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I am back from my most recent roadtrip. I loaded up the Tesla and started letting the hands-off Full Self Drive (FSD) supervised take me to points North. First stopping in a campground in Tennesee and up to Pittsburgh for the CIDM Convex Conference (which was the best conference in years). There was a celebration of the 20 years of DITA XML. I was an earlier adopter. My presentation went well and I semi-stealth launched wisdomino. I demo'd some extra cool software we developed and will be selling in weeks to come. It's truely game changing. Of course, there will be much more than that to come. After that it was on to Franklin, PA. to meet with some colleagues in the mining division and onto the farm stopping in Olean NY for the night. I am pretty sure it was the first time I had driven across the entire Allegany National Forest. I ended up driving through the very dark forest expanse during a night time thunderstorm. Although I normally trust the Tesla FSD on the Interstat...
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Out in Orange County California this week. I had forgotten how nice it is out there.
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I have been out on the west coast. Looks like I will be spending more time out there.
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It is gracie's birthday on the 13th of Sept. She didn't want to pose much. She may be shy about her weight.
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Exciting times! Busy. I sold a "barn find" tube audio pre-amp for almost $1200 yesterday, something that I rescued from the scrap heap. Coaching and self-development is (and will) pay off. Honesty, integrity and a never relenting quest for " #bettereveryday " is where I live. It does not matter where you start.
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Happy Labor day. It is one of the few Holidays in the US that businesses and the government has off. It is not to say that there aren't people working in services for sure. Here is how we grill here at the Dowdell home. I welded up a second grill that allows a pizza to get smokey and hot. I was very interested in building a brick oven many years ago. I am glad I didn't. The Weber grill works great and the possibilities are near endless.
A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.-- Dale Carnegie
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This deer was almost looking to become our new pet as we found it on our walk today. I remembered a great quote today, but I cannot find the woman it is attributed it to. It is something close to "I plan each journey as though I will never return. Therefore if I don't, all will be in order.