Yes, I'm back at work....

My work day started at 5:20 this morning when my phone rang and I was introduced to a major issue that effected numerous production jobs. Fortunately I was able to come up with a quick band-aid of a fix but the cause still eludes us. It'll probably take us several days to determine which one of the hundreds of moving parts failed and apply a fix that works correctly.

All that aside, it was a reasonably busy day that made me really want to think about taking more vacation time.

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I'm kind of glad I'm not registered to vote in East Longmeadow. Their government is looking more corrupt than the Massachusetts government but slightly less corrupt than the old Soviet Union.

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Since I'm fresh back to work, it was kind of a long day. That means I want to keep this short.

Here are a few links you can enjoy:

• Key phrase in this story about the religion of peace: "Afghanistan remains one of the worst places on earth to be a woman."



• If your going to dress like that, why even bother going to the beach. Just fill your bathtub with water and splash around.



• That poor baby. He doesn't stand a chance.