Ever since my father passed away, I’ve had a hard time going to funeral homes. I try to ‘suck it up’ when it comes to certain people. This person, a Past Grand Knight from Ste. Anne Anacleto Rodriguez Knights of Columbus Council 8697, is one of those exceptions:

HERNANDEZ, RAMON M
September 30, 2005
Died September 27, 2005. Beloved husband of Magdalena Janie. Loving father of Juan Jesus (Maria), Annabel (Gerardo) Juarez, Magdalena Machuca, Ramon Jr., Angelica (Travis) Sprinkle, and Maria Christina (David) Bradley. Dear Grandfather of 17; also survived by brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews and friends. Member of St. Anne’s Knights of Columbus, retired autoworker from Chrysler. Visitation Thursday 5-9 p.m. and Friday 1-9 p.m. with a Prayer Service at 7 p.m. at the Salowich & Stevens Funeral Home, 3833 Livernois Rd. (1½ Blocks S. of Michigan Ave.) in Detroit Instate 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anne Catholic Church, 1000 St. Anne St., in Detroit until the Mass, 11 a.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

Via con dios, mi hermano!

I’m getting ready to do another podcast. (In fact, I’ve been working on it since Monday.) I’m going to make it more of a traditional podcast, with music, a microphone, and other things like that.

Maybe I can get it done tonight. We’ll see….

Also, I might be accelerating our quest for moving to the Pridelands. At least things are aligning that way. Stay tuned.

Well, it looks like my nephew, Jim Vote, got another job. He’ll be working for the Archdiocese of Detroit on campus ministry and young adult programs. His title will have the word ‘coordinator’ in it. It sounds like a cool job, and one that he will be well suited to do.

Good job, Bro! We’ll break out the drinks when you get a chance…

BTW, it’s only about 95% a sure thing, so don’t tell anyone until tomorrow, okay?

It annoys me when someone says they’ll help you do something, then decides at the last moment to change their mind.

This is the definition of commitment:

com·mit·ment n.

3. The state of being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons: a deep commitment to liberal policies; a profound commitment to the family.

My hope is that some day, others will understand it also.

UPDATE: I think that I figured it out. Click here for a direct link to the podcast. Let me know if this works in your podcast retrieval system.

I haven’t figured out how to set this up for podcasting yet. Hope to do so soon.

Let me know what you think…like it? hate it?

Thanks to the support of Declan Lynch, Richard Schwartz, jonvon and Stephan H. Wissel, I’m going to submit an abstract for Lotusphere 2006!!!

I was worried that since I was away from the blog-o-sphere and then moved it, nobody was out there reading this. It’s nice to know that not only are people reading, but it’s people I consider friends… Thanks!

If I make it there, you’ll have a beverage of your choice waiting for you…

Ed Brill mentioned this morning that Lotusphere abstract submissions have been extended a week.

It’s been a dream of mine to present at Lotusphere. In fact, I submitted a couple of abstracts last year, but they weren’t selected. The topics were covered by others that were definitely more qualified.

I have a second chance to submit. My questions…

First, should I submit?

Second, what should I submit?

Let’s face it, as an IBM Certified Instructor, I’m all over the place when it comes to skillsets. I’m not an ‘expert’ in any one area… I just have to know it all! I’ve done presentations at an LSM Seminar and at numerous user group meetings, so I know I can present, but what to do…

Anybody have anything???

Thanks to Ed Brill, I have a new side banner for Lotus Domino/Notes ND7:

As of now, nobody has stepped forward to sponsor me at Lotusphere 2006 yet…

Mike Wendland blogged about this experiences down in Gulf Coast. He and the team he travelled down with should truly be admired. One thing I got out of this was that they (the people needing relief) are not blaming the government for what happened or for the lack of support. It’s amazing how much ‘nonsense’ is added to the media reports. I wish the media could just report the news, and not add their own spin on it. I thought it was called ‘reporting’…

My niece Maggie talking to Jennifer