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The first day of the rest of my life

The waiting is over. Today we close on our new house… home. I’m excited and anxious and nervous and… well, a lot of things. Apparently I should be resting my arm right now as I’ll be signing a veritable crapload of paperwork this afternoon. Yippy-ki-yay! Adulthood, here I come.

NewsGator, FeedDemon, and LJ Friends-Only Posts… Oh my!

As I mentioned in my previous post, I’m now using FeedDemon to successfully read my friends’ LiveJournals - even ones that are friends-only. You may wonder why I refuse to just use the Friends page for my account, but I assure you that it’s more than just laziness. It is contempt! The setup of the [...]

Feed me!

For some time now I’ve been struggling to keep up with all of the feeds that interest me. It wouldn’t be a big deal, but that also includes a lot of friends who write on Livejournal - and I’d like to keep up with them. For awhile I’ve used SharpReader, but working on three different [...]

That new machine smell

It’s not technically mine, but since I am the head of IT I ordered for myself (and the new guy who starts next week) as sweet of a system as I could manage. And since I am the administrator, I can get away with a lot more personal use than the average employee. Shhh! Don’t [...]

Nutz and Boltz

Last night I finished the most difficult task in the packing process - my CD collection. While this might not be a big deal for most people, I’ve probably spent more on storage for CDs than most people do on the CDs themselves. This culminated in the purchase of a wonderful CD-600×2 from Boltz a [...]

Two years later

Me Lisa and a beer

Originally uploaded by Thom Slattery.

Another year gone by. Yesterday marked the second anniversary of my oldest sister, Lisa, passing away. We did not spend he day wailing or gnashing our teeth. Instead, those of us who could make it joined my parents for [...]

I’m not listening

It has begun - and I swear it won’t sucker me in this time. You should all know by now of what I speak. Lisa insisted on watching the first show, but fortunately the need to begin packing the bulk of my CD collection kept me out of sight and sound. I just can’t stand [...]

Dry Drunk Emperor

I mentioned TV on the Radio before, but haven’t pushed them enough on people. After the rather mind-blowing performance they put on in support of Franz Ferdinand, the album I got seemed a little disappointing at first. But Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes is definitely a record that requires repeat listening. And time after time [...]

Just got paid…

…friday night. Whoops, it’s actually Saturday morning. But I did get paid yesterday - so the song still holds true. Normally such a regular event would not be worthy of celebration, but this paycheck was different - it contained my raise. You see, I’ve been with Unigene for two and a half years, and have [...]

Fruit of my desire

Coming Apart

Originally uploaded by Dr Momentum.

One of the greatest tastes of the Fruit World is the Pomegranate. Of this, there can be no denial. But the 45 minute it usually takes me to unveil said fruit’s lushish seeds can be rather frustrating - even if it is [...]