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Selectively superstitious synchronicity
I sit and drink coffee with my beloved, early. Redwing fledglings swoop to the platform feeder. Recently installed, already weathered, not as full as they might like. Father perches in the lilac, 15, maybe 20 feet between his watchful stance and the potential extinguishing of his legacy. Close enough to call danger! Close enough to distract ( Read more... ) -
Oops, never posted the finished goods!
I scrolled back a little ways and realized I never put up pics of the finished bathroom and kitchen projects. So here they are!
KITCHEN
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Starting again, intentionally
Entered all my food for the day into weight watchers' great points tracker. Sometimes I do wish I had a fancy phone, cuz WW has a mobile app and it'd be neat to track that way too. Expensive, but neat ... On the other hand, if I have to sit down somewhere with the purpose of tracking my eating, it makes me more intentional about the process, makes ( Read more... ) -
Day 4 of the new job, and I'm moving my desk
The new cube is nice and quiet. The new team is friendly and welcoming. The new work is ... well I haven't started much "new" work except for some planning. In my head. But that's OK. I have a mini-goal of doing something new with Eclipse UA within the month, so that's fun.
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WTF????????
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday he supports gays being able to marry but believes states, not the federal government, should make the decision.
"I think, you know, freedom means freedom for everyone," Cheney said in a speech at the National Press Club. "I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish, any ( Read more... ) -
Because I should, and because it's lunchtime and Friday
Monday I start a new job! W00t! I'm so happy to be switching into a position that might be described as "programmer writer". I'll be writing code, in ways that the programs we write can also serve as documentation, or augment documentation at the least, and writing tests for the code I write, and productizing the code, doc, and tests.
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Remodeling brings up all sorts of questions ...
Like, how much money is it ok to spend on 'equipment' for trash and recycling? And how much do I want sitting out vs. hidden away in shelving and how much do I wanna pay to hide it?
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To scoot, or not to scoot, that is the question
So, if Muneraven buys a real motorcycle, should I keep the scooter and ride to work on it instead of taking the bus ( Read more... )
