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	<title>Sheep Guarding Llama</title>
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		<title>September 3, 2010: My Aunt and Cousin Come to Visit</title>
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As seems to always happen, my Friday morning conference call was canceled without any announcement.  It would be really handy to know these things before I plan my mornings around them.
This morning I worked from home.  Dominica had a doctor&#8217;s appointment to see about getting health care coverage so I stayed home to take care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 2, 2010: Cleaning and Errands</title>
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This morning when I left for work Liesl called out &#8220;I Love You&#8221; as I headed out the door.  She is so sweet.
Very little going on today.  I&#8217;ve been feeling pretty exhausted all week.  Some more interviews today.
After work we went out to do some shopping.  We hit the storage unit to drop things off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/09/september-2-2010-cleaning-and-errands/</link>
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		<title>September 1, 2010: Article on Managing IT Pros by Type</title>
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This morning Datamation published my article on The Differences Between Managing Engineers and Support Professionals, one of my article series on IT management that I write for them.
For some reason I was really exhausted today.  I ended up sleeping in late and then working from home for just a little big this morning before heading [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/09/september-1-2010-article-on-managing-it-pros-by-type/</link>
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		<title>August 31, 2010: More Interviews &amp; Dinner at La Cima</title>
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I can&#8217;t believe that August is over already.  This year has been flying past us.  We have now been in Texas for almost nine months which is very hard to believe.  We have been in Texas longer than we lived in North Brunswick, I think.  In several weeks we will have been in Texas as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/09/august-31-2010-more-interviews/</link>
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		<title>August 30, 2010: Interviewing Marathon</title>
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I needed to be in to the office early this morning as I have some errands that need to be run during lunch today so I wanted to get in and get as much squared away as possible so that I would have extra free time.
I got to the office and discovered that I am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/09/august-30-2010-interviewing-marathon/</link>
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		<title>August 29, 2010: Camp?</title>
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We all slept in this morning.  Way too much because tomorrow I need to be up early and it is going to be very hard if I let me weekend schedule skew too much.
Today was a mix of productivity with family time.  I got to play with Liesl a lot and we all spent a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-29-2010-camp/</link>
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		<title>August 28, 2010: Finally Back to Writing</title>
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Top Ten Failed McDonald&#8217;s Products.  Some of these are quite funny.  I especially like the Jason Alexander commercial, boy does that take me back.  I used to watch that commercial and would sometimes get the McDLT.  I always wondered what happened to it.  It was especially interesting that it still exists today, just called the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-28-2010-finally-back-to-writing/</link>
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		<title>August 27, 2010: I&#8217;m the Mayor of La Cima</title>
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Another nice day in the mid-nineties.  I can handle this.  I was pretty tired this morning and slept in a little late, which is fine as my Fridays start off with a conference call that I just do from home since it is early in the morning and there is no point to my being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-27-2010-im-the-mayor-of-la-cima/</link>
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		<title>August 26, 2010: Ants Are Taking Over</title>
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The weather warmed back up a bit today and we are back into the mid-nineties now.  But it is so much cooler than it has been for the last few months that it feels cool to us.  I walked to the office this morning.  I&#8217;m so glad to be walking again.  Driving that short distance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-26-2010-ants-are-taking-over/</link>
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		<title>August 25, 2010: Texas Gets Cool</title>
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Today was much cooler than I have had in Texas for quite a while and it feels great.  Last night was the coolest that it has been and today is not quite that cool but the whole day today was cool and not just the afternoon.  There was a lot of rain around the DFW [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-25-2010-texas-gets-cool/</link>
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		<title>August 24, 2010: Back in Texas</title>
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As the day progressed the weather got cooler and cooler.  This is awesome.  It would appear, and I have been told, that the Texas summer is over and we are heading into steadily cooler temperatures from here on out.  Supposedly it is unlikely that we will head over the three digit mark again until next [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-24-2010-back-in-texas/</link>
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		<title>August 23, 2010: Annapolis and Back to Irving</title>
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Proof that Jay Leno is out of touch, his audience doesn&#8217;t even want to know what he is saying apparently.
