Archive for July, 2008
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Good news: the loft question is settled, option 3 wins. In the end, I hate hitting my head on things. Bad news: new indecisiveness.Now, to ease the pain of moving into such a small space, I'm allowing myself the small comfort of a flatscreen television. The footprint of my current ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
The bar tab just got here. Let's just split it like men, all right?
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Starting this evening, I'm between Time Warner accounts until we move into the new place on the 31st. No cable, which is a minor inconvenience, but no Internet, which already has me twitching. No open WiFi nodes, either. Lousy neighbors.
I'm laying on the couch, where we barely get ...
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
What I'm writing about here is something that has caused me a great deal of acrimony in my everyday life and relationships. People are walking away, rolling their eyes, telling me to shutup, all at a much higher rate than usual. Even my dear sweet beautiful bride-to-be does not want ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
Brains on the Line (via)
You can see the quarterback with a 24, the center (over 6 feet and around 300 lbs.) averaging higher at 25, and the outside linemen even a little higher. Presumably this is because the outside linemen need to mentally quick (as well as tough) to read ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
I enjoyed watching the All-Star Game last night. I know! But then again, I've always been an asshole for trainwrecks and watching things break.AL extends All-Star dominanceThe American League won the All-Star game, 4-3, in 15 innings in front of a sellout crowd of 55,632 at soon-to-be-razed Yankee Stadium when ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
The Holy Grail of roadtrip fast food: a genuine bona fide KenTacoHut. Can I order from all three menus?
Jeff and I on Segways. Meaghan was not impressed with my GOB Bluth impression.
FINALLY a movie theater that hates those fucking teenagers as much as I do! And evening tickets were only ...
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
When I make it down to see Jeff and Shanna, I know I can count on a rednecky good time. Yesterday, Jeff really outdid himself, with the barbecue and the canned beer and the Creedence and the shirtless redneck associates and the skeet shooting and the illegal fireworks.
See? Not an ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
View Larger MapHere's the vacation itinerary:Thursday 7/3, 3pm: depart New York via George Washington BridgeFriday 7/4, early AM: arrive Durham, NCFriday 7/4, 10am: depart Durham, NC, with MeaghanFriday 7/4, 7pm: arrive DeFuniak Springs, FL, for a weekend with my brother and sister-in-lawMonday 7/7, 8am: depart DeFuniak Springs, FLMonday 7/7, 5pm: ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Dave and I signed a lease on a new apartment this morning, on the same street we are now, one block to the east. We are understandably excited. Please enjoy these crummy photos I took with the iPhone while I was looking at the apartment.
Here is the view from a ...
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