanted them named any certain way because this is what I saw.

While listening to Gina's R.E.M. mix CD set , I was inspired by William Burroughs version of Star Me Kitten to create a mix of cover songs. Here is the mix that I created. What would you add, change, or delete? Performing Artist Song Original Artist U2 Helter Skelter The Beatles Orgy Blue Monday New Order Bizarre Love Triangle Frente New Order R.E.M. Superman The Clique R.E.M. Pale Blue Eyes The Velvet Underground R.E.M. King Of The Road Roger Miller 10,000 Maniacs Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey 10,000 Maniacs Because The Night Patti Smith Red Hot Chili Peppers Higher Ground Stevie Wonder White Stripes Jolene Dolly Parton Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World David Bowie Nirvana Where Did You Sleep Last Night Lead Belly * Jeff Buckley Hallelujah Leonard Cohen The Sundays Wild Horses The Rolling Stones...

Let's go back in time to when I was much younger.  I am not sure of my exact age, but I was under ten years old.  Our family took a trip to Disney World . One of the rides to which I was subjected was Space Mountain . I do remember being very frightened and trying to get out during the middle of the ride. My mom did all she could to keep me in my seat until the ride was over. I vowed then to never ride another roller coaster. As the years went on I would ride some tame rides at the county or state fair. As I got older, I realized that the "spinny rides" would make me sick. All of those years were spent in fear of roller coasters.  Finally, at 40 years old I have returned to Disney World. This time I was with my wife, our four kids, and my wife's grandmother, mother, aunt, sibling and nephews.  Fifteen people total. I had told my wife, and she had heard from my parents, about my previous Disney World experience. She also knows from going to the fair with me that ...

Each February I create a mix CD for Gina.  It has happened every February since I have met her.  This past year she suggested I do an R.E.M. mix.  That is like asking me to pick my favorite child, or my favorite type of chocolate.  However, I was able to narrow it down to 47 tracks spanning three CD's.  The theme was alternate versions. The first track in the pairing (and one triplet) was the original album or single version.  The following songs were either a live version, alternate mix, different vocal track or outtake recording.  We had the opportunity to listen to all three CD's this past weekend.  It was fun to create the compilation and to explain how the alternate versions were different.

With the new year comes a lot of new things.  New "best of" lists, calendars, resolutions.  One of the things new this year is the companies branding.  We now have new logos, stationery, website and business cards.  Now, what do I do with the box of old business cards sitting on my desk?