Monthly Archives: September 2010

More pictures from Epic UGM

This post has been a bit delayed, but here it is, better late than never. I did not get home from UGM until late Thursday night, had a full day at work catching up on what piled up while I was gone (no, not done yet), endured a three-hour power ou…

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Epic’s User Group Meeting: The Campfire

I have made it to Madison, Wisconsin for the 2010 UGM (User Group Meeting). As always, UGM is held at Epic’s Verona campus. (For an album of pictures from the various buildings on campus, taken on my last trip this past April, click here.) The act…

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Las Vegas Snapshots: best of the rest

Without further ado, here are some of the visual highlights of our recent vacation. They are presented in chronological order. Quick itinerary: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. We felt it just about as visually striking as the Grand Can…

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Getting a job in nursing informatics

Recently a Twitter follower — you all do follow @InfoTechRN, don’t you? — asked me a question there is no way I can answer in 140 characters. (True, there are few questions I can bring myself to answer tweet-size, but that’s another story.) She …

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First of the Vegas pictures

Well, we made it. Rita is still a bit in shock that I haven’t planned any activities before tomorrow night’s show (Terry Fator). Soon we’ll hit the Strip and check out some of the casinos. Weather is warm but quite pleasant. A couple of the in-fli…

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A historical perspective on the illegal immigration issue

One argument put forth by those who advocate for what’s coyly labeled “comprehensive immigration reform” or, in other words, amnesty for persons in the US illegally, is that our country has a long history of relatively open borders, including many…

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