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1971 Schwinn Collegiate Tourist (Sky Blue 5-Speed)
Originally Purchased in May 1971 at Ed’s Bicycle Shop in Milwaukee, WI
One Owner and Union Built and Welded in Chicago, IL
I purchased this bike through Craig’s List for $160. Great deal, a couple of rust spots, but they are superficial. The guy I purchased it from […]

Facebook has stolen most of my online posting time, so I decided to bring it back to my webpage instead. I can just have Facebook wall pull the RSS feed from my site as if I was posting directly to Facebook. We’ll see how this works. Not holding my breath, though!!!

Yeah… No real excuse for not posting in 9 months. Oh wait, that’s right. Jenn and I had a baby just over a year ago. Maybe that’s why. Maybe I’m just lazy.
Either way, I’m planning on just abandoning using Facebook for the time being and just letting it suck […]

Recently some of my wife’s photos of her breastfeeding my daughter were removed from Facebook because they were considered “obscene.” At first, I was so angry, I removed all my photos, information, groups, and applications from my Facebook account and considered leaving all together. Many of my friends urged me to stay and […]

Hazel Autumn West was born at 9:05pm on October 24th, 2008. Jenn and I were at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in NW Portland from 8:30am on Friday to 12pm on Sunday. We are back at home and enjoying our time with the new addition. If you would like to see some photos […]

Another set of photos… It’s and early fall weekend and we are getting ready for the baby to come! Check out the photos section under “Early Fall Weekend 2008.”

Photos of my old El Camino and Eric and Brianne’s wedding were added tonight. Many more to come… I have to play catch up!
Jenn is well and very pregnant. Olivia just started pre-school and she is very excited. The next couple of months will be hectic and I will […]

First post from my iPhone!

Online social networking has been part of my life for a while, but it has now gotten to the point where it is actually worthwhile for me. After receiving many messages from friends I haven’t spoken with in years, Facebook has come out on top as my favorite networking site. My friendster account […]

So, I just noticed an easy reconfiguration that changed my URL from: http://www.manifex.net/wordpress to http://www.manifex.net. Too bad I overlooked it earlier. That always bugged me. A couple of years as a systems admin brings new light to these kind of issues.