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    Ramblin’ Woman

    October 19, 2007

    So my roommate has a theory that if you’re going to turn 30, and with that of course freak out and be miserable, you might as well have something to look forward to. Her suggestion was a trip so we compiled top ten lists of places we want to go and looked for overlaps. We haven’t ultimately decided yet where we’ll go but we’ve narrowed it down to somewhere in Europe potentially any two or more of the following: Spain France Italy Ireland Scotland Czech Republic Greece Germany I think we’re doing this in a pretty smart way. We have about a year and a half to plan and save.…

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    Car Closure

    September 30, 2007

    As you know if you read my blog regularly (and let’s face it, you probably don’t) I traded in my 1992 Honda Accord for a shiny new 2001 Honda Accord about a month ago. Now my old Honda has been cleaned up and put up for sale (see link in title). I’m really glad they didn’t just send it to the junk heap. It was a good car and I hope it will be a good car for someone else. 🙂 And since I usually use my consumer feedback powers for evil rather than good (I whine a lot) I thought I should shout out to the company that gave…

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    The Word is Re-Run

    September 18, 2007

    After watching, and posting about, part of the MSNBC re-airing of the news on the morning of 9/11 (see the ‘As It Happened’ post) I found Stephen Colbert’s take on it particularly amusing.

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    Wednesday Evening, 10pm

    September 12, 2007

    I broke my rule a little bit. The 9/11 post was long so here’s a quick update my day-to-day shit: This weekend looks perfect. Football (State) on Saturday and hockey (Canes) on Sunday! Next weekend is the Oktoberfest (yes, I know it’s not October- not my decision!). All I have to do is get through the week overflowing with work and class readings. Speaking of work, I’m getting to do more stuff I want to but not getting to drop the other stuff I have to. I haven’t cracked yet but I think the strain is beginning to show. Roommate is in the throes of new-relationship joy with yet another…

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    The joys of nature

    September 3, 2007

    Camping review: excellent. No puking or flooded tents. The mountains were awe-inspiring and thought-provoking. Lots of fun with friends. Hope to have the chance to go again soon. Weather was supposed to be upper 70’s but I swear it was hotter than that. I ended up sunburned and sweaty. Add to that a short hike through the woods, crawling under a barb-wire fence and diving to hit the birdie (badminton- no animal cruelty) and you can understand how happy I was to see my shower. I think that’s the secret joy of camping: the coming back to civilization.

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    Road Trippin’

    August 28, 2007

    As I briefly mentioned in a past post, my office is going through a reorganization. If you’ve never had the pleasure you should try to keep it that way. Since the office is ripe with doubt, frustration and misery I’m quite anxious to be distracted. The new car has distracted me beautifully (oh my god, I got into work early this morning because I couldn’t wait to get up so I could drive my car. I am lame. That’s an actual quote from a friend when I told them that story.) but it can’t last forever. My new distraction is the fact that I’m going to the mountains this weekend!…

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    Ode to my Honda

    August 25, 2007

    I bought my 1992 Honda Accord in September of 2001, (not a difficult time to remember). When I bought it it had 180,000 miles on it and my expectation was that it would get me through my college years. If I recall correctly I paid $3250 or thereabouts; the lean, college years and all that. Two weeks from now would have marked my six year anniversary with that car (it lasted me two years past a long overdue end of my college career). I hit 225,000 miles on it last week. Both of those are great statistics. My car (Angel) has been all over the south and as far north…

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    Thanks JK

    July 17, 2007

    There are three days until the release of the final Harry Potter book- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”. I wanted to take a moment to applaud Ms. Rowling– She’s written six very entertaining and engaging books. She’s created another world, as true and legitimate as Narnia or Middle Earth and with as much or more detail. She’s engaged readers of every age, race, gender and background. And she’s been able to continue to entice us through it all. Think of how truly difficult it must be to write not just one or two good books, but six. None of the books have sucked or been boring. No character has…

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    Joy to the World

    August 23, 2006

    We sit at the precipice of my favorite time of year.I can’t tell you for sure the day it starts, but one day it’s just here. We have in front of us a good six months of great sports, activities, weather and more and I love the anticipation of all that’s to come… Sports: football, hockey, the best of the baseball (what little there is) and then basketball Activities: fall parties, weddings, vacations, tailgating, band competitions (don’t you judge me!), holidays, Oktoberfest Weather: cooler temperatures with lovely breezes, nice crisp winter air More: Thanksgiving food, Christmas food, fall and winter movies, the leaves turning colors, time with family and friends…

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    Redemption

    December 20, 2005

    Good article (with a lame-ass title) out of USA Today: Budding Friendships Fill Out the Family Tree. I love my family very, very much, as previous posts will attest. But this is a good time to raise a glass to the ‘friend’. A friend is someone you have met, sought out to spend further time with, and learned much about. It’s quite possible you know more about your friends than most family members. And in turn, these are the people who know you the best, and who are still there after the scary stuff. These people are with you almost every day, many times on days when family cannot be…

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