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Mikeward v8.0 is the personal website for Mike Ward, the former east coast, now midwest, computer geek/naval officer. It is a place for me to document my random thoughts, ideas, travel tips, sea stories etc... a place for pics of the places I've been and the things I have seen... pretty much what makes me happy. Feel free to read and share...


Archive for the 'other stuff' Category

What’s in a name? Maybe a smile….

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

When we were traveling last week we stopped at a Bojangles in Kentucky for a quick meal. We walked in and this young lady asked if she could help us. Reading her name tag, I said something like, ‘you sure can Gloria’ and with the words barely out of my mouth I noticed this large [...]

Happy SPD!

Monday, March 17th, 2008

It is my custom to fly the flag of Ireland and the Green and Red of Mayo (the county of my Mum’s birth) today but since moving into the new house, I have not had the chance to put up any type of flag flying device. This year I will just have to fly them [...]

It’s all in how you look at it….

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

I was relating a story to my wife I had heard on NPR that said that Ohio was the 15th fattest state in America.

Parents just don’t understand…

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

I was doing a Blingo search the other day and I came across this post on MySpace written by a young man whose blog reminded me very much of how I felt at his age. I won’t go into details, or post a link to it, but it was one of those things that gave [...]

I remember my first time…

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

I was standing in line at Starbucks on Sunday, waiting to get a little caffiene fix, when I overheard a 20 something male ask his friend a question about Frappuccinos. Not trying to listen in, but hearing what was being said anyway, the next thing out of his mouth surprised me.

We aren’t all so lucky….

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

OK, maybe being first generation Irish American makes me think today is my day, or at least more so than all you wannabes

The week in review

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Two big stories in the news this week that I felt I needed to comment on:

WordPress 2.0 is here…

Friday, December 30th, 2005

I will be the first to admit that I know very little about PHP and have only been running WordPress for about 2 months.