Yesterday was the Great Crash of 2009. D-Monk’s work computer was hit by a virus ["sysguard.com"] and crashed hard. I am amazed that a virus this reckless could get past the IT security set in place for one of the fifteen largest countries in the world, but it did.
And my luck was BAD. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘life’
The Great Crash of 2009
Posted in Life & Family, tagged computer crash, computers, Gratefulness, life, work on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Double Cost of the Rat Race
Posted in Life & Family, tagged life, man in the mirror, patrick morley, quote, rat race on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The double whammy of media-generated standard-of-living anxiety and debt pressure is enormously depressing. Not only do we have the tension of not reaching the lifestyle we set as our goal, we have the pressure of the debt we accumulated trying to get there. The debt makes us bitter and angry because we realize [...]
Split Turtle Soup
Posted in Life & Family, tagged blogging, blogging turtle, blogs, life, new blog, turtle on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Come check out the Blogging Turtle!
This Turtle has a split mind about things. He has decided to move on and not to move on!
What???
This Turtle has decided to start a new blog. The Turtle no longer wishes to retain “Addict” as his primary identifying characteristic. He feels it is time to move [...]
Counting the Cost …
Posted in Humor, tagged comics, cost of living, Humor, life, living is popular, shoe on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day at the Ballpark – Sharing a Piece of History
Posted in Life & Family, tagged 1991 world series, atlanta braves, baseball, family, gold seat, kirby puckett, life, minnesota twins, world series on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A TURTLE’S DAY
Over the weekend I had a chance to take in a Twins game with my Dad, my nephew Jack, and my son Paul. Three generations hanging out together at a Twins Baseball game. Good stuff!
The game was very entertaining. After trailing 3-2, the Twins scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th [...]
Oh, the Indignity!
Posted in Life & Family, tagged alpha dog, cats, dogs, dogs and cats, family, Humor, life, photos, rufus on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our dog Rufus struggles with the fact that he is not the alpha dog.
One Flies Out of the Nest
Posted in Life & Family, tagged family, life, college, msum, moorhead, minnesota state university moorhead on August 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
GOOD LUCK, BAYLEY!
Today is a day of change at the D-Monk household. It is a day that brings both joy and sadness. Our eldest child, Bayley, leaves today for college. She is the first to leave the nest.
We packed up the mini-van and Bayley and her mom left for Minnesota State University Moorhead this morning. [...]
Giddy Up, Turtle!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, life, photos, turtle on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
GIDDY UP, TURTLE!
D-Monk’s son, Paul, on a Tortoise at Reptile Gardens in South Dakota.
Taking the Long Way Home
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged I-94, life, photo, rollover, travel on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our trip home from the retreat at St. John’s Abbey became much longer than expected when a tanker truck rolled over on I-94. What is usually a 70 minute drive took us 4 hours!
Debating the Chatty Chatty Princess (Re-Post)
Posted in Life & Family, tagged chatty chatty princess, debate, family, Humor, life, pink elephant, white flag on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
(Re-Posted from 2007)
DEBATING WITH THE CHATTY CHATTY PRINCESS
Apparently I have a slow learning curve. You would think that as a professionally trained lawyer I would be better equipped for arguments with my four-year old, but she clearly has the upper-hand. Her imagination and shifting conceptions of reality have left me flummoxed.
I wave [...]
