Archive for November, 2004
Friday, November 26th, 2004
A passel of free time
For the first time in a while I lounged the day away, nearly guilt free. This week was one of the most hectic in a long time, and the one’s before it weren’t the best either. All hell broke loose on Monday at work when we migrated some insufficiently tested code into production. At home [...]
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Monday, November 15th, 2004
Parenting
- Before I was in the know, sippy cups were devices used to protect floors and furniture from careless kids. But in practice they are just as useful in protecting the poor juice from chips, carrots, yogurt, and countless other things kids think taste good when dunked. – When a child injures themself doing something [...]
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Monday, November 15th, 2004
Nature
There’s a little snow dusting the mountain. It’s in a small crevice lit by the sun while the rest of the range remains layered in shadow and cloud. The clouds hugging and surrounding the mountains is one of the most wonderful sights of Tucson.
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2004
Colors
The desk in “The Daily Show” is the same color blue as the fiberglass t-square I made in 8th grade shop. I just thought you should all know that.
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Monday, November 8th, 2004
Ahhhh …..
It rained lightly last night for hours and hours. The fresh smell this morning is breath taking.
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Thursday, November 4th, 2004
Metrics
How soon I’m able to go through my daily list of websites to visit is a very good indicator of how hectic my day has been. Most days it’s well before lunch. Today I’ll probably get to it around 11p while watching Survivor.
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004
Gate
The gate is finally done. Well, almost. It’s taken forever, and more trips to the hardware store than I can count. I still need to get a bigger masonry drill bit to put in the post. It’s pretty ironic that I replaced a huge heavy gate that we could barely open with a light free [...]
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004
151
151st visit to the gym on Monday, so I thought it was time for another update. In a nutshell, we’re still going, still lifting. Whee. I’m definately in a motivational trough, or a maybe on a plateau, or whatever geographical metaphor you prefer to use for “stuck”. I’ve lost about 8 pounds in nearly a [...]
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004
Yeah, I voted
One of the problems with the electoral college is that it can disenfranchise voters. A friend was telling me about a phone conversation he overheard waiting at the polling place. “I don’t know why I even bother, it’s a red state anyway” she said. It’s pretty damn ignorant to think the only thing you’re voting [...]