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Updated: 6/3/09
Updated 2/9/10
Update 6/13/10

Welcome, thank you for stopping by. I have recently changed to the newer 3-column Blogger template leaving behind the Thur Broeders templates I have used for years.

What I'd like to do is to walk you through how I have laid out the page here, to bring to your attention some features that may help your visit to this collection of pages.

Your feedback on this layout is welcomed. If this layout doesn't work for you, let me know so that I can make some changes.

The left column is where the blog posts appear in chronological order, most recent on the top, scrolling down to the last on this page, before it rolls over into the archives which are collected by year and by month in the center column. You can expand the year, to get at the months. Expand the month to get at the individual posts within. My archives happen to go back to September 2004. I have posted fairly regularly since then.

I have pulled out My Important Links into a new page along the top menu. These provide some additional insights into what I have written about. Hopefully, the location will enable you to find some good stuff more quickly. With Tertiary Education, Passion for the Good Customer Experience and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Blogosphere in hibernation (they are no longer being updated), I have moved any relevant collections here and separated My Important Links from My Collected Writing. Links to the hibernating blogs can be found along the bottom of the far right column.

I have provided the links to the other blogs where I write in another new page available along the top menu line

• Franklin Matters - my local or place blogging public service effort
• Jerry's Story - the oral history of my father and our family
• Passionate Runner - where I write about my running and provide coaching advice
• quiet poet - the home of sherku and my other poetry
• Job Search Jam Sessions - about the learning, sharing, and networking at the unconference for the unemployed and underemployed

On the far right column, my profile appears on top. Yes, that is a picture of moi (sometimes two of me to continue the "2 cents" theme). I hope to remember to change them at least seasonally.

Along this column, the second box begins the subscription options. You can subscribe to all of Steve's 2 Cents via RSS Feed or email. In a parallel lineup, on the outside column, you can also subscribe to just my "job search notes" via RSS Feed or email. Hopefully, these choices will suit your needs.

There is a box separating the subscription options for Steve's 2 Cents and the "job search notes". This box will enable you to find me on other social media sites, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Technorati, and Flickr. There is also a general RSS Feed option.

All I published is covered by a Creative Commons for non-commercial, share-alike with attribution usage. You can follow the link to obtain the legal details.

Well, I hope this helps you to navigate around the page. Do not hesitate to click on a link. It will usually take you a good place. I try to check all my links.

If you do find a broken one, please let me know. I do not like for folks to have a bad experience, especially since one of the themes I write about is creating good experiences!

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Rhodendron Blooming

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Originally uploaded by shersteve.

Along the side of our garage, we have a group of rhodendron. They have been growing over the years to cover the side window in the garage and effectively darken the interior. We finally had them trimmed back last year. The garage is lighter. The rhodendron are blooming now, but due to the cut back, they are not as spectacular as they have been. It will take some time for them to fill in again.

Day one of graduation week.

Graduation Week

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Originally uploaded by shersteve.

A busy week, this will be. Carolyn graduates on Friday and has multiple events leading to the big day. I also have my 30th college reunion to put into the mix on Saturday. This might be a light week to blog. Wonder why?

Disappearing act coming in about 5 years

If you have read Harry Potter, you have probably dreamed of what you could do with the invisibility cloak that Harry uses to get around Hogwarts. I know I have a few things in mind that I could do. Nothing illegal mind you. No, not me. Not in my nature. Really!

 

But to be in some places, sight unseen. To observe like the proverbial fly on the wall. To really get the inside story. Now that would be a dream come true.

 

The only thing better would be to transport someplace by saying "Beam me up, Scotty."

 

But anyway, the news this week from The Globe and Mail says the invisibility cloak is not all that unreal. actually in about 5 years they could put one together. Only problem, it won't be as small as Harry's. That will take some more time to do. That's okay. I'll be patient.

 

 

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Allie's Art Work

Now with a place of honor in the family room, this work of Allie's hangs to provide some color and background.

To provide some perspective on the size of this work. It only fit into the van to come home from college when placed on a diagonal. It has since been trimmed to shorten it by about 6-8 inches. If it did not get trimmed, it would not have fit on the wall above the couch.

I'll take another picture sometime to show it in position on the wall above the couch.