August 20, 2007 by jon.

I was Tagged by Diane recently and had no idea what that meant. So I checked with her and it seems I answer a number of questions about myself. So here goes:

Jobs I’ve Held:

• Walgreens - Clerk through Assistant Manager
• USNR - Quarter Master - My Job was to steer ships but in 6 years in the reserve I was on a bridge for 15 min…
• Round the Corner Restaurant - Burger flipper to Shift Mgr
• Barnes & Noble - Clerk through 2nd Assistant Mgr
• Abracadabra Antiquarian Bookshop - Booksearch Specialist to Mgr
• Bit by Bit Comptuer Rental - Assistant Mgr
• Ciber Inc. - Contracted to IBM Global Services to do deskside support at Xcel Energy
• HRH - Local IT Mgr Denver to Regional IT Mgr Midwest Region
• Volunteer for CoCoRaHS

Movies I can Watch Over and Over:

• Saving Private Ryan
• Lord of the Rings
• Moulin Rouge
• Harry Potter movies  (What a range of interests)

My Guilty Pleasures:

• Wasting time on the computer…
• Carribou Coffee Large Skim Mocha  (Yum!)
• Panera Asiago Cheese Bagel (Hence Coffee & Bagels at

Places I’ve Lived:

• Roseville, MI
• Sanford, MI
• Monrovia, CA
• Diamond Bar, CA
• Littleon, CO
• Ft. Collins, CO
• Thornton, CO
• Geneva, IL

Shows I Enjoy:

• Mythbusters
• Dirty Jobs
• Any other geeky Discovery Channel shows - Esp concerning weather!

Places I have Been on Vacation:

• Colorado (Before we lived there)
• California (Again, before living there)
• Cancun
• Chicago & Circle tour of Lake Michigan (Again….Before living there…Gotta be careful where our next vacation is…..)
• Estes Park, CO (Great place for a honeymoon)
• Philmont Scout Ranch (That’s a vacation, right?)
• Government Sponsored (USNR) Tokyo, Japan  Hawaii  Norfolk, VA
• Las Vegas

Favorite Foods:

• Cafe Mocha  (See above)
• French Fries
• Pizza
• A good Filet Mignon

Website I Visit Daily:

• Coffee & Bagles at 8
• CoCoRaHS
• RealClearPolitics.com
• MyYahoo.Com
• LinkedIn

Body Parts I Have Injured:

• Stitches in 2 different places (Head, Thumb)
• Various running ailments (Shin Splints, Achillies Heel, Lower Back problems)
• No broken bones although I did chip a joint playing basketball a while ago
• I do have a BB lodged in my left hand from a stupid stunt in 7th grade

Awards I’ve Won:

• Eagle Boy Scout
• Employee of the Year for HRH Denver (2000)
• Top bowler in bowling club, Senior year high school (Yipee!)
• Fantasy Football Champions (2001???)

Nicknames You’ve been Called:

• Snurk
• Other bad ones from when I was younger that left emotional scars 

Pick 5 Other Bloggers:

• Don’t really know any others, but I’ll pick Kala

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August 20, 2007 by jon.

As Kala knows, Global Warming really gets me.  When reading articles or seeing shows, there usually is evidence that is left out and it irks me.  A prime example is the Discovery Channel show Can We Control the Weather.  While they talked about some interesting stuff on how cloud seeding might help change hurricane courses, what got me was an early statement that hurricane strength and frequencys are increasing since 1970 as proof of Global Warming.  They implied that this hasn’t happened before.

In reality, hurricane seasons run in cycles.  The last time we had a cycle of increased activity was from the 1920’s - 1940’s.

Cal Thomas has a good opinion piece today that discusses how the current Global Warming scientists conveniently leave out or just don’t look at all of the facts.  Cal Thomas

I just find this all interesting and sometimes frustrating.

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