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Today I received an email that I have been awarded a Microsoft MVP award for 2008 in the area of File System Storage. I am excited to be sure, but it is somewhat humbling to think that I could win such an award.

I was recommended and later nominated for the award by a member of the Windows Storage Server team at Microsoft because of my involvement with the technical community and some articles I had written in 2007 covering Storage Server 2003 R2 for TechRepublic.com. When asked if I would mind being recommended I was completely amazed that anyone would think I was up to snuff enough to receive such an award.

Since Microsoft only awards a small number of awards every year my chances were thin, but to even be in the running was quite cool.

Since being nominated I found it very fun to participate in comunities on the Internet and provide help in whatever areas I could. Afterall the MVP is an award given to showcase IT professionals active in the community. I had participated in communities before, but as of late I have found it to be a very rewarding experience, even prior to the award.

I am excited to receive the award and humbled that Microsoft would consider me for something like that. I hope to continue to live up to the standard of the award and who knows, maybe I will receive it again in the future.

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While I am at it I would like to than the Windows Storage Server team at Microsoft and my colleagues at Techrepublic.com for without them I would not have had a chance at this award.
—– end thank you speech ——

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Since I mentioned earlier that I was on Weight Watchers I thought it might be a good idea to kick things off.

My starting weight: 185lbs
My current weight: 171.2lbs
My goal weight: 160lbs

I joined on 5/28 and have managed to eat and exercise my way down 13.8 lbs. For someone who did not do a lot of regular exercising before starting this about a month ago that isn’t too bad.

According to the chart provided to help me along, things look rather promising.

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Having been away from my blog for a while I noticed quite a few comments waiting for me to decide if they are spam or not. All of them are. Apparently I need meds for everything from ED to depression. Seems funny that the majority of the 60+ comments I have to delete are ads for pills that I probably wouldn’t take even if I did need them.

If anyone needs any cheap prescriptions I am sure my comment spammers will be happy to help. If only there was a way to make a buck off the idiot spammers who have nothing better to do than post comments about unnecessary crap. Even if they are using bots to do it… we should come up with a way to make money off of that crap.

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I have been away from this blog for a bit more than a month. Ouch. Even for me it feels like forever since I last posted here. The other blog (techhelp) is going along alright, slow but alright and work has been also going along slow but alright.

I took a bit of inspiration from Rick and a nudge or two from Laura and signed up for weight watchers. Not necessarily to drop tons of weight, but to help focus on a healthier lifestyle and eating better. I also did it to help Laura focus on it a bit more.

While I should post updates every week about my progress, I think I will post occasionally about how its going. Suffice it to say that I am happy with my choice and have been losing quite a bit since signing up around May 28th. I am quite positive this will be a change for the better.

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Today was a good day for a lunch and a nap.  Laura and I took my mom out to lunch and did a little browsing here in Appleton.  The day went well and most importantly Chili’s did not disappoint. 

When we got home, I discovered the Brewers were on (and were winning), but that did not last long.  I was soon napping on the couch.  Since the skies were cloudy and outdoor activity was not likely, this was as good a way to pass the time as any.

Tonight I am going to print some of our wedding pictures to populate one (or more) of the photo albums we received as a gift.  Assuming I do not run out of paper or ink, that should be fun.

I am sure those of you who read this blog have seen the pictures on flickr or somewhere else by now (in whole or in part) but I have to mention one more time our awesome photographer Nicole Utecht.  She is an amazing photographer specializing in candid wedding and baby photos.  Over the last year as we have been working with Nicole we have become friends and I would happily refer anyone looking for a photographer to her. 

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So its the weekend and there is not a ton of stuff on the schedule. Since the trip to the Milwaukee museum was skipped for wallettary reasons, we havent a truckload going on. I think there will be some Mario Kart Wii Action this evening as the brother in law (how weird is that) has rented it and he and his girlfriend plan to visit A-town tonight.

We are meeting them and another couple for wings, beers, and what have you at the always awesome BW3 this evening before the Mario Kart madness begins. I also heard the Wii steering wheel is going for $10… might need to look into that.

Surely it is not Tesla test drive, but a low key weekend with good friends is just what I need I think.

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Apparently my new found habbit of posting to twitter has caused a huge amount of posts to end up here at my blog. It is cool to include them, but leaving it hit everyday and being the occasional poster (as we all know I am) there gets to be a few to many tweets and not enough posts.

I have disabled the tweets for a while and hopefully will twist my own arm to post more, but for now no more tweets.

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• ready for wednesday I think #
• I am bewildered that anyone would forgo thw solution to a problem they want solved badly because there are minimal costs involved #

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• It feels really early this morning @twodolla I think I agree with you, getting up this early is overrated #
• trying to get windows loaded…. Possible bad hard drive #

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• trying to think of things to do today #
• off to get starbucks and groceries with @grcisgone wha hoo #
• @ecrivaine33 how’s the weather in tx? oh and as for the early beer… its five o’clock somewhere #
• @justinemusk I would think of jail as drunks and idiots just in for the night. prison sounds much more permanent #

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