Dear Mr. IKEA

Yesterday was pretty exciting for me. At least it started that way. It was the day to get furniture for our renovated space. It’s not that going to IKEA is a great joy, but, getting furniture means we are close to done. Yippee!
It started the day before and truck borrowing. I knew I needed a [...]

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Dog People

There are dog people and there are cat people. I’m not sure if this is instinctive or learned behavior. Probably a little of both. I am a dog person. A big dog person. Some of this came from my father who believed that if you could punt it, it wasn’t a pet (fortunately neither of the [...]

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The iConspiracy

In one of Jon’s recent posts on FutureNow, he waxes on sublimely about the virtues of iPhoto. In another, he copies the post from a blog of a friend who was lured to the Dark Side by the iTouch, just another example, he says of Apple gaining market share. He does not realize that this is all a part of Mr. [...]

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Another Day in the Salt Mines

Bambi on ice

The song, “Workin’ in a coal mine, goin’ down, down, down,” was, for some reason, playing in my head as I left for work this morning. Another day means another day at work until this build-out is finished. Larry was working from home. I would say that’s a luxury I don’t have but [...]

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Orlando Photos

Orlando 2008

Here it is. The Big Finale. I know you’re about as excited as I am. It took a few days to get to it; Larry off to DC the morning after we left, me back to 10 hour days at work, taking out time for the occasional diatribe. We both worked today again and [...]

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Full of –it

And why do I bring this up, you ask? Jon decided to do an 10 day cleansing fast. Something to do with peer pressure, being 30-thus getting old and falling apart, bad advice, wrong heroes? Perhaps one too many people told him he was full of crap which he knew it to be true and wanted to [...]

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The RV Debate

It’s simple. It’s organic. It’s visceral. I hate RVs. More clearly put, the thought of living in one gets the same instaneous reaction every time, deep in my gut, the kind of reaction you might feel if someone said, “Wanna live in an old rotting refrigerator box in the middle of nowhere? Wouldn’t that be fun?” [...]

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Orlando Day 4

I woke for the final time in Orlando at 8:17, my sleeping-in skills honing to perfection at the same time they are no longer necessary. The sun peaking through the break in the blinds promising a last day of sun before returning to Frostbite Falls later today. The weatherman on TV was lamenting the chilly [...]

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Orlando Day 3

I did not get this posted last night because Larry’s computer went into the-battery-is-about-to-die shut down mode as I was finishing. I thought it would give me another few minutes before it went blank, but I was wrong. Much to my relief, when I checked this post this morning, it had saved what I had written [...]

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Orlando Day 2

I decided to post while waiting for my massage, which was postponed from this morning because we couldn’t get away from the schpeel in time. Yes, we bought. I’m sure Larry will update.
We went over to Universal Citywalk last night for dinner and The Blue Man Group, or BMG according to the abbreviated signage. Good [...]

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