Had to change the theme a little bit, and I don’t have the feed fixed yet. Good times. But what the heck, it’s construction season. Hope to be done by Monday. ...

Hi folks, I’m upgrading the software and customizing a new theme. If the place looks a little weird, you’ve probably caught me in the middle of it. I hope to have it done in the next few days. Thanks for stopping by! ...

Update: ok, the RSS isn’t working at all. I have a friend who is going to take a look at it for me this week. So by Friday it should be fixed. ::fingers crossed:: I am just testing my RSS with this post. ...

Note: This is from my Workplace Wednesday series at Blogging For Michigan Today’s WW is all about staying healthy at work. By staying healthy I mean 1) avoiding a cold or flu, and 2) staying fit in a sedentary / junk food environment. So let’s be honest; a lot of people come to work when they have a cold, even if it means they risk handing that cold off to their co-workers. You should t...

Cross-posted at BFM Well you can add this to the list of things that freak me out: Mlive article here Someone’s going to have to rock me to sleep tonight. ...

Note: This is part of my Tuesday 2.0 series at Blogging For Michigan Today I’d like to talk about Everywun.com. Everywun is a web 2.0 social networking(ish) site that endeavors to make it possible for you to support a cause without spending a dime. Here’s how it works: 1) Sign up for a free account at www.everywun.com 2) Choose your cause. You have 5 to choose from: Animals (The Humane S...

Note: This is from my Money Saving Monday series at Blogging For Michigan Let’s talk about Clara, a 93 year old cook and great grandmother, from upstate New York. Clara has a popular online cooking show, Great Depression Cooking. In her show, Clara teaches you how to prepare depression-era meals, and she shares stories about her childhood. Here’s a video in which she shares 5 Depression Co...

Note: This was originally posted as a Workplace Wednesday article at BFM Since today is Conficker payload day, I thought I’d talk a little about protecting your business machines from this nasty big bad. First, a little bit about what it is. Conficker is a piece of malware that is designed to infect Windows Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 systems. April 1, 2009, ...

This is from Tuesday 2.0 on BFM Since I spent the last couple of weeks talking about Twitter, I thought I’d use today to show you how to integrate your Twitter and Facebook updates. Facebook’s Twitter application makes this a simple process. I’m going to assume that you already have both a Twitter and a Facebook account. First, log in to Facebook, and go to the Twitter application pa...

Note: This is from my Money Saving Monday series on BFM Today we’ll take a look a Swaptree (www.swaptree.com), a service that allows you to trade your books, music, movies, and games, with other users on the net. Swaptree is a simple service. Create a free account, and then build two lists: items that you have, and items that you want. As soon as you add items to your “want list,” Swaptr...

Well it’s the last day of 2008, and time for the obligatory end of year post. This year I’d like to share my best & worst of Shiawassee in 2008. The Best: New Technology: The Internet. Ok I know it’s not new, but the Internet as a force in Shiawassee politics really took off this year. Sheriff Wilson’s focus on “anonymous bloggers” raised the profile of...

I am thinking about throwing together a skill share for PC repair and desktop support. The idea is to help out the people who need to develop a new job skill. There’s a post up on the Shiawassee Forums, where I go into detail about the idea. Here’s the meat of the post: The classes would be free to the students, but they would have to meet certain criteria: Be a Shiawassee resident ...

I started a thread over on the Shiawassee Forums on how today is going so far. I think things will be fine in the county today; I’ve heard nothing but good things about the efforts of Lauri Braid and our local clerks. I have some concern for one township in particular, and I’m heading out that way in a little while. I think it’s related to the 100′ rule and the issue of...

How does this happen - ??? If you support Gary Holzhausen, you can’t possibly support Randy Colbry for prosecutor. ...

Republican Shiawassee Prosecutor Randy Colbry faces Ann Gamboe Hall this November. Ann is the Democratic candidate and an Owosso attorney. You can see the Argus Press article on this race here. The thought of Colbry winning this one just makes me sick. Randy Colbry should have been recalled after the way that he handled the situation with Drain Commissioners Gary Holzhausen and Bernie Butcher. ...

Some friends and I are tossing around the idea of starting a Democrats For Life of America chapter here in mid-Michigan. What appeals to me about DFL is that they have a consistent life ethic, unlike Right To Life, which in my opinion just advocates forced birth. DFL is opposed to abortion, euthanasia, and the death penalty, and supports humanity/quality-of-life efforts throughout the world. F...

There’s a nice letter to the editor in the Argus of 10-3, written by Michael P. Schmidt, D.O., who I understand to be Chief of Staff at Memorial Healthcare in Owosso. In this letter, Dr. Schmidt expresses his support for Dr. Wegman, who has had some recent personal and legal difficulties. He also expresses his disapproval with the way the Argus has been handling the story. I bet this lett...

I’m finally getting used to the fact that it’s not Sunday. It started last week when I had this wicked pain in my side. I tried to just suck it up and keep goin, but by Thursday afternoon I was in my Dr office. (Shout out to Dr Mohlman) By Thursday evening I was in Memorial Hospital. Rm 211. Bed 1. (You guys suck for not coming to see me) (just kidding) So while there I was tre...

I have just received (unconfirmed) word that Les Schneider will be running for commissioner in district 4. He filed his papers today and is running in the primary as a write-in Democrat.He faces incumbent Jon Micheal Fuja. From Commissioner Jack Johnson: Les will bring the veterans perspective and advocacy to the board. He is a 22 year airforce vet and is involved with several vso including th...

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