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me: I just had an epiphany
laura: What’s that?
me: A solution to a problem that’s been bugging me for a while.
laura: *stab*
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And with that, a couple of huge weights are lifted off my shoulder. Let's recap or those playing along at home...
Just one class tomorrow and I have a few weeks of "just" work before summer classes start up. It looks like I'm taking Systems Engineering and System Dynamics over the summer. Hopefully with the two classes, the workload won't be too high so that I can manage to get in plenty of riding ;-) Of course, if I bike on the days I come into the office like I did today, that'll help substantially with my overall mileage.
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After much work, Fedora 9 is finally out. It pretty much rules, so you should really check it out. Digg it here
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| alchemist |
| 2008-05-13 09:45 |
| How to I love thee? Let me clean your toilet |
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It must be love.
After work yesterday, I swung by the house to let the dogs out before my Scout meeting. Noticed the garbage had been taken out. Very cool of Ursula to do that for me, I think, I'll have to thank her when she comes over later. Folded laundry and headed out.
Meeting runs long, but that's OK. Meet Ursula at the house and we cooked[1] sausage & kraut with spiced apples[2].
That's when she warns me she's in the mood to clean[3]. Now, I'm not one to refuse help cleaning, And her place is tiny. If this keeps her from obsessively re-arranging her art supplies, I'm willing to help out.
What I DIDN'T expect was having my bedroom and bathroom cleaned and organized.[5] Shock and awe and admiration of her cleaning prowess followed, as well as many, many thanks.
There was much canoodeling over Adult Swim before falling asleep in each others arms, grateful for the way we compliment each other so well.
This morning I couldn't help but think how lucky I am to have her, as I kissed her goodbye and left her curled up in bed with the puppies and kitties.
[1] OK, I cooked. Ursula admits cooking is not her thing. She is an amazing artist, a fantastic writer, and talented in so many ways. Cooking is a skill that isn't in her repertoire. It is, however, one of mine.
[2] Drain kraut, add to pan with about 3/4 bottle of beer and 1-1 1/2 tablespoons of butter. Bring to boil. Add a 1-pound dinner sausage, cut into 2-3 inch pieces and a drained jar of spiced apples. Cover and cook until sausage is done. Serve.
[3] This is a monthly occurrence. You get the idea
[4] She did admit that this is one of the female equivalents of peeing in the corners to mark her territory. Second only to gardening. I am fine with both of these.
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Don't forget that Steephill.tv has all your Giro needs:
Giro d'Italia 2008 Live Dashboard
Giro d'Italia 2008 Route Map, Stage Details, Teams, TV Schedule, Live Video, Results and Photos
http://www.steephill.tv/giro-d-italia/
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| jkeating |
| 2008-05-13 10:12 |
| Just another slow day at the office... |
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I have always known that I have an "addiction" to Coca-Cola. However, I have always taken it as a joke. When I was a teenager I had a spell of vomiting over a period of nights. My parents took me to the doctor. The doctor informed me that Coca-Cola was eating the lining of my stomach and I was vomiting it up along with acids. He ordered me to stop drinking it. I stopped for about a year or so.
Last night I felt so ill. I classified the sickness to my husband as "Coca-Cola sick". I told him that I believed I was going to vomit all night (I had about 6 cokes at work yesterday). Needless to say, there was no vomiting and the ill feeling just went away.
After knowing all of this can you tell me why I want a Coke right now? I HAVE A PROBLEM!
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| jpportz |
| 2008-05-13 13:51 |
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I'm going on a trip the first week of June along this route:
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Should be pretty fun. It's in a "railmotor" which is a self-propelled railcar, kind of like a bus on rails . More details here (PDF)..
