First Snow of the Winter

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It’s January 12th and it finally snowed here in Chicago! Technically, it’s snowed a few times before, but it barely stuck, so I don’t count it. But today, we got real snow. 4-6 inches! I wouldn’t normally welcome snowfall, but I’ve got a snowmobile trip next weekend and we really needed some snow in the [...]

Ending 2011 With A Trip To Doughnut Vault

I’m planning on taking Beth to Doughnut Vault on our way out of town tomorrow morning. To celebrate a new year, DV is making special birthday cake doughnuts. YUM. It will be her first visit to the shop, but not first time having the baked gems. Can’t wait! Not familiar with Doughnut Vault? This is [...]

Blackhawks Holiday Sing-Along Video

This is just great. It’s exactly what you’d expect from pro atheletes, but there’s some pretty clever song titles going on here. Kudos to the team that put this together. I’d buy their album, but I’d have to find the place where professional hockey team Holiday singing albums are sold. If you can’t see the [...]

Testing Google + Indexing Speed

I saw a comment on Facebook that this guy was using Google + to get pages indexed “in four minutes”. So, I want to test this. As soon as this post goes live, I’ll be sharing it via my Google + page. At that point, I’ll be checking Google for the post URL once a [...]