Last week I loaded the April 3 Security Update from Microsoft onto my work computer. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200704OOB.mspx This update was marked as Critical and was released early just to get it in circulation. Unfortunately it created a .dll conflict error. RTHDCPL.EXE – Illegal System DLL Relocation The system DLL user32.dll was relocated in memory. The application…
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How Subway Lost It’s Way
Subway, the sandwich shop, is the largest franchise by store count. I believe McDonalds is larger by revenue, but I digress. Back in my college days in 2008, Subway was my go to when the cafeteria food was bad. The sandwich was just that a sandwich, the cost was $5 as the 5-dollar footlong was…
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My first hotel experience in Lapu Lapu City was the Crown Regency Hotel. I will be comparing it, in part, with my visit last year. The Crown Regency is an older hotel along a main road in Lapu Lapu City. Per the elevator buttons, it has ten floors. It has a small swimming pool and…
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I am overseas for the next two months. In honor of the occasion, I will randomly be presenting reviews of stuff that I experienced. My goal is to inform people about what I’m up to without angering my family or others that think they know what’s best for my life. First up, is The Big…
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It’s been a week since I got that phone call that every parent fears they will get one day. You know which one I mean “This is the … Your child was hurt and … Please come now …” About 12:30 last Friday, that was the call that I received from my son’s school. It…
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John M Slamkowski—A Special Correspondent First of all I would like to thank William for the opportunity to write in this space about a couple issues; entitlement, and the sissifying of America. Aaron Hernandez—specifically his actions in college and in the pros leading to his arrest—will lay out my argument that our entire education and…
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To illustrate the difference between computers and common sense, I respectfully submit the following: Just ‘cause it passes spell check don’t make it right. Labor Security—when you can never be fired. This only applies to career politicians and Swedish workers. Here’s another I found today when buying tickets for the Scottish Games. After completing the…
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Loyal readers, the Blog Father, William, spoke about the recent “bi-partisan” tax increase at length the other day and I want to expand on it slightly. This type of horse trading and phony math has been going on in this state for generations. Let’s start with the phony math The 7 billion that is not…
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If you thought you were having a bad year because you voted for Hillary or have other issues with the direction of the cosmos, try being a physicist or astronomer. You see, somehow 68 percent of the universe is missing. No, joke; 68 percent of the universe—according to the currently held theory—doesn’t exist and never…
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My protestations notwithstanding, the wife demanded to see Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. (Anything that passes as a musical will usually get her to purchase a ticket. Thankfully, she went with someone else to see La La Land.) Anyway, I admit that I made treks to the little boy’s room and snack bar during the…
