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Things accomplished: Car brakes, fixed. Frustration at apparent Emacs bug, achieved. Technical book review, caught up. Suggestion for DocBook ? PDF, made. ATK bug masquerading as Emacs bug, found. Fedora LiveCD for friend, delivered. Family outing to pizza joint to celebrate daughter’s reading achievements, completed. Freezer door insert, replaced. Work …
We’re the only ones left and we’re flat on our backsTaking the rest of the day off… Yes, it’s a wonderful day to get some work done at home. I got up at a pretty reasonable time, exercised, then picked up some coffee (thank you O SuperWife!), got my email …
Home from work today, since the ice coating all the roads caused our office to stay closed. I finished shoveling the driveway and the sidewalk of all the heavy, wet snow and ice, and now the wind is a blustery, battering background noise throughout the house. But the cockles of …
Well, certainly I’m not talking about the weather. This is the second Saturday in a row with temperatures at or above the mid-60s. But after the normal stress of the holidays, there was not much news to report here. Ethan has of course abandoned all the toys Santa brought him …
We finished out 2006 with a wonderful weekend stay at a beautiful, enormous lakefront rental house, with two other families who have been good friends of ours for many a year. Unfortunately, we partied a little too hard the night before New Year’s Eve, so when the big night came …
Ten years ago one of my favorite popular scientists passed away. Carl Sagan made science fact more romantic and poetic than the best science fiction, took us on journeys of discovery and wonder at the dichotomy of the unlikelihood of our existence and the certainty of our insignificance, and filled …
Here he is in all his manic, third-birthday glory — our little man Ethan: Tonight we’re taking him out for pizza (and maybe a balloon or two). Grandma and Grandpa will be joining us too… Then back to the homestead for presents, cake, and tranquilizer darts! (Gotta kill that sugar …
Sorry, BoingBoing, I call bullsh*t (follow this link for a better report, albeit one that misses the point). The solution in this case is simple — contact the account holder directly to confirm the amount of the check. If you receive a check that far exceeds your asking price for …
How to make a Paul Frields Ingredients: 1 part friendliness 1 part humour 1 part ego Method:Combine in a tall glass half filled with crushed ice. Add a little cocktail umbrella and a dash of caring Username: Personality cocktailFrom Go-Quiz.com