Mike's Blog

Status

Mike — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:11:38 GMT

Believe it or not, this site turns 9 on January 2, 2011.

I have made 391 posts here, but none since June 8th, 2009 (I'm surprised it was that recently).

Version 2.0 coming soon(ish).

Picture time!

Mike — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:38:22 GMT

Photos from Paris - featuring: all the major sites, Chateau Brennan, pictures of crepes, and all sorts of fun things

Photos from Italy - drool over tasty food pictures, marvel at how close a Jewish guy like me can get to the Pope, gaze at ancient ruins, and witness the general awesomeness that is Italy

Bing and Decide

Mike — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:37:06 GMT

Bing.com is why I never call and why I never write :)

Give it a try. Tell me what you think.

Rumors are no fun

Mike — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:03:18 GMT

BTW - I support Dr. Cox for Surgeon General

Love it

Mike — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:54:02 GMT

I break blog hiatus for this brief message...

Mike — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:17:02 GMT

Nice

Mike — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:51:36 GMT

Presidential Picks

Mike — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:21:10 GMT

Here is the detailed history of the presidential candidates I have voted for:

2000:
Bill Bradley (primary)
Al Gore (general)

2004:
Howard Dean (primary)
John Kerry (general)

2008:
Hillary Clinton (primary)

So, should I vote McCain to ensure his loss?

Also, if you missed it on my Facebook status, I failed to secure a delegate seat for the national convention in Denver. My gray hair jokes could not stand up to folks with 30 years of political experience. Go figure :)

I remain a delegate for the state convention in Spokane, which should be fun. Perhaps I will blog about it.

One Step Closer to Denver

Mike — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:09:58 GMT

I won the deleate seat at my precinct caucus, and now won at the legislative district caucus as well! And to clear up any confusion, I am in the HilDog camp. My room is booked for the state convention in Spokane. I finally have a reason to go there. One more victory, and I'm off to the national convention in Denver (note: based on the fact that several delegates had posters, flyers, and possibly even campaign managers, even at this level, I expect the next win to be much harder).

Attendees to the 2008 5th Legislative District Caucus,

It was a long day, but we got the job done! Thank you for your patience and
perseverance.

The Results are as follows:

Clinton Delegates
1407 Hatcher-Mays, Gloria NAILA
2546 Irons, Di SAM 05-3384
1205 Kennedy-Dugan, Susan ISS 05-2806
1175 Gorrin, Karen ISS 05-0550
1621 Arch, Amanda SAM 05-3385
1640 Ni, Hua SAM 05-3412
1538 Schechter, Michael SAM 05-2575
1653 Potter, Richardson SAM 05-3507
1714 Witt, Brian SNQ 05-3511
1199 Branch, Anthony ISS 05-2602
1202 Lombard, Jared ISS 05-2602
1688 Laird, Gregory SNO-VALLEY

Clinton Alternates
1258 Hirst, Roxann LAKE ALICE
1434 Richer, Jane N-B 05-3407
1652 Nudelman, Laura SAM 05-3507
1084 Cassias, John ELLIOTT
1411 Dellinger, Robert N-B 05-0858
1497 Schwartz, Carl SAM 05-0536

Snow!

Mike — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:18:26 GMT

It's now March 30th, and it's already been warm enough for me to have mowed the lawn. We left for dinner and the Bruce Springsteen concert (awesome) about 6 hours ago, in a light rain. Driving home, we start noticing - 1. There's a lot of snow on the side of the road and 2. There's an awful lot of abandoned cars... wow, where did this all come from? 30% chance of snow showers, eh? Unofficial ruler measurement at Casa de Schechter is 4 inches.

My car was a champ, and didn't get stuck until the bottom of our driveway.

Crazy!