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Dryver was amazing out on the field and was a true team player. He was athletic, confident, driving, and joyful! He kept looking over at both Jennifer and me and smiling in a way that I have never seen before. He went after the ball on the field and played with a vigor that was just amazing. He was willing to take risks and be a true leader on the field. He scored goal after goal, and even made sure his other teammates were okay. Wow, what an amazing experience, I felt Goosebumps as he dribbled the ball, passed it, and scored. But the best Goosebumps came when he looked over to me and showed absolute elation in his smile!
It is days like this that I really miss my Dad. I miss him because I would have called him after the game and shared with him how proud I was of Dryver, and I would have known how proud he was also. More importantly, it reminds me of how proud he was of me when I was growing up and I would get excited about new things and would get involved. My Dad always told me how proud he was, he never forgot to tell me, I can remember almost every time.
I heard my Dad talking this evening when I was sitting in Dryver’s bed putting him to bed. I heard my Dad say ‘I am really proud of you chief, you did great out there today! I love you buddy!’ But, the voice wasn’t his this time, it was mine.
On the other hand, there is also an argument against bullet voting. To understand this argument we have to consider a candidate of medium popularity whom you definitely do not want elected. Let’s call her Claire, to pick a name at random. Now suppose Claire is 30 votes ahead of Art for fourth place before the 100 ballots from you and your friends are counted. And suppose that Art is way ahead (or way behind, it doesn’t matter which), so your 100 votes for Art won’t make any difference in his election. If you bullet-vote for Art, what happens? Claire gets elected by finishing in fourth place! But if you each cast two votes — one for Peter and one for Art — then Peter finishes 20 votes ahead of Claire and squeaks in for a fourth-place victory! Net result of refusing to bullet-vote: your second choice would be elected and your last choice would be defeated. Bullet voting is clearly not the correct strategy!
Sprint Nextel has become the first U.S. wireless carrier to launch a location-based service designed to let parents use a phone or PC to pinpoint the location of a child carrying any of 30 GPS-enabled phones. To activate the service, developed by California-based WaveMarket, parents and guardians can list up to four phone numbers they want to locate. The service, which costs $9.99 a month, then uses GPS technology to pinpoint the location and display it on an interactive map, along with the street address and surrounding landmarks, on the parent's or guardian's phone or PC. The child is notified by a text message each time his or her location has been provided. Both parent and child must be subscribers to either Sprint or Nextel.
I love it.
I was able to read many new insights into topics that I enjoy. I updated my blogroll to make sure it was really up to date on the blogs I read. I also added a few blogs that I came across during my journey. I hope people start using the blogroll more often. It is a great way to discover great and exciting content.
I also hope one day, that I never have to see a blog roll that says: Google News, Edit-me, Edit-me!