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Re-reading old blog posts and other information on passwords and password cracks. Now I don't want to crack passwords, But I do very much want to know what is out there so that I can try and protect myself from them. Here are some interesting articles on passwords and what you who thought you were so clever, should now see that you are not too clever at all. http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0612.html#2 http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2006/12/72300 more password stuff http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0701.html#15 Cisco Password stuff http://ioshints.blogspot.com/2007/11/type-7-decryption-in-cisco-ios.html http://ioshints.blogspot.com/2007/11/enable-password-or-enable-secret.html Microsofts page to better passwords http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/password/create.mspx and Finally Steve Gibson's Password Generator to help you come up with some funky password that you will not remember but be safe from the bad Guys.

You have probably by now had some sports event televised locally only on a "new" cable or satellite only channel. A few years ago the Minnesota Twins tried this and failed miserably. In Madison, the law makers have taken this up. I would have to agree with the writer, as for one don't these people have anything better to do?

Merry Christmas to all of you. Hope that you find/found what you are looking for under the tree. As for me, I have found it, but it does not come under a tree. Love you all!

So what is/was the best Christmas Gift you have ever received? Or have given to someone? and why, what made it so special. I know I am the only person who reads this blog, but just in case someone stumbles across it post a comment. Thanks.

While playing hockey, my son took himself out of the game. This is very unusual as he loves to play, and in the recent years has almost lived to play. When the period ended they resurfaced the ICE for the next period. The teams head into the locker room, I recall that he had a headache before the game so I tossed the coach some aspirin to give him while in the locker room. When the team comes back out, my son does not. The goalie, forwards, defense men and coaches... I rescan the ice to see if I unbelievably missed him, I count the players and we are certainly one player short, but also one coach short. The Goalie coach comes out and yells up to me, that my son is in the rest room possibly getting sick!?!? He is old enough that he can be left alone, but not old enough that I want to leave him alone in the condition at this moment. It is at this point that the reality of the violence that youth sports really has on our children. I start to replay in my mind the first game of the day, a...

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Most all Fantasy Football leagues are starting or into the playoffs. For me personally it has been a strange year. It has been a tale of two leagues. League one: RB heavy league, and I have Willis McGehee, Larry Johnson, Ryan Grant, Marshawn Lynch. Injuries and playing time have been played out well between these four, I really don't feel that I have started the wrong guy or did not have enough guys available to play. WR: Marquez Colston, Wes Welker, Calvin Johnson and Anquin Boldin. Again not too back, Welker was a nice surprise and did burn me a few weeks when he was not the guy of the week, but I think I knew that was a possibility for this team. Only when one of the others on my bench out performed the others. TE Dallas Clark IND, Great pick, the tenth TE picked in this league and a top five performer. K Jason Elam and Matt Stover, both should have been solid picks, I messed these guys up more then I got them right, Starting the one that got just one extra point while the other...

WHO CARES   when it comes to youth hockey, why are we so diligent to keeps such stats, disgusting, these are just kids.

It has been a long time since I have been that interested in Monday night game that had nothing going for it. The Ravens played well enough to win and made three crucial mistakes that cost them the game. Sound familiar? it should it was not that long ago that the colt played well enough to beat the patriots and made three crucial mistakes late in the game to lose it. I am still wondering what Coach Billick was thinking calling the timeout on fourth and 1. There were at least two other mistakes that cost them the game. The interception that Boller threw with absolutely no Raven in the area. The multiple penlties on the game winning drive, whether it be Number 57 of the Ravens or the ref, just flat out cheating, your choice.

OK, so this is prior to the game tonight, But this subject has come in to question in the last few games that the Patriots have played, and probably will tonight. At first I was thinking the Patriots in the Redskin game were ruthless and wrong. Then after watching the Bills game in which they Mentioned that the coaches were on good terms. I saw them twice, when in good Field goal range, they went for it on fourth down both times and eventually scored Touch Downs. John Madden was eve defending his choice by saying that if you don't want them to run up the score, then you had better figure out how to stop them. I definitely don't agree with that comment. This team has been stopped with a three and out only 13% of the time. How are the lowly Bills suppose to be the first team to figure that out when there game plan was blown out of the water? I am sure John Madden has it figured out. Then I watched the Viking game Sunday, they blew out the Lions. At one point they were up quite a ...

What is with the field conditions the last two weeks in Pittsburgh. Last Monday, the field was used for the game with the Dolphins, A game that the Steelers should have crushed. Instead the play was so horrible, due to the field conditions, that the final score was 3-0. BORRING, that was terrible, I can't believe that the NFL was not in there trying to work the grass and water more. Then this week, Tonight, Sunday December 2, 2007 the game against Cincinnati Bengals was played much better, however the field conditions were worse the should be.

Google Adsense, I had signed up for this over 6 months ago and had not received even one single email. So I was trying to see what was going on. something is wrong with my password and I can't get in,and now then say my Google Adsense account has expired, I can sign up for a new one, as long as I use a different email. What kind of crap is this, I mean I really wasn't doing it for the ad money,but I thought that it could help out with the kids school books or something some day in the future. Two questions come to mind, why would they expire it with out sending me an email? and if it has expired, and my email address has not, why can I not just open it again with the same email? I am very certain that I have not made too much money from it, but what if I had? are they stealing that money that should in this account? on another totaly unrelated thought I really like those PC vs Mac commercials . But who is that actor that plays MAC? I am sure I have seen a movie or TV show recen...