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A Long-Overdue Picture

Just over 2 years ago, I posted here about an old friend I had gotten back in touch with after many years. This last week while I was on vacation Amy helped me get a picture that’s about 18 years in the making: The long chat outside the Ferry Building was so worth the sunburn. […]

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Ridiculous Amendments: #482

I really want to be writing about my recent trip to San Francisco, but that requires more brain cycles and time than I have available right now. In the meantime, here’s the first post in what I hope to make a series here.

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Wi-Fi Protected Setup… A Good Idea Badly Implemented?

This post is a rant about what I think is a pretty decent idea gone pretty badly wrong. The idea is something called “Wi-Fi Protected Setup.”

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Humor feeding itself

A section of an IM conversation with a college friend tonight: Me: So, Amy’s going to end up in Detroit teaching some folks about Drupal. Tony: Cool. Are they providing a flak jacket? Me: Quite possibly. We also figure she needs to take an extra $50 with her so that she can buy a house […]

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A Butt That Won’t Sit Still

My favorite singer-songwriter, the “chick with a piano” that I come back to again and again, Vienna Teng, has a new album. It’s called Inland Territory, and I already adore it.

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Time, Belief, and Assumptions

In recent months, I’ve had a number of old friends, high school classmates, etc. find me on Facebook. If anything, the trend seems to be accelerating. It’s pretty cool chatting with people I haven’t talked to much (or at all) in about 15 years. Some of the people most supportive of my attempt at weight […]

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My new “friend” Jessica

Behold the wonder of the spam below which somehow managed to bypass the big G’s normally awesome spam filtering. “Jessica” says she’ll do anything I would like to see live on cam. Poll for the readers: what should we ask “Jessica” to do on cam? 🙂 hi, I found your mail in my contact list […]

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The Home of the Weasels

I’ve been trying to figure out a good way to post about this for a long time, and I finally found it tonight. I’ve found the home of the weasels.

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A Gradual Victory

I’ll begin this with the short story about a really good start. From last October to this past Thursday, I’ve lost a total of 23 pounds. That marked the completion of my first intermediate goal: losing 10% of my starting weight. The picture really says it:

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Song Leader Revolution

I realize many of you won’t understand why I in particular find this so funny, but oh the details for those who do understand… I give you Song Leader Revolution. Wow. 🙂