Seal is Broken, Bag is Open

I’m back from blogging retirement after finding there really wasn’t much out there for me to do.

In my retirement I thought I would spend more time with WifeGeeding. She happens to be training for a half marathon, so I thought I could work out with her for some real quality bonding time. I thought this was a good idea until about after the first 100 feet of our first run. That’s was when I felt that darn pain in my side. Out of breath and defeated, I headed back inside and looked for something to watch on TV. Nada.

I then picked up a book and realized that although I admire those who read, it’s just something I don’t enjoy doing. Next on the list was to start playing video games, but I priced the latest video game systems and they are out of my budget.

I sat around thinking of other things I could do like playing the guitar – but I don’t have the patience. WifeGeeding suggested that I check out the scrap-booking store down the street, but I didn’t feel like turning in my man card.

It was then that I saw WifeGeeding on the computer . . . . blogging. She just created her own Facebook profile. She doesn’t have a lot of friends on Facebook, so give her a shout out if you have an account. Watching her blog made me realize that’s something I really like to do. Sure it might be geeky, but that’s what makes me . . . me.  I enjoy finding weird, goofy, interesting stuff and sharing it – and quite frankly, I think I’m rather talented at it.  This is my spiritual gift, and who am I to waste a God given gift.  So with that said I’m back from retirement.

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This Bag is Closed and Sealed

Well, it had to happen soon or later.  It’s been said many times, but all good things must come to an end.  It was fun while it lasted.

This is the final post on BagOfNothing.com.

Work has become increasingly demanding of my time and when I’m at home I don’t want to neglect my wife and my little fur-children.  Not to mention, the lack of comments and the lack of ad generating revenue has taken a lot of my motivation away.

Maybe with no BagOfNothing.com others can also become more productive at work.

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I can think of a few names

Bush library searches for Web site name

AUSTIN – While President Bush’s advisers were taking offers on an ideal spot for his library and museum, they probably should have paid more attention to the virtual real-estate market.

Officials finally settled on Southern Methodist University in Dallas to house the $250 million complex.

But online, some of the very best addresses are gone — snapped up for a mere fistful of dollars by squatters who have no connection to the library yet hope to make fun of the president, protect him or simply cash in on his name.

At one time, the Bush Library Foundation owned the easiest Web site to remember: www.GeorgeWBushLibrary.com.

But whether on purpose or because of an oversight — foundation spokesman Taylor Griffin wasn’t sure — it lost that domain name last year. Illuminati Karate, a Web company in Raleigh, N.C., picked it up for less than $10.

Since then, offers have come in to buy it, although company officials won’t say who or how much. And they’re coy on what they plan to do with such a recognizable site.

Having lost such an obvious choice, the foundation is hunting in other e-territories for accessible and memorable Internet brand.

The group has registered a few, such as GWBPresidentialLibrary.com, and is “looking at other options” before making a final decision, Mr. Griffin said.

GeorgeWBushLibrary.gov might work, since government sites aren’t open to the public, as well as sites ending in “edu.” That’s what his father’s library at Texas A&M University uses, BushLibrary.tamu.edu.

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