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Baby plans
For those that ever read this that aren't my friend on Facebook, I'm going to be a daddy come this August! We finally succeeded in conceiving and so far all is going well ( Read more... ) -
What the anti-SOPA movement means to me
The way the Internet reacts to almost everything has finally become powerful enough to effect meaningful change. The recent SOPA opposition is I think one of the first in a growing trend of the interconnected people speaking up for more than just themselves. And today I'm asking myself, "What's gonna happen when these generations of connected ( Read more... ) -
Post much Charles?
So the last time I made a post on here was September 14. Why the six month hiatus? I dunno, I guess I had a lot going on and I generally use my LJ for romantic business or artistic concepts. I've been more or less happy in the romance area for a while now so those types of posts have been thin. I've been consumed with work, house projects, and ( Read more... ) -
Renovated the Attic
This post is back dated.
This time in December I renovated the attic for storage.
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Corporatocracy
I just learned this word, CORPORATOCRACY, and it wasn't by accident. I wanted to write about how corporations are more or less taking over the governance of our nation, and I assumed there was a word for it. After some Googling and a browse through Wikipedia I found it. It was much more obvious than I thought and that was a bit disappointing, but ( Read more... ) -
The Fence
This post is for my 'records' on here and so I'm going to a bit clinical in talking about the construction of my fence. If you're not my Facebook friend then you know nothing about it, so maybe you'll think it interesting in the far reaches of possibility ( Read more... ) -
Built the Fence
This post is back dated.
This time in June I finished rebuilding and expanding the back fence. At the same time I set up the garden beds along the fence lines. I also regraded the area of the back yard between the pine trees.
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Fence building + shenanigans
Being a homeowner is rearing its ugly head this summer. Maybe I wasn't listening or maybe no one ever told me just how much work I'd end up doing owning my own home. But the list is ever growing, and it's not the tasks that becomes daunting, it's the amount of money required to get it all done, even as a DIYer ( Read more... ) -
Apple Tablet
I read this article today about some new rumors on the Apple tablet ( Read more... ) -
anarchy vs. liberty....and industrial tyranny
I have to qualify this post with a statement that I have little education on this topic, and I'm just putting an idea down in text. I generally write based on observations, not acquired knowledge and facts. So ( Read more... )