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First submission

I finally submitted my first photo to JPG Magazine. It’s an old photo, but once they announced the theme “Embrace the Blur” I decided I had to give it a try. Not to be cocky about it (the shot was pretty much an accident) but this photo to me epitomizes how great blur can be:

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Sometimes my gender makes me cringe

Driving into work today I paused on 92.3 Free FM (whatever the hell that means) as a couple guys were talking about childbirth. Specifically, they were talking about c-sections and how much better they seem than “traditional” childbirth (as they called it). Now, this wasn’t about the convenience, or anything, it was about their assumption [...]

Greatest warning ever!

While trying to repair yet another botched Ubuntu upgrade, I got this fabulous warning message:
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
The following ESSENTIAL packages will be REMOVED!
sysvinit
WARNING: Performing this action will probably cause your system to break!
Do NOT continue unless you know EXACTLY what you [...]

Will It Blend?

Oh I definitely could have used one of these back in college. I mean, just imagine the possibilities…
EDIT: I just realized that I totally botched this link. No wonder no one cared!

These pipes are (almost) clean

I think we were one clogged toilet from having to use our backyard as a very public bathroom. We’re talking 2 bathrooms containing: 1 busted shower, 1 clogged tub, 1 clogged sink, and 1 broken faucet. Each time something broke I was all, “That’s okay, at least the other bathroom still works!” That only lasts [...]

Too geeky for me

I swung by Best Buy yesterday for my weekly what-newly-released-CDs-are-under-ten-bucks trip to find a growing campsite out front. I was briefly perplexed by the number of homeless people who would choose that area for bedding down when I remembered just how stupid people (read: boys in their twenties) can be. OMFG!! The PS3 is coming [...]

One of these days…

These are the things homeownership is now forcing us to deal with:

Forget a possible simple fix for the heater-thingy in the basement. We’re talking replacement now. Just a little rewiring was likely to coast a grand, and there was no guarantee we could even start the boiler after that was done. So it looks like [...]

Breaking News!

On a day when the nation rushes to the polls to determine the course of US politics for the next few years - a day where we could truly shift the direction we as a people are headed in - CNN makes sure to deliver the most important news first:
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Happy Whole Foods Day!

And a merry healthy eating season to all!
The day I’ve been counting down to for months has finally arrived. That’s right, the 55,000 square foot Whole Foods has opened across the street. You just can’t imagine how excited Lisa and I have been as we’ve watched this megastore be constructed, the workers hired, and the [...]