Category Archives: Personal

My Birthday Weekend

Posted on March 16, 2010 by mike

If you are reading this on Facebook, please go to my web site to read it. This past weekend, which I consider my “birthday weekend” by best friend Neil flew in from Indiana.  For those that know me, I like … Continue reading →

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March, Friends and Birthdays

Posted on March 12, 2010 by mike

Yes,  I promised a March posting and here it is.  It’s only the 12th and it’s been a pretty good month for me.  Things at work are looking up in a lot of ways. I look forward to the clean … Continue reading →

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2010

Posted on December 31, 2009 by mike

As I write this post, we are a little over 4 hours from January 1, 2010. First, I want to wish the four readers of my blog (I count myself) a happy new year. Should by a quirk of odd … Continue reading →

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Las Vegas: The Sequel

Posted on December 10, 2009 by mike

My long awaited second trip (this year) to Las Vegas was last week (November 30-December 3).  The flights to/from Las Vegas were surprisingly on time (considering Newark Airport was involved).  I got there about 20 minutes before Derek (aka “Kared”) … Continue reading →

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Gay Marriage Debate Continues In NJ

Posted on December 8, 2009 by mike

Yesterday, a NJ senate committee had hearings on whether a resolution legalizing same-sex marriage should go to a vote in the senate. It passed. Here is some video from those hearings. Senate committee hears emotional testimony on same-sex marriage bill … Continue reading →

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Gay Marriage In Hawaii

Posted on November 20, 2009 by mike

I was at this bar when I was in Hawaii. It was about a block from where I stayed. It was a pretty cool bar with lots of cute guys.

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Trip To Sandy Hook

Posted on November 11, 2009 by mike

Thanks to getting a few extra days this year and having a lot of dates where I couldn’t take vacation, for most of November I have been on vacation.  The date of this posting happens to be one of the … Continue reading →

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Integration

Posted on November 10, 2009 by mike

On Wednesday, November 4th 2009 Merck & Schering-Plough merged.  While I was supposed to have that full week off, I came in for Day 1 integration support.  I was expected to work from 11:30 AM – 8 PM, however I … Continue reading →

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Woohoo! November!

Posted on November 3, 2009 by mike

We’ve come to November already and things are happening.  Thanks to a combination of only using a few days and working for Merck for a decade as an employee, I have a ton of vacation days to use.  Since I … Continue reading →

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What’s New

Posted on September 26, 2009 by mike

Not a lot of new stuff. I had a bit of a non-standard work week last week. I had two days if training on Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. I listened to Covey’s book a few years ago … Continue reading →

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