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<title>Going for It: Guitar Man</title>
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<updated>2010-12-14T17:32:48Z</updated>

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<entry>
<title>Keep on trucking</title>
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<updated>2010-12-14T17:32:48Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[I am sitting up late in my hotel room in Newport News.&nbsp;I was able to take a break from my work before going to bed and am able to get a blog in. &nbsp;I don't know if you have ever been to Newport News, but there isn't much to do. &nbsp;I am working from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and then end up working on paperwork for the rest of the evening. &nbsp;I guess the]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<entry>
<title>I need more time!</title>
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<updated>2010-12-07T17:00:04Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[Well it has been a long couple of weeks. &nbsp;I realize that I always talk about how busy I am with work. &nbsp;Well, my schedule has brought a whole new meaning to the word. &nbsp;It seems that all I do these days is wake up, leave the house, go to work and come home to sleep. &nbsp;Lately, it even seems like I haven't even been sleeping at home. I have spent more time in southern]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<entry>
<title>Dangerous deployments</title>
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<updated>2010-11-03T16:50:59Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[I was away in Virginia for the last week or so working on my first project as a lead engineer at my network engineering job. &nbsp;I have worked on projects in the past. &nbsp;I have shadowed other engineers or worked on small projects that didn't require going out to the customer's site. &nbsp;I have also worked on several pre-sales engineering engagements where I went with sales folks to sites and answered whatever technical questions they]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<entry>
<title>Busy in the federal space</title>
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<updated>2010-10-21T18:17:23Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[I have been very busy at my network engineering job.&nbsp;&nbsp;I will be going&nbsp;to Virginia next week. We have a customer that I will be installing wireless into&nbsp;in Newport News. &nbsp;In addition to that, I have been filling out some forms for a background check for another project. &nbsp;I am hoping that with all of these projects, I will be able to get a security clearance. Security&nbsp;clearance means big money in the world of IT. &nbsp;If]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<entry>
<title>Playing in the middle of nowhere</title>
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<updated>2010-10-19T19:59:52Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[Last Friday, we played down in Solomon's Island.&nbsp; This was my first time even being on this island.&nbsp; Apparently there is a tiki bar down there that is extremely popular in the summer.&nbsp;&nbsp; When&nbsp;it opens for the first time each year, they throw a huge party that is on par with Mardi Gras. We have played a few shows in La Plata at The Crossing at Casey Jones. The&nbsp;last time we played there was when]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<entry>
<title>Working full time for my NFL pool</title>
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<updated>2010-10-18T14:45:25Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[First, I started working at Best Buy selling musical instruments.&nbsp;Then I started full time at my network engineering job.&nbsp; Now I am running the NFL football pool at&nbsp;work and it seems like a third job.&nbsp; We have been averaging anywhere from 15 to 25 people each week.&nbsp; The total number of people depends on how persistent I am at getting people involved. I am also responsible for collecting everyone's picks and then putting it all]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<entry>
<title>Sales don&apos;t seem so bad</title>
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<updated>2010-10-15T19:16:07Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[I got to sit down with a Cisco AM and a Cisco PSS for lunch today. &nbsp;A Cisco AM is an "Account Manager" and a PSS is a "Product Sales Specialist." &nbsp;These two handle the entire Capitol Hill for Cisco. &nbsp;If the House of Representatives or the Senate want some new Cisco technology, they are the ones responsible for getting it to them. I am not impressed by their positions per se, since I have]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<entry>
<title>Sick as a dog</title>
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<updated>2010-10-14T18:51:05Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[This past Monday, I thought would have several blogs to write. It was Columbus Day and I was off from my job at my network engineering job and&nbsp;sick as a dog. &nbsp;I played my show at T-Bonz, but I barely made it. &nbsp;The next day, I was unable to even make it out of bed. &nbsp;I had to call out of work and just sleep for the next 24 hours. &nbsp;I hate it when this]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<entry>
<title>I had a medieval weekend</title>
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<updated>2010-10-13T16:41:44Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[I had a chance to go to the Maryland Renaissance Festival last Saturday with DJ.&nbsp; I don't know what it is, but that place is so much fun.&nbsp; There is nothing better than walking through the woods, shopping for stuff that I will never wear or use until next year's festival and watching people pretend that they are in medieval times. &nbsp;I saw the jousting for the first time in a while.&nbsp; Usually I just]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<title>Busy bee me</title>
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<updated>2010-10-12T13:54:38Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[I have been very busy lately.&nbsp;&nbsp;The busy season that I thought was going to end last week, turned out to not end at all. &nbsp;From getting demos ready for customers last minute, to interviewing new candidates, I have been working at my network engineering job non-stop, which is good, since we have not had many shows with the band recently. &nbsp;I hope things slow down soon so that we can get focused on new music]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<entry>
<title>Blast from the past</title>
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<updated>2010-10-05T19:54:58Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[This past Friday, our former drummer, Jason, came by the practice space.&nbsp; We were supposed to be practicing for our gig the next day at T-Bonz, but Doug never showed up.&nbsp; We hadn't seen Jason in over a year and we hadn't played with him in almost four years.Jason has been in the marines for the last four years.&nbsp; He has been deployed to several places including Taiwan and Iraq.&nbsp; He hasn't had much time]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<entry>
<title>A tough new instrument</title>
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<updated>2010-10-04T16:27:14Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[I have been working with my Yamaha Motif XS8 lately. &nbsp;I have used it to play some keys here and there at performances, but that isn't using the full potential of the keyboard. &nbsp;This thing is extremely powerful. &nbsp;It is essentially a recording studio in the form of a keyboard. &nbsp;&nbsp; The keyboard has the ability to play multiple sounds at once. &nbsp;It even has the ability to play its own patterns through its arpeggio]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<entry>
<title>Experiencing PRS</title>
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<updated>2010-10-01T19:48:34Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[I took off work this past weekend so that I could go to the Experience PRS 2010 open house festival.&nbsp; For those who don't know, PRS is a guitar manufacturing company.&nbsp;They happen to be the third largest&nbsp;guitar manufacturer in the country.&nbsp;They also happen to be based in Maryland.PRS stands for Paul Reed Smith, who started his first shop off of West Street in Annapolis 30 years ago.&nbsp; The festival was a who's who of guitar]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<entry>
<title>Not another Facebook update</title>
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<updated>2010-09-30T17:34:53Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[I just got finished watching South Park. &nbsp;It was a new episode or at least I think it was new. &nbsp;It was all about how people get sucked into&nbsp;Facebook. &nbsp;I think&nbsp;all the hype that Facebook has been getting lately is crazy. &nbsp;First, the stunt last year with changing their EULA to say that they owned the content that people chose to put on Facebook. &nbsp;Now all the hype with the movie coming out about how]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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<entry>
<title>Who needs sleep, anyway?</title>
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<updated>2010-09-29T14:12:43Z</updated>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[We played at T-Bonz on Monday.&nbsp;&nbsp;Though we hadn't played together in about a week and a half, it went well, well&nbsp;enough for T-Bonz at least. &nbsp;There was a couple there that really dug our music. &nbsp;They parked up right in front of us and were rocking out the whole time. &nbsp; Afterwards, I got a chance to hang out with Alex some more. &nbsp;By the time I got home, it was about 3 a.m.&nbsp;I had]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jeff Kuehn</name>
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