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Brownie Hall b. 1990 - d. 6/30/2006

Brownie

It is a time of sadness for the Hall’s. One of our dogs, Brownie, passed away on June 30. We got him after Buster. He was about a year older than Buster when weadopted him, or rather he adopted us. 16 years  is a long time but it does not hurt any less. Heleaves behind Martin, Carol, Grant, Paige, Rachel, Sakima and Scruffy.

We know he is in a better place, his quality of life was declining.He was suffering from a number of ailments including a doggie version of Alheimer’s disease and weak and failing back legs. However, he remaiined the ‘alpha’ dog, or ‘leader of the pack’, all the way to the end. We were looking for another dog, to keep Buster in line. We thought maybe a cocker spaniel (I had had them growing up). We felt strongly about using a dog rescue. Someone recommended Second Chance Dog Rescue. We were going to go to their adoption day when it next came up.  We had been looking at
the pound also. Second Chance was having a little bit of an over crowding problem, so we became ‘temporary’ foster parents. We will miss him greatly. But we remember him for the undying love he gave us for so many years.

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MashUp Camp University

Tomorrow I am going to Mashup Camp University. From what I understand, the pre-MashUp parties have already started. It has been a little while since I have been to a conference, particualrly one like this, it is going to be fun. Since I have been playing around with Matt Mower on a Web 2.0 psychometrics/sociometrics site (Metaxio), I figured this was a good time to get back in. Since I have been letting my programming skills atrophy for a number of years, Mashup University will be a good way to get back in, and to also start networking again!

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Adult Literacy

58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school.

An enormous list of statistics about books. Other statistics include: 57% of new books are not read to completion, 70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years, and 70% of the books published do not make a profit.

It looks like Reading is Fundamental is working! I guess when you are one of the 42% that reads after high school it makes you wonder why books are not read. I suppose with the Internet, video games, DVDs, etc. people do not see it as one of their options. But trying to read Dan Brown on line is not very viable either.

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