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I love that frequently fedex packages shipped to me go from the fedex facility at Willington, CT to the fedex facility at Wilmington, Ma. It's like they have changed state, but have only barely changed city! It is no wonder they get between the two cities in only two hours! -
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Here are a couple videos from scuba diving down in the Galapagos. Shellaby doesn't scuba dive, so I only went for one day, but it was an incredible day! The Galapagos are known for large marine life, and didn't disappoint. These videos were all taken by my divemaster -- the videos aren't great videos, or what anybody would call polished, but they ( Read more... ) -
catnip
I planted some catnip out on my back porch (second floor). The plant is not looking good, and their are numerous bite marks on the leaves! -
Wow
For the last 10 or so days, I have been getting a daily notice via email from AT&T, letting me know that my bill is ready to be viewed. I reported the problem to them, and received this response ( Read more... ) -
O HAI
When you visit flickr, and are logged in, it says hello to you in some language, then says 'now you know how to say hello in' whatever language it was.
I just visited flickr, and got:
O HAI Josh.A!
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My favorite humor writer, Gene Weingarten, just won a Pulitzer prize for feature writing, for his story "Pearls Before Breakfast"! In the story, he convinced Joshua Bell, "one of the finest classical musicians in the world" to play on his violin, one of the most valuable violins ever made, in a DC metro stop, posed as a street musician. And even ( Read more... ) -
How to learn squash
So, I've been teaching myself squash. I have this idea this idea about most things that you can learn just about anything with enough effort, and a good book/strategy. I applied this idea to learning mandarin from cd, and I made out pretty decently. I tried the same strategy to learning the piano -- have some easy music and a keyboard, and do some ( Read more... ) -
Mortgages
A mistake I just realized I made -- never pay closing costs on a mortgage. I paid something like 2k in closing costs when I bought my condo. The loan rates just dropped, so I'm going to refinance and save some money every month. I found out this time that I can get a no closing costs loan at a slightly higher interest rate. The lower interest rate ( Read more... )