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Bailouts…
You may have heard that the US government gave several large US banks a big loan to try and fix our fubar economy – which was caused by these banks…
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Winter… Finally…
Winter has finally come to the high country and it has been snowing on and off for four days now, which is nice. The down side to this is that…
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The day of Wrath…
The biggest thing in gaming since Zork happened last night at 12:01 – people you know will not be at work today, families will be loosing children and spouses for…
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Gaming for a cause…
Those of you who play “WoW” might have heard something about tonight’s “Running to the Bulls for Ezra”. Rather than type a lot, I’ll just link some things here: This…
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New regime…
Well, it looks fairly official that the US has its first non “old white guy” sitting in the big chair. I’ll not go into who I voted for as its…
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It is a quarter to two in the morning…
And I’m still awake. I didn’t go in in to work yesterday, and I’m not going in today either. The medication I’m on is making me all sorts of sick:…
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Home again, home again…
I’m back home again. Tired, sore, and planning on a hot shower and some sleep. Once again I survived… Though their aim is getting better. 😉 I’ll be on Augmentin…
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I’m in the hospital…
I’ve managed to get a fairly major case of cellulitis in my lower right leg, which has had me in the hospital since Sunday morning. The good news is I’m…
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The gate is still open…
And it has been open since 1986 at least… For anyone who’s read Jack Chalker’s “Well of Souls” novels, you’ll understand what I mean when you see the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%27s_hexagon…
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Cats…
Marshal is on his second bag of this new cat food I’m trying him on; Innova “Evo”. This is supposed to be the best dry cat food made, period, and…
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IM…
Ok, ok… Folks seem to want to talk at me often enough that I guess I have to consider this “Instant Messenger” thing… See, I’m not one for impromptu conversations…
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Of Kings, Liches, and a bit of Wrath…
Well, I got into the Wrath of the Lich King beta, which is the next expansion for “World of Warcraft”. What this means for the world in general is that…
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Another week begins…
Its the start of a new week up here in the thin air, and as I sit here watching the sun come up over Legault Mountain with my cup of…
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It is quiet… Too quiet…
Due to a pole fire on the 115kv line that feeds the 285 corridor, the local power company has the power turned off from Buena Vista to Morrison this morning.…
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Batman…
Saw the new Batman tonight. It was a company outing and as such it was a free show, so that right there saved me $9.75, which is nice. Of course…
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Update…
Things are starting to settle in here in the thin air. As one would expect, there are certain ‘learning experiences’ with new roommates in that one has to learn to…
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Of warning signs…
Are people really so dense that they need to be told what is dangerous? Don’t answer that… These new servers I got here at work (Dell PowerEdge 1950 III), of…
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Of movies and laundromats…
Went to the theater over in Evergreen last night and saw Hellboy 2. It was a fun movie, but kind of disjointed – almost like the movie wasn’t sure if…
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Marshal 2, Mice 0…
Marshal caught another one of these little gray field mice… I think that accounts for the two we saw when we moved in. Interestingly, Marshal does not deliver them as…
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Update…
Well, it promises to be a busy weekend. The last two items were hauled out of my apartment in Aurora yesterday; a 19″ TV and some plastic sheets for one…