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moving my blog
hello to my readers, if I have any. I have stopped using my Livejournal account and won't be posting any more updates here. I transferred the whole thing to a Wordpress blog on my personal site. It is now at http://blog.uncommonguy.comI will leave this account active for a while as a backup. If I ever screw up my new blog I can retrieve everything ( Read more... ) -
damn congress
The democrats are just so spineless. The dems vs repubs seem like "confused cretins" vs the "reactionary blowhards".
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Vacation Day!
I took Friday off at the end of a 3-day business trip to Dallas. It was a great day. I was at the Museum of American Railroad by 10:30 and spent 2 1/2 hours there. They have 30 locomotives and interesting historical railcars like Pullman sleepers and various types of cabooses. I called my dad while standing by the Big Boy, the largest steam ( Read more... ) -
closing in on Christmas
I feel great today. Got back from Germany last night after the usual delays in Chicago. Had some downtime hanging out with Rachel on the couch, then Jake and Angela stopped by for a few minutes. Had a full night of sleep so I am caught up and rested. This morning I went all out with the shower, a long careful shave, cologne, snazzy dress shirt and ( Read more... ) -
Uber-Geek Moment
I am ready to declare that last night I had The Geekiest Thought of My Life. Summary: Are the Jedi from Star Wars sensing then biasing the collapse of the Multiverse ( Read more... ) -
Twitter on the Obama Nobel win
Lots of funny observations on Twitter for #nobel. Not agreeing or disagreeing with these, but I laughed ( Read more... ) -
nobel prize
I am annoyed they gave Obama the Nobel Peace Prize. Accomplishments: attempting to talk to Iran; attempting to talk to North Korea; talking up 'hope'. I should get the biology prize for dreaming about unicorns ( Read more... ) -
Home Improvement, compressed to 1 day
General home improvement is a major hobby of mine. It lets me express my love of troubleshooting, design, and optimization. On my short trip to the States I had only 1 day for home improvement tasks. I got a lot done, but nothing major in itself. It was the first home change involving Rachel ( Read more... ) -
I like T-Mobile
I had another good experience interacting with T-Mobile customer service today. Those folks have been friendly and helpful every time I called, but today was extra nice ( Read more... ) -
wedding and boxing (not at the same time)
I'm having a great week home. A major task for this visit was wedding planning and that is going off better than I imagined. My jobs this week were to rent a dance floor, get a photographer, and get a stamp made. 1 and 2 are done already! The dance floor was easy. And while at dinner with Rachel's Mother (Janice) and Stepfather (Jim), it turned out ( Read more... )