Two shows at the Roseland Theater in one week.  Not bad, considering that before those two shows I think I’ve been to one whole show in all of 2007.  The first show was David Gray and Collective Soul last Friday night.  That was a particularly interesting concert, musically and for, shall we say, other reasons.  [...]

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…but it all starts off with what promises to be a good Friday.
First on the schedule is lunch at Mothers Bistro with my friend Laura, a former coworker.  In addition to their mac and cheese du jour that always tempt me, Mothers also serves breakfast until the afternoon.  Unless the mac and cheese is particularly [...]

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I had an interesting conversation with my boss today in which I admitted that when it’s as slow as it was today at work, I can never tell if people are happy or they’ve just lost confidence in us.  You know, sort of like when you don’t get any emails for awhile, you start wondering [...]

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After more preparation than I normally care to do, my party on Saturday night went off without a hitch.  I decided not to serve my potentially-tainted E. coli pizzas still in my freezer, not because I was afraid people might get sick, but because that’s what I served last time.  Hanne went to Trader Joe’s [...]

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I need more four day weekends.  I don’t think I have to explain myself beyond that.  It’s not that I don’t like my job, I just like time away from it for extended periods of time when I can laze around and pretty much do whatever I want.  I like having multiple day stretches in [...]

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I start my new work schedule this morning, from the night-busting 9-5:30 to the new morning-busting 7:30-4.  I actually prefer the early morning shift, both because it’s quiet for the first part of the morning when no one is here, I already get up early as it is, and I like getting off a bit [...]

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When I start writing a post, the first thing I think about is the title–probably because “Title” is the first field I’m presented with–and my first inclination is to use a lyric from the last song I was listening to, in tonight’s case “Supermassive Black Hole” by Muse.  I usually wait until I’m done writing [...]

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While it provides with a few moments of boredom every now and then as I wait on pieces of information to get to me, work has been going quite well this week. I finished up one project, I’m well on my way to finishing up another, and a big piece of the puzzle for [...]

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I’m taking advantage of my chair right now. It’s in a place with beer, food, liquor, coffee, and free wifi. Completely worth the money.
My birthday turned out very well. The next day? Not so much. That was mostly my fault, though. It’s never wise to drink multiple beers above [...]

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A very nice chair. I paid a lot of money for this chair. I can’t wait to see it.  When I do, I’ll make sure I talk about it, but since I started this entry a week and a half ago, I’m not keen on finishing that thought just yet.  Let’s just call [...]

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I ended up being able to post my last entry from up at Lewis & Clark, after all.  I didn’t gain access to their wireless network, but I used my cell phone as a modem and connected to the Internet courtesy of AT&T.  I’m such a geek.
Another 90 degree day.  I was originally going to [...]

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Occasionally I feel like I take Hanne for granted, so I thought it would be nice to have a “date night” this weekend.  We eat out a lot (hell, we ate out Friday night) but it’s so rarely a “nice” dinner where we get dressed up, have cocktails, etc.  I think the last time we [...]

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Apple is a truly remarkable company. I say that not because I own two iPods and I’m typing this on a MacBook (not to mention my desire to own an iPhone), but because of all the companies I can think of off the top of my head, they’re one of the few who [...]

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The first days of a new job are always difficult one way or another, but this is probably the easiest transition I’ve ever made from one job to another.  For one thing, I know my boss well and I know his style of management (at least, in the context that it’s official management now and [...]

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Having a week off from work and a list of things you want to get accomplished typically means that not many things will get done. Well, with me, at least. I find that I have all this time to do whatever, and I end up spending it doing uninteresting things like watching TV [...]

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