Mmmm….cold…

Our handy-dandy little weather station reported an outdoor temperature of 8 this morning when I got up. And its reading is usually 4 degrees warmer than what the local news reports for South Bend. Still, one local station is reporting 1. As in one degree above zero. I just stuck my [...]

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Barbaro (2002-2007)

If I were being shitty, I might make a snide remark about the good old days with a drape and a shotgun on the track two minutes after the end of the race. But I won’t be shitty. We took in a homeless cat and spent a truly embarrassing amount of time, effort, [...]

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How many academic degrees does it take to figure out a new-fangled programmable thermostat?

Ten minutes ago I would’ve guessed six, since our combined five wasn’t doing the trick. From here on out, I’d go with the monkey banging on the keyboard, folks.And FYI, it’s snowing again.

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That’s where the snow has been.

This is spouse, of course, being a good spouse and shoveling what’s accumulated so far. It’s still snowing, and the wise old weather men are saying it’s supposed to accumulate 6 to 12″ more by Monday morning. Who knows. Last night we had our last big dinner party with our buds [...]

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Woooo!!!! (thunk)

I jogged for a whole 24 minutes today. Sure, 25 would’ve warranted more of a celebration, but I’m going to have to celebrate 24. It was comparatively easy to go from 10 to 12, from 12 to 15, from 15 to 17, and from 17 to 20, but 23:30 to 24:00, I must [...]

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Today is a good day

First, because it’s Mom and Dad’s 32nd anniversary. Happy anniversary! If your youngest daughter was a little less scatterbrained, a card would’ve appeared in the mail today. But alas…Second, and less importantly, I managed to keep another appointment! Furthermore, I had the pleasure of shuffling through the powdery snow to get there. [...]

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Senator Webb, all-around good guy

I suspect that’s true, although I have absolutely no way of knowing. What I do know, however, is that he gave a straightforward, well-crafted, and dare I say powerful response last night to Bush’s state of the union hodgepodge. I fear that to call the latter a speech would encourage further bad public [...]

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I did it!

I managed to keep an appointment today! I went in for my pre-trip haircut and asked for the “let’s see how long we can make this one last” treatment. Consequently, the lower back part of my hair, and around the ears is damn near down to the scalp. It should be nearly two [...]

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What to do, what to do?

First of all, I’m still having trouble believing that my beloved Colts pulled out a win last night. I don’t have any trouble believing, however, that thousands of men and women all across Indiana last night shared the same desire to make sweet, sweet love to Marlin Jackson for picking off Brady’s last pass. [...]

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More good news, if completely mundane

First off, I made a list for myself yesterday and got everything checked off, and then some. I ran into my advisor and had an impromptu meeting/chit-chat, which wasn’t on the list (not that I thought I might get away with avoiding him entirely before I left for Dublin or anything).Second, and more importantly, [...]

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