I got up at seven this morning in Annapolis which is six back home in Irving.  Pretty early to be sure.  I got up, showered, got dressed, did a little work and packed up so that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-23-2010-annapolis-and-back-to-irving/</link>
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		<title>August 22, 2010: Annapolis</title>
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John at the office turned me on to the latest Internet video sensation, the double rainbow video.  Now, what makes this awesome is not that the video is good, at all, but that the guy is so insanely stoned and yet still manages to make the video and then, when conscious sometime later I imagine, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-22-2010-annapolis/</link>
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		<title>August 21, 2010: Returning the Girls</title>
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Today is Dominica&#8217;s thirty second birthday!
I woke up at six this morning but went back to bed and got up at seven just in time to work.  I signed in and got everything done for the day then showered and got dressed before anyone but Liesl was awake.
Our task for the morning was to pack [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-21-2010-returning-the-girls/</link>
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		<title>August 20, 2010: FroYo</title>
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I overslept this morning.  Has anyone ever noticed that every post starts off with info on how I slept?  Why do I continue to do that?  Does anyone care?  I&#8217;m imagining not.  It is just such a convenient kick off to the blog post.
This week has been pretty light on the posts.  I&#8217;ve been tired [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-20-2010-froyo/</link>
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		<title>August 19, 2010: Short Day</title>
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I got very little sleep last night and woke up at five this morning.  I tried to go back to sleep but did not manage to so I just got up around five thirty and went into the office.
I didn&#8217;t bother to bring in coffee today and instead just drank the cold leftover Panera coffee [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-19-2010-short-day/</link>
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		<title>August 18, 2010: Young Execs Club</title>
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I have been getting in to work quite early all week.  That works out very well.  Leaving the house once Liesl is awake is so stressful for everyone.
It is much, much cooler today than it has been.  Our hot streak is  finally &#8220;broken&#8221;, not that it is not hot but today we did not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-18-2010-young-execs-club/</link>
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		<title>August 17, 2010: Museum Day</title>
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I was up and out the door at seven this morning.  Today the girls are all going into Dallas to go to the museums.  They all got up about an hour after I left for the day.
They were not able to head to the museums as early as they had hoped because Dominica got stuck [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-17-2010-museum-day/</link>
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		<title>August 16, 2010: Emily Starts Learning Python</title>
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Up and out the door nice and early.  I was to work by seven thirty.  Not so hot this morning although we are still going to top one hundred again today without a doubt.
This morning Dominica took the girls, all three of them, down to the pool to spend the morning swimming.  Everyone had a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-16-2010-emily-starts-learning-python/</link>
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		<title>August 15, 2010: The Girls Come to Visit</title>
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First thing this morning I got up, showered and hit the road to drive down to Buffalo, Texas to meet up with Francesca and Bennie so that we could pick up Madeline and Emily from them as they are going to be staying with us for the whole week.
I made great time on the drive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-15-2010-the-girls-come-to-visit/</link>
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		<title>August 14, 2010: Party</title>
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I actually got to sleep in this morning, it was awesome.  I did a little work but mostly spent the morning relaxing.
We were hungry for breakfast so once I was finally up and moving I drove up the street to Panera Bread and picked up a very late breakfast for us around eleven.  Panera has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-14-2010-party/</link>
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		<title>August 13, 2010: Rockfish</title>
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Up early again, I&#8217;ve been very good about that this week, and in to the office.  I was in by seven thirty &#8211; exceptionally good for a Friday which always means that I will be working late.
