Rusty had a bath today. In possibly unrelated news, saintpookie is strangely covered with numerous scars and scratches.


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dr_tectonic forwarded some info regarding a large job fair at Invesco Stadium, so I headed down there to see what this section of the Denver job market felt like. Close to 100 companies were slated to represent, and while it was clear that I had no intention of listening to Wal-Mart, Safeway, K-Mart, and other retailers, I did have the task of presenting ( Read more... )

We (and by 'we' I mean all four of us) have finally started Fringe season 2. We're only two episodes in and I think I like some of the bold steps being taken, but I have an issue with the twist at the end of episode 1. This twist was done back in Alias (several times, if I remember correctly) and while I can see the need for this event to occur for ( Read more... )

By-the-by, Messrs. rlegters and tdjohnson, I duplicated the "toy-on-a-string" here at home only to find that Rusty the Cat pointedly ignored the toy and attacked my foot.

Ow!

On my last day of the vacation, tdjohnson and rlegters took me off to Ballard to see the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. These locks allow large and small boats to switch from salt water to inland fresh water via a mechanism of increasing and diminishing elevations of water levels. It's neat to see it in action.


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Yesterday was mostly a lazy day, letting us loaf about to recharge after yesterday's trek. Okay, maybe I was the one who needed that as Troy was working on planting tomatoes and Ron was supplying us with never-ending mochas and lattes, but however you look at it, it was much more relaxing.

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My day started off in quite the nom-licious manner as I followed up a wonderful breakfast with one of the pieces of chocolate from Fran's. This piece, a smoky, salty caramel coated in rich chocolate, may or may not be from the collection allocated for my guys.


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rlegters and tdjohnson, to my great surprise, had made lunch reservations at the restaurant in the rotating section of the Space Needle, so off we went to enjoy some wonderful cuisine.


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I finally caught up with portlandpiglet at her home before departing Portland for Seattle and met up with her surprisingly verbose son. (Hubby was at work, so I missed him again.) It had been years since I'd seen her, and she looks quite content which, of course, makes me happy.


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Mornings. Bleh.

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