Here is a picture of the class. The pictures are courtesy of E.G Quinn Photography. 

HMHS 10 Year HS Reunion

Well I attended my High School reunion this past Saturday that was quite a surreal experience. 

Free @ Noon

WXPN (www.xpn.org) in Philadelphia has been putting on free concerts each noon since they relocated to thier new place on Walnut Street. This week was G. Love (http://www.philadelphonic.com/main.asp) doing an acoustic set at the Eectric Factory. Very cool and fun.

Turkey Day 2005

It was a quite Thanksgiving at the Shepherd household. Just the family with a few members missing. 

NPR Podcast: Getting to a real person

This interested me because I used to work in a call center and one of the larger complaints that I recieved was how long it took to talk to a real person. I worked for a call center that handled health and welfare benefits and it was normally the older people that had this complaint.

Here is the NPR Story link:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5024153

Here is the Webiste to bypass the IVR Menu Options:
http://www.paulenglish.com/ivr/

Thanks for reading.

60th Anniversary Celebration

Today we celebrated my grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary in Florida ... wow! 

The Boss

Well I am off to see Bruce Springsteen in Atlantic City tonight. I have been listening to the Born to Run 30th Anniversary Podcasts (http://feeds.feedburner.com/BruceSpringsteen) so I am getting psyched about tonight's show. Here is the set list great show:

November 13, 2005
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall

Born In The USA
Devils And Dust
Atlantic City
Long Time Comin'
Fade Away
Santa Ana
Johnny 99
Open All Night
Maria's Bed
Brilliant Disguise
Reno
Janey Don't You Lose Heart
Lost In The Flood
Drive All Night
The Rising
Further On (Up The Road)
Jesus Was An Only Son
This Hard Land
The Hitter
Matamoros Banks (encore)
I Wanna Marry You
4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Thundercrack
The Promised Land
Dream Baby Dream

After that I am back off to Florida to spend some more time with my grandparents.