Tag Archives: Personal Blather

And All I Got Was This Lousy Sunburn.

Well, no…. That’s not entirely true. I also shot a couple hundred photos that I’m gonna sort through soonish… I’ll post the best of ’em here.
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They’ve replaced the carpeting in the hall outside my office. It’s got that sickly-sweet smell of fresh synthetics. And for some reason it reminds me of the Commodore VIC-20 that I used to have…
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Well, I was out sick yesterday… I’m pretty sure I can’t blame the movies that we watched Tuesday night, but it is tempting.
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The power failure was a mixed blessing I suppose. The office was closed all of Friday, which was both a good and a bad thing. I had a whole day off, but not in a voluntary sort of way. I got a stack of dishes done and did some puttering around the house, but I spent a lot of time wondering if I’d managed to shut the server down safely.
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I wasn’t planning on spending Thursday night grilling in the dark, but that’s what worked. Anyway, the server is back up an running now. I’m clipping Smithee movies with badmovie and I’ll write more later…

I’ve got a bad habit.

Ok, yes, there’s more than one, but this one in particular is bad.

I tend to have repeating lame jokes. I’ll find something funny once and people near me will hear it over and over again.

Like if there’s a police car pulled over to the side of the road with a radar gun, I’ll probably say, “I wonder what they’re going to do with all that speed once they’ve trapped it?”

Even if I know that the person I’m with has already heard that lame-assed joke, I’ll say it anyway. I can’t help it.
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Looks like Panera Bread is going to be offering wireless internet access in addition to tasty bread, The Ann Arbor store doesn’t have it yet, but I’m sure it’s just a matter of time… I hope it doesn’t hurt Great Harvest too much.
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I’m officially back on the exercise bandwagon again. I did a fairly hefty workout last night, to the point where I was having difficulty lifting my arms to adjust the shower afterwards. I woke up feeling a bit stiff this morning, but I’m barely even sore now. I think that’s a good sign. At the very least, it’ll encourage me to keep up the effort.
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Never mix paperclips and canned air. It’s a recipe for disaster.

There haven’t been any office supply and tetrafluoroethane related mishaps in our office, thank goodness, but I’m sure there are people out there who may be tempted to store their bent metal fasteners in that the little plastic straw that you get taped to the side of the air cans. All I can say is, if you forget that it’s there, it’ll come back to haunt you. Especially if you’re trying to blow dust out of a computer that’s still plugged in.
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Well, it’s official. I can no longer count my age on one hand in binary. I’ve hit the big three-two.

It feels about the same as being thirty one.
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