Easter Bunny

April 3, 2010

Easter Bunny Originally uploaded by MikeWas Have a Happy Easter, everyone! (It’s worth clicking through to see the whole set)

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Second place

March 20, 2010

Alex with his medal Originally uploaded by MikeWas Alex today entered his second-ever wrestling tournament. He’s just beginning, so the emphasis is on having fun – but who doesn’t think it’s more fun to win? He earned a second-place finish today when he won for the first time by pinning his opponent. He hit all [...]

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Getting better every day

March 14, 2010

I turned 40 yesterday. A quick look around the dinner table – my parents, my wife and kids, my sister and her family – I reflected on what accomplishments are truly important. These are mine.

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Florida Bar Website down: Hacked? Expired?

March 3, 2010

Yesterday afternoon, sometime between 3 and 4pm, I tried to pull up the Florida Bar website, which was working fine – albeit with its usual lack of speed – earlier in the day. What came up was a typical domain-squatter page that you’ve seen on any domain that was once used but let go by [...]

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Scribe SEO – like an SEO expert in your browser.

February 27, 2010

Automatic SEO on the fly Think you know everything there is to know abut SEO? Think you’ve got everything SEO-wise covered with your blog? Yeah, so does everyone else. But every once in a while, you leave something important out of your title. Or you accidentally stuff too many keywords in a post. Or you [...]

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Speech, unburdened: Citizens United v. FEC

January 21, 2010

The First Amendment does not permit laws that force speakers to retain a campaign finance attorney, conduct demographic marketing research, or seek declaratory rulings before discussing the most salient political issues of our day. Citizens United v. FEC 558 U. S. — (2010) [PDF] The Supreme Court’s decision striking many of the regulations of McCain-Feingold [...]

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Race Report: The 2010 Disney Marathon

January 14, 2010
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I did it. Sometime after I started seriously running just under two years ago, part of me decided that it wasn’t enough to run a 5K, or a 10K – I would someday run a marathon. Nevermind that the longest I’d ever run before was 6 miles, back when I was 18 and invincible. Somehow, [...]

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Marathon Man

January 7, 2010

Only a tiny fraction of people on the planet have ever completed a marathon – by some estimates, only a fraction of one percent. On Sunday, I plan to join that elite club, with a goal of finishing in five hours or less. Am I nervous? Hell, yes. Do I think I’ll do it? Same [...]

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Bradford L. Graham, 1968-2010

January 4, 2010

Bradford L. Graham, 1968-2010 Brad Graham has suddenly left us. If you can measure a man by the size of the hole in the hearts he left behind, Brad is a giant. We’ll miss you, friend.

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