Leo’s Twitter Updates for 2008-01-07

Back home. And sad. I miss Egypt. I miss our new friends. I miss having my breakfast made for me. #

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Leo glad you had a great trip we missed you and I especially miss your tech guy podcasts. My trips to and from work haven’t been the same.

where do I find your “SHOW NOTES” Leo. I see on leoville its only updated to last nov ’07 where are the new show notes being listed to now?

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