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So, I thought I'd post something I came across but appear to have lost the link to. It came from somewhere online, that's all I can garauntee.

It's surprising how many of these hold true for me

- More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves me.

- Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

- I don’t understand the purpose of the line, “I don’t need to drink to have fun.” Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they’ve invented the lighter?

- Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you’re going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you’re crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

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I recently won an all expenses paid trip to Key Biscayne, FL at the 'ol job. No real details yet but should be a lot of fun and was quite the surprise. It's always interesting when you start receiving messages from people congratulating you when you have no idea what they are talking about.

Recently, George updated his site. I think it looks pretty good. His previous version of the site wasn't too bad at all but it had a few small display issues.

Also related to George's update, I released version 2.4 of ReedGal. This version brings a few nice additions including making it easier to integrate the gallery into a pre-existing layout. George's gallery and Mike Aubin's gallery are good examples of how it looks when integrated. I will say that Mike's gallery reminds me that I need to add a pagination style setup for the gallery so all images aren't on one page.

Another year gone, 2010 is now upon us. Should be an interesting year, but then again, every new year looks interesting when looking ahead.

Some New Year's Resolutions (that are bound to be ignored like everyone else)

• Stop procrastinating and earn my CCNA
• Actually continue working out every week instead of stopping and starting 20 times a year
• Possibly look into new job opportunities more toward the south (I'm not a cold weather kind of guy and wouldn't mind changing things up a bit)

That's all I can think of off the top of my head but I'm sure I'll add a few on by the end of tonight.

I just passed my certification exam for my Security+ cert. Honestly, the only reason I took it was my boss had extra money that was going to disappear at the end of this week and I knew I could pass it in a couple days. It was definitely pretty easy so I can't complain. Mostly logic question anyway.

More updates to come in the near future, I would hope. Been pretty busy with a few projects at work and home so sorry for the lack of updates.

So, I guess I should apologize for the lack of updates although I doubt there is anyone really reading this anyway. I've been basically preoccupied with a move to my new apartment in North Providence. It has been taking up a decent amount of my time.

Anyway, I will be attempting to update a bit more in the coming weeks. For now, here's a nice little picture from the phone of the view

Been kind of busy lately working on packing things up. I'm moving to a much nice area. I'm moving from East Providence to North Providence. I think I've earned a nicer area. :-D

More updates to follow.

Today was an interesting day. The MSS portion of VeriSign (which I am a part of) was recently acquired by SecureWorks. My Team Lead recently, without my knowledge, nominated me to become the Employee of the Month for SecureWorks. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that I had won the honor.

I would definitely consider this an honor as it's not like a fast food style "Employee of the Month" deal (which, coincidentally, I have won before). I was recognized for the work I was doing company wide. It wasn't for just showing up on time, flipping burgers, and such, it was recognizing my performance and skills which I believe to be something I should definitely proud of.

If you are interested, you can check out the "censored" letter that was written by my Team Lead that lead to the award. Check it out

I'd like to welcome George Simons of geosimons.NET to the modern web development world. George currently works with me at SecureWorks and has finally got past the initial "under construction" page. I never thought the day would come. I'm so proud.