It is still hot here.  I heard from John at work that today we tied the second longest streak [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-13-2010-rockfish/</link>
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		<title>August 12, 2010: Slow Day</title>
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In case you missed in, the US  State Department took some heat for turning down a passport application  as the Chinese-American applying for the passport was too yellow (or at least in the photograph.)  The State Department claimed that they  meant that the photograph was skewed too yellow but there is no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-12-2010-slow-day/</link>
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		<title>August 11, 2010: Learning Letters</title>
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Last night was pretty rough.  Liesl woke up in her room very early and was on the floor (we don&#8217;t think she fell, just got out of bed and fell asleep there) and was very unhappy.  So she came into our room and was awake for a very long time.  She was having fun reading [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-11-2010-learning-letters/</link>
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		<title>August 10, 2010: Achilles Heel</title>
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It seems like I can never get out of the door in the morning no matter how hard I try.  One way or another something will happen and there will be no way to escape the apartment to get to the office.  I ended up on the phone and didn&#8217;t get to the office until [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-10-2010-achilles-heel/</link>
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		<title>August 9, 2010: Liesl Gets a Potty</title>
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It is another very hot day in Texas.  I am sad that we missed all of the rains that came while we were in New York.  Texas summers are great when the rain is falling.  But when the sun is out it becomes rather annoying to have to do anything that involves going outside.
Off to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-9-2010-liesl-gets-a-potty/</link>
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		<title>August 8, 2010: Liesl Gets Her Own Bed</title>
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We managed to sleep in until eight thirty this morning.  Boy did I need that!
Once I was up and showered this morning I drove out to Panera and picked up breakfast for everyone.  After breakfast Francesca and I loaded her wash stand, which has been at our house the last couple weeks since we brought [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-8-2010-liesl-gets-her-own-bed/</link>
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		<title>August 7, 2010: Returning Home with My Family</title>
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I had to get up at seven this morning so that I could work for several hours before the family hit the road to drive from Lake LBJ up to the metroplex.  I managed to do a bit of work for the office and also to catch up a bit on SGL while we were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-7-2010-returning-home-with-my-family/</link>
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		<title>August 6, 2010: Errands Day</title>
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Today is a day of logistics.  Brian was up and cleaning the house around three I think.  I slept in until nearly four when I rolled out of bed, got dressed and was ready to be out the door in about five minutes.  Oreo got up and moved into the living room on the &#8220;new&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-6-2010-errands-day/</link>
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		<title>August 5, 2010: At the Ranch</title>
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It is another very, very hot day in Texas.  For the most part the heat doesn&#8217;t bother me too much but it starts getting incredibly inconvenient when it is this hot and it disrupts so many things.  It wouldn&#8217;t be nearly so bad if we had a different living situation that did not involve a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-5-2010/</link>
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		<title>August 4, 2010: La Cima and Phone Calls</title>
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Today is definitely a hot one.  The raw temperature was one an even one hundred in Las Colinas but the heat index was a full one hundred and fourteen degrees!  It was both hot and sticky.  Even in the &#8220;cool&#8221; of the morning you walk out to a wall of humidity.  Not pleasant at all.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-4-2010-la-cime-and-phone-calls/</link>
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		<title>August 3, 2010: Guy&#8217;s Night Out with Hannah Montana</title>
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I got up at eight and got in to the office.  I was up pretty late last night and was dragging this morning pretty seriously.  I am home alone today &#8211; Oreo is still visiting with Maggie and Brian is still down in Houston.  So I have the house to myself.
Work was fine this morning.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-3-2010-guys-night-out-with-hannah-montana/</link>
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		<title>August 2, 2010:</title>
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Brian left first thing this morning, around four or five in the morning, to drive down to Houston.  He is working down there all day today, spending the night and returning some time tomorrow evening.  So I have the house to myself for the day.  Oreo is not here, he is staying with Maggie until [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-2-2010/</link>
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		<title>August 1, 2010:</title>
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Today I returned from Lake LBJ on my own to spend the week back at home working while Dominica and Liesl spend time with her family down at the lake house.  I will be returning to get them on Friday night.  We will be home next Saturday afternoon.
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		<link>http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/2010/08/august-1-2010/</link>
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		<title>July 31, 2010: Lake LBJ</title>
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I got up at seven this morning and worked for a few hours before it was time to pile the family into the X3 and hit the road south.
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