http://www.thewargos.com/blog/ en-us Nucleus CMS v3.41 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.thewargos.com/blog//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://www.thewargos.com/blog/ http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=272 The Wargo Web Log 2.]]> General http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=272 Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:54:37 -0300 http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=271
During lunch today we exchanged gifts and he gave me an artists rendering of Principal Man and Compromise Boy in a wood frame. It's beautiful and I will keep it always. I can't wait to hang it in my office somewhere. Maybe some day I'll scan it and post it on the site. We'll see. If you happen to stop by, check it out - it's all about me.]]> General http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=271 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:16:14 -0300 http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=270
I had a discussion last week with another publisher. We discussed the book and they asked for a proposal. I took a proposal I used for another publisher, reformatted it into the template the published provided and sent it off (the next morning of course, it's not too horrible to seem eager and organized). The publisher said "Got it. Will get back to you ASAP." so all I can do now is wait and continue writing.

My plan is to have through chapter 4 finished by the end of the year. We'll see how this goes.]]> Book #2 http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=270 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:12:30 -0300 http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=269
I'm going to start writing December 1st (unless I get some free time before then). I'll keep you informed on how it's progressing.]]> My Book(s) http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=269 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:24:50 -0300 http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=268
I was pretty upset about them waking me up like that on a Sunday so I went out to check on why they were there doing something more than a week early. They told me they wanted to try to get ahead of the snow and boy I bet they were glad they did.

After the kids woke up and we all had breakfast, I headed out to mow and bag the leaves (so I could dump them in the front yard closer to the pick-up date). I really thought I was acting crazy when I did this and I'm sure Anna thought I was, but boy am I glad I did. As soon as I finished the last row of yard, it started snowing and we've had snow ever since. It snowed like crazy last night and it's snowing heavily right now - I don't know how they're going to be able to pick up leaves on Monday. It's going to be ugly and I'm sure my yard is going to be a mess when the snow clears.]]> General http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=268 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:22:38 -0300 http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=267
I set them up in my basement but when Anna and I got ready to move, I lent them to a friend of mine (Davo) who was a drummer in high school. Davo had them for a while but finally brought them back this weekend. I initially started storing them in the laundry room but changed my mind and had him set them up in my office.

Well, the kids went nuts about the drums. They've been down here every day since then just sitting there banging on the drums. August has actually figured out a bit about how to play them and he's getting a rhythm down. He will sit you down and play a song for you - his favorite is the theme song for Clifford the Big Red Dog. He will hit a drum for every syllable in the song - thinking that's how it's done. Elizabeth's playing too and I hope they stick with this for a while, I like the fact that they want to do something musical (although a bit loud). If they're still interested in a year I would sign them up for some sort of lessons.]]> General http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=267 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:18:34 -0300 http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=266
I couldn't do the one at Sam's Club because it was really cheaply built and I knew it wouldn't last. So I asked Arnie to help me and one weekend we built a play house. You can find photos here. When we finished it, I noticed that I could put a piece of wood up on top of the frame and make a loft for the kids to play in, so that is what I did. The loft is probably their favorite part of it - they spend most of their time up there. I'm going to cut a hole in the front of the house so they can pop their heads out (nothing more) when they're in the loft.

BTW - Anna did all of the painting, I don't paint. Didn't she do a wonderful job?]]> General http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=266 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:33:48 -0300 http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=265
Well, we put her in time out and let August watch TV and she went crazy. It was a special show she picked out and she really wanted to watch it. We told her (calmly) that since she kicked August, she would not be able to watch TV today. Well she went nuts and tried all sorts of tactics to get to watch TV and we wouldn't bend. She finally ended up threatening us with her leaving and even packed a bag. She went out to sleep in the play house (more on that later) and we gave her a blanket and turned off all the lights - it lasted much longer than we thought it would before she finally came in to stay.

I told her she could leave, but as soon as she left, she was on here own. As soon as she knew she couldn't come back in the morning, in she came.]]> General http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=265 Sat, 8 Nov 2008 22:01:47 -0300 http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=264 shameless in their pressure for updated pictures. They both make it very clear when it's been a while since they've seen photos of the kids. What I've started doing is uploading the photos to Kodak Gallery then purchasing prints which I send directly to them. Aline's gotten three or four packets of photos since summer started and my Aunt Jane will be getting a huge pack in the next couple of days.

Hopefully they'll lighten up the pressure a little bit for at least a little while.]]> General http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=264 Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:13:11 -0200 http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=263 BoxTone; I've known them for a while and it seemed like a very good fit.

Working at BoxTone allows me to stay in the BlackBerry space; we produce Enterprise Software for BlackBerry Monitoring. It's our stuff that allows the large BlackBerry shops to keep a handle on their BlackBerry environments. I'm going to split my time between Sales Engineering (supporting sales) and Product Management. Long term goal is to be full time product manager for BoxTone's BlackBerry Application Monitoring capabilities.

More on the job later.]]> General http://www.thewargos.com/blog/index.php?itemid=263 Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:10:05 -0200