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12:21:29 | — | dear rsync: obey my excludes list or feel my wrath |
12:24:51 | — | dear rsync: Please forgive me, i needed --exclude-from, not --exclude |
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http://feeds.penny-arcade.com/~r/pa-mainsite/~3/288945197/ http://www.penny-arcade.com/2008/05/12/sorry/ Tycho : I was really in a rush to put that post up, and it had a bunch of problems that needed to be resolved. Gabe was putting some points into the Wii to check out some of the new WiiWare stuff, and then an ostrich got in here some how, and shit got all fucked up. (CW)TB 
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http://feeds.penny-arcade.com/~r/pa-mainsite/~3/288854182/ http://www.penny-arcade.com/2008/05/12/je-parle-un-peu/ Tycho : Gabe essentially began anti-anxiety medication and planned a trip for Paris in the same week, possibly even in the same moment, and as an observer - it is literally my job to observe - this was an intriguing process. He wasn't yet ensorcelled by the chemical, and yet with full awareness of his own agony he went through the previously unthinkable process of putting all this together. It must have been something like jumping from a plane with a strange backpack and a pamphlet entitled "Your Parachute." The hope was that his mind would be in the correct gear sometime ... 
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I will be running two demos of D&D4e module Keep on the Shadowfell, starting this Tuesday night (tomorrow, May 13th) and this Friday night (May 16th). Both events will kick off at 6:30. We have one slot open for Tuesday night and five slots for Friday night. Folks who sign up will be able to pick up and copy of the Quick-Start rules and their pre-generated character after 5pm tonight. I expect the module to run at least three weeks, but we'll see. The combat rules look to emphasize fast and furious action!
(My favorite bit so far is Valiant Strike, a 1st level at-will Paladin ability that give the paladin a +1 bonus to hit for every adjacent enemy ( so +8 if the paladin is completely surrounded)! Also, like what they've done with Turn Undead: a successful turn does damage and pushes the undead back and briefly immobilizes them, while a miss simply does half damage. That works for me! )
Please sign up below. I'll update the available choices hourly.
EDIT: btw: the remaining slots are not restricted to those who have pre-ordered or are willing to run games at the store.
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| spot |
| 2008-05-12 13:48 |
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My brother just finished his PhD at NC State University, and I couldn't be prouder of him. I went down to NC this past weekend for his graduation. Unfortunately, Pam couldn't come with me, but she was along in spirit.
My seasonal allergies are back in full swing, although, they're a LOT worse in North Carolina than they are in Boston. Without Claritin-D, I was just completely useless, a drippy sniffly mess.
Getting back to Boston was rather painful. First problem: I used my United miles to fly to RDU, and while I have stated it before, I will reiterate that I am not a fan of United Airlines. Getting to Raleigh was straightforward enough, I connected through Washington Dulles with 15 minutes to spare. However, on the return trip, United bounced me through ORD. Of course, this meant that I picked up 3 hours of delay in Raleigh. When I finally got to O'Hare, I'd already missed my connecting flight, so I got rebooked onto a later flight. A much later flight, it turned out, as we didn't leave Chicago until around 10:30 PM. Now, I'm well aware that the delays weren't United's fault entirely, but there are a few key items worth noting:
1. Lots and lots of United customers needed to be rebooked in Chicago as a result of delays and cancellations. This is something that I knew would be true at noon, and yet, the United customer service center in O'Hare had TWO people working a total of 10 stations.
2. I asked the Raleigh United gate agent to rebook my connection, when it became obvious that I would not make it. She was incredibly rude and condescending to me in response, and informed me that "she was just a gate agent" and couldn't do that. Funny, American gate agents can (and do).
3. We sat on the ground in Chicago waiting 45 minutes for United to find... pilots. Seriously.
In the interest of full disclosure, the United gate agent in Chicago did upgrade me to business class when I asked for an exit row seat, so I enjoyed free drinks and comfy seat on the two hour trip to Boston (767), but I didn't arrive home until after 2 AM today.
I finished reading "Bonk", by Mary Roach (who is my favorite science writer), on the plane flight home. Very good stuff, I highly recommend it.
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Had a very nice mothers' day yesterday. Took evelyn to Tarboro to meet her great-grandmother, stopped in Zebulon to see grandmother, then came home and had Thai food with some friends from out of town.
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09:22:02 | — | Preparing for mothers day festivities |
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Anybody know what's happened to Michael Barry of Team High Road? He was supposed to ride the Giro this year, but he wasn't at the start line.
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