While I was scheduled to leave work today at 2 PM to make up for staying until 6 PM earlier in the week (as opposed to taking the overitme pay), I found myself leaving closer to 1 PM since I’d skipped my lunch.  When the phones all go down at 11 AM for around two [...]

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I wasn’t feeling too well Monday of last week, so I stayed home from work and took it easy.  In my case, this involved watching movies for most of the day, staring somewhat ironically with “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and continuing with “Good Night, and Good Luck” and then finally “Requiem for a Dream.”  That [...]

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Sunday night’s concert at the Crystal Ballroom was quite good.  The Hold Steady are a New York-based band that Hanne likes partially because most of them are originally from the Twin Cities, and partially because well, they’re good.  They have a good rock sound, but the lead singer fits a lot of words into his [...]

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Last weekend was, in the common vernacular, “a hell of a weekend.”  Let me explain.
Fridays are always fun in general, but Fridays where dinner and drinks are paid for are even better.  After work, I met Hanne and her family over at the Bridgeport Brewpub and Brewery, which I haven’t been to in at least [...]

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Cripes.  Has it really been a month since I last posted a “real” blog entry?  My Twitters show just a slice of what I’m doing at the moment, but I’ve just been too lazy to sit down and write a real entry, I guess.  I haven’t been this lazy about writing since I was in [...]

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Today I moved up into the big leagues of brewing, or at least, I purchased the equipment I need to move up into the big leagues of brewing.  After dropping what felt like a metric assload of money to get said equipment (most of which I’ll earn back from the sale of various things I [...]

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I had a great weekend last week, this time it was largely productive, which was a good thing, in my case.  I got a lot accomplished at work on Friday, and so I asked to get out of there a bit early, and with that extra time I took my car to a place to [...]

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I found myself in a culinary quandary this evening for dinner, as Hanne had to eat quickly before Dragon Boat practice, and the three closest take-out places that I frequent were all off the menu: Hanne and I got sandwiches at the grocery store so that was out, I had Greek food for lunch today [...]

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It was 80-something on Thursday, 90-something on Friday, and somewhere in between yesterday.  The calendar may not reflect it yet, but summer has officially arrived here at casa de Andrew.  The windows are open, Hanne and I are sitting outside (thanks, wireless and laptop), and I’m listening to alternating sounds of a woodpecker and news [...]

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I couldn’t remember when I’d written last, so I had to look back to see what my last entry was.  Oh yes, my evening at Green Dragon with Beer Valley Brewing in attendence.  That was quite an evening.  As Hanne couldn’t join me, I went by myself, armed with my laptop and a desire for [...]

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AT&T is killing me today.  First they drop all data connections for two of my users’ BlackBerry handhelds, then they start bouncing back our emails sent to their various domains claiming my firm is spamming.  Bah!  Clearly they’re in error, but it’s going to take them a day or two to get it sorted out.
St. [...]

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Hanne and I did end up going climbing today, though she was feeling so unmotivated and lazy we almost didn’t.  I’m glad we did, though, as I managed to reach the top of another route (technically, an easier route than the other two I topped yesterday) and Hanne came every close to beating her White [...]

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I hate ants.  I really do.  Third year in a row and almost a week later and I’m still dealing with those creepy crawlies searching my kitchen for foodstuff.  I thought I had their entry points contained.  I thought by the use of a combination of poison and deterrents I could establish chokepoints and put [...]

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I don’t know what the hell I did to my shoulder yesterday, but it’s killing me.  Hanne and I bought a vertical corner shower caddy when we first moved into the new apartment, but it needed to be trimmed a little bit to fit in our shower.  So Hanne trimmed a bit off using a [...]

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I don’t know why I’m counting down Hanne’s finals–they’re not even mine.  I guess I feel somewhat relieved to do so since she’s been studying morning, noon, and night for what feels like the last two weeks, and at some point I’d love to get my girlfriend back.  Call me selfish, if you will, and [...]

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