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| Friday, July 3rd, 2009 |
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| "BILLY!" | ||||
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| Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 |
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Mysterious Coconut Evil Odometer Tiny Nephew |
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| Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 |
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( Details after the cut ) Pictures from this trip can be seen here at Flickr. |
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| Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 |
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Spring is here! Yardwork abounds. I was on my usual May vacation the last two weeks of the month; in the first week, I got a lot of home repair and such done. I replaced some trim along our doorwall, added a new cellular shade to one of our downstairs windows, replaced a bunch of old, loose electrical outlets, and macgyvered a loose window screen into place. I also went walking/jogging every day, enough to lose a little poundage that I'd be getting back in the second week of vacation (the Julie and I's trip to Chicago, which is its own post). Five, Five Word, Five Word Film Reviews: I read: |
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| Thursday, May 28th, 2009 |
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| Writing this from my phone, lying in bed at the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago, looking *down* at the Wrigley Building, Tribune Building and across at the John Hancock Building. Went to LEGO Store, Daley Plaza (looked for Cook County Assessor's Office)... life is good. | ||||
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| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 |
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| Happy Anniversary | ||||
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| Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 |
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| Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 |
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April was so nondescript that it took me this long to remember to do this. Beyond waiting for some actual spring to happen, yardwork, and NBA/NHL playoffs, not much is happening. I read: |
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| Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 |
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| Blessings to iTunes for allowing me to obtain Ghost of a Chance (live) for a dollar as opposed to buying a CD full of stuff I already own. Also, approbation to YouTube for the video from the tour -- wherein Alex melts your face off during the solo. | ||
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| Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 |
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I went to our local Popeye's yesterday after work due to a "8 pieces o' chicken for 4.99" promotion. As you might expect, they were very busy. As you might not expect, they were not participating in the promotion. This made several people very, very angry. I, luckily, am blessed in that I can afford to pay regular price for the chicken, and I escaped before any punches were thrown. This made me late to visit my LCS, and I figured I missed out on the first issue of VIKING, but friendly retailer guy had one behind the desk that he was willing to sell to a regular, so all ended well. |
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| Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 |
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Many miles away Something crawls from the slime At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake |
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| Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 |
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So last week, after months of badgering by the Julie, I finally broke down and got some new glasses to replace my over-ten-year-old specs. I figure hey, I'll get home after this and surprise her with them as I walk in the room! Well, it was a good plan, but -- she didn't notice them. So we went out to eat and I figure now that we're like 3 feet apart and ostensibly looking at each other as we have a conversation over our meal that she'll suddenly get this look on her face and notice! But alas, it was not to be. I kept on wanting to crack up laughing, which only made things worse because she kept wondering why I was smiling so much. Anyways, this goes on throughout the night -- at one point she was inches away from my face -- and she goes to bed, so I leave a Twitter hint for her. The next morning, having found the Lenscrafters bag near my desk in the office, she came upstairs to wake me up: J: "So what was this I was supposed to notice?" D: *feign ignorance* J: "Could it be... THESE GLASSES!" *points to nightstand* *cue dramatic music* That's my Junior Batman! Anyways, here's a pic of the new glasses in action as I help some student (buy a ShamWow). |
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| Monday, April 6th, 2009 |
| Sunday, April 5th, 2009 |
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My time was spent waiting for and then enjoying March Madness, spending plenty of time with my homies dannimal, fairmer, and the enigmatic Pherph. I read: brightorange14 gave me this book for Christmas. I knew that this was considered one of the best books written about baseball or even all sports; it did not disappoint. What could have easily been either a sanitized primer on life as a MLB pitcher in 1969 was actually a very funny yet poignant look at Bouton's life in baseball; as he says in closing, he spent his life gripping a baseball to find that it was actually the other way around. Good stuff.Now I got to hope for the best and pray that our work reorganization resolves itself with me still gainfully employed. |
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| Sunday, March 1st, 2009 |
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Not much more to report this month; still waiting for spring. Playing Bioshock and WoW; watched Super Bowl and now getting prepped for March Madness -- hoping my team can put a couple of wins together and get back into the tournament. I read:
The Julie and I saw:
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| Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 |
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| Here's what's going on in my driveway today. | ||||
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| Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 |
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Most of January 2009 was spent in a futile attempt to keep the drive clear of snow and/or just staying warm. Due to this, I spent a lot of time on indoor pursuits. I played a lot of video games (Bioshock, LEGO Batman, GTA4, Castlevania, the omnipresent WoW) and watched copious amounts of college football bowl games as well as the NFL playoffs, all the while contemplating how long we can live in a low-def world. I read: In other good news, the Grapefruit is almost completely scab-free; since Paradox passed on, she's been less nervous, not scratching/licking herself raw, and she's actually started sitting in my lap and displaying other signs of "normal" cat behaviour. The Julie believes that all her issues stemmed from anxiety (not that Paradox was terrorizing her, but she was a stray and who knows what got into her kitty head during that time); I hope that when she gets completely healed to be able to ween her off the meds completely. The real miracle would be if she could drop a few pounds. I did make a trip out to the downriver SONIC somewhere in there too; one has opened in Clinton Township on the way out to my dad's, which is nice, and there's a future one slated to open in Canton, which is like 3 times closer than the Southgate location. Still, I hope and dream for a Pittsfield Township location. |
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| Sunday, February 1st, 2009 |
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| Randi.org: "Gnome Hunters" | ||
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| Monday, January 26th, 2009 |
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| This bunny wants to ambush your sensibilities. | ||
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| Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 |
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| 20 Worst Foods in America 2009 | ||||
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