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It appears that BlogMusik is just a big archive of music sitting on random servers. But, the iPod-esque flash player is really robust. You can instantly search thru its archives, songs play instantly. You can even send links to specific songs to friends via a unique URL. And if you do their simple registration, you can save songs to playlists.

Just more cool stuff brought to you by our good friend – the internet!

here’s the thing about mistakes. sometimes, even when you know something’s a mistake. you gotta make it anyway. …even really, really dumb mistakes

I never wanted any of it to change. — But, that’s not how life works.

I feel that this world is full of traps and pain and it is so easy to wear emotional scars. But, in the fogginess of this world, these stories of Hope and Love stand out. It’s something I believe in. It’s something that I feel that Christ himself stands for. He tells us that He came so that we may have life, and have it the the full. That He came into this world as a light. That’s His story – Hope. And this is our story – wading through the darkness. The chord that pulls within us when we see these stories is the sweet knowledge that someone out there has succeeded. These stories charactarize obstacles larger than those in the average person’s life. And that’s what makes them useful to us.

Here is a dream fulfilled.
As the narrator says: “What we all want in life, is a shot. But what we do with it – that’s the story we all want to tell.”

And this is love. Where does your strength come from?

I’m trying to include my son in everything, so that he can live a life like everybody else.

The quote above was spoke by Dick Hoyt about his son Rick. And, to me this sounds very similar to the wishes that our heavenly father has for us.

The below video shows Team Hoyt competing and completing the Ironman race. I dare you to watch as Dick and Rick sprint across the finish line and not be touched. Their story is nothing short of incredible. I hightly recommend buying their Ironman story on DVD. It’s a great story of love, devotion, inspiration and determination.

A friend of mine, who’s in the industry as well, tipped me off recently that House.com had moved their operations from NY to Charlotte. So, seeing the sign on the side of the road wasn’t too surprising. But, it did make me wonder about House’s business model, and about Charlotte in general.

Charlotte is quietly becoming the mecca for online real estate. Now, there’s no way that it can compete with the prowess of Emeryville, Seattle, or the Valley. But, just take a look at which companies call Charlotte home.

• RealEstate.com
• House.com
• Realty.com
• iHomes.com
• LendingTree
• Bank of America
• Wachovia
• Lowes

In addition to LendingTree and RealEstate.com, I also believe that IAC has parts of GetSmart.com, Domania, and iNest here. If not in total, some representation of these three can be found in Charlotte. I also was informed recently that the new CEO of NewHomes.com was pulled from Charlotte to their Florida home office.

I was curious about what House.com was up to. So, I shot an email out to Dan Parisi – no reply. (He rarely does). Then, I figured I would call the 800 # listed on the sign. After asking a few questions to the customer service rep I was informed that their plans for opening a brokerage are on hold, and they are focusing on obtaining more agent relationships for their lead network. That’s cool. Sticking to your core biz strategy is never a wrong move.

But, with all of us in the same town, we should all get together for a drink and chat. It would make for a fun game of trying to find-more-about-your-competitor-than-they-can-find-out-about-you.

So, Dan, Eric, Gary, Michael, Doug… when’s the first pow-wow?

But, in the 8 months that I’ve owned the car, I’ve noticed one very important trait about my new vehicle. It is an animal killer! Literally. Not counting small insects, I am positive that I’ve mamed, wounded, and killed more animals driving this car moreso than anyone other car I’ve driven. I’m not sure why this is. Is it that this car is sneaky? Is the engine quieter than other cars? Does the engine hum in a frequency that attracts animals – kinda like a dog whistle? There has to be something to this.

The numbers don’t lie.

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A few weeks ago Lifehacker had a user photo contest for the coolest workspace. I meant to submit my photo, but the deadline came and went. But, who can really compete with this view? Sitting in my bay window, looking out onto the lush hardwood trees. This view really looks cool in the fall and in the winter after a snow/ice event.

But, for now, this is my little slice of heaven.

I checked out her writings, and this one if funny. The results of a stressful day. How to self medicate with legal substances. Thought my Mormon acquaintences would appreciate.

**WARNING** The writer tends to use flowerly languange. (which lends to my mormon-release theory)

Wow! How far have we fallen? Apparently, for anonymoty, you can also order this online from their website. This blows my mind.

(sorry for the blurry photos. i apparently wasn’t holding my camera phone still)

This is exactly how I feel right now. And, if you think about it, it’s probably a fear shared by nearly everyone. He also half heartedly jokes, “I certainly hope I’m not going to be the jerk, uncle, bachelor the rest of my life…” That was funny. Funny, sad, but true.

Why did I agree to this???

Well, last night we attended a game which has a lot of great players. I would say there was about 50 or 60 players there. To make a long story short, I came in second place – which is awesome!! It’s so hard to make it to the last 10 players because everyone is pretty good in their own right. But, last night just was a good night for me. I played strong and smart.

I personally think I had a good chance of winning the entire thing. But, my opponent caught me on a small bluff. I pushed all in with just a pair of 6′s. He had a pair of J’s.

It was a good night. A lot of fun!

But, I noticed something was happening to me when I had this great little tool. I developed a nervous tic. If ever there was a pause in a conversation, or a time waiting in line, I would constantly reach back to check the status of my email. Constantly. I couldn’t stop it.

Then, about 9 months ago, I purchased a laptop. No need to go into my upstairs home office to do work, I can bring this great laptop into whatever room I’m in. In the evenings, and on the weekends, it’s a common occurrence that I will have both the TV and the laptop on trying to multi-task. This is a problem for me, and I can’t stop.

Now, i have the TV on, that has 900+ channels on it. On demand movies, DVR capabilities, 24 hour headline news, 24 hours sports stations, dramas, comedy, weather, infomercials, whatever. And in addition to that I have the laptop monitoring my emails, I have my RSS reader monitoring all my favorite blogs and websites, and I often like to leisurly browse the internet, and in the event I get an idea in my head I can just pull the laptop close and do a little research. This is a problem.

I’m finding it harder and harder for me to hold my attention to any one subject. I find myself flipping channels at record speed. I flip-flop between websites so fast you’d be amazed. It’s a problem.

This article calls it Attention Deficit Trait. Check it out. I think he’s right…

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