Archive for July, 2008
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Not Bragging, Just Saying
I got a shock this morning from the old mainframe in the attic. I had to check out a website at work that I haven’t visited in over a year and somehow my brain managed to recall both the username and password. How the h*ll did that happen?
It wouldn’t have been a big deal except [...]
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
The Leaning Tower of Niles?
One of the treats from my recent trip to Chicago was a visit to the Leaning Tower of… Wait for it… Niles, Illinois! It’s true. There’s a half-scale replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in a small city just outside Chicago. But the story gets better.
Behold The Leaning Tower of Niles in its smaller [...]
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Morning Song Returns
I stopped posting the songs that were in my head upon waking because they invariably became songs that I’d heard the day before once I started noticing them. It was like Schrödinger’s cat applied to music which says that the mere act of observing an experiment changes its state. Morning songs used to be totally [...]
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
High Hopes and Then Not So Much
So I was all primed to write a post this morning, riding my occasional high of exercise and caffeine but then a terrible thing happened. I got busy at work. Huh?!?! It’s true!
My busy’ness then proceeded to consume all of my morning and most of the afternoon. The result? Now I’m out of steam, dead [...]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
OCD Guide to Coffee
Sugar must be placed in the mug prior to pouring. Milk or cream, however, goes in after pouring.
I’m sure I have other rules for coffee but that’s all I can think of right now.
Ps. It’s amazing how exercise can stimulate your mind. Or maybe it’s just the caffeine. Either way, it’s all good.
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Pardon the Cobwebs (aka Cobby’s)
The blog has been a little neglected for the past week or so. The big news is that *E* closed on her house and bought a car. CRAZY!! We’re both a little overwhelmed by the enormity of it all but we’re working through things a step at a time. I see lots of power tools [...]
