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Cheap
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Given the insanity in the world right now with spiking energy costs, ill-conceived federal spending, and generally piss-poor state government timing, I’m once again cutting a lot of my usual…
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Mayo
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I despise mayonnaise, and that goes double for the “Better Living Through Modern Chemistry” liquid fat analog that passes for mayo at a fast food place. So, you can imagine…
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Xanth
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I guess it was about 1980 or so, on one of my routine trips to the local book store on Main Street in Longmont, that I spotted my first Xanth…
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300
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For about a year now, the local Chrysler dealership has been pestering me to come buy this 300 sedan they’ve had on the lot since fall of last year; it’s…
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Second Life
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A quick video walkthrough of my latest sim build; Selentia. This is my personal hidey-hole in Second Life. My roommate owns the sim next door, and I themed that one…
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Eco
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My neighborhood has both a regular trash service and a recycling service, each with a different can. I generate so little trash that I don’t really participate… I mean, by…
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I’ve Seen All Good People
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Yesterday I posted about the Pink Floyd show I saw in 1994, which was notable as being the last Pink Floyd tour ever. A few years prior to this I…
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Division Bell
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It is June 18th, 1994, just after sunset… I’m standing in a throng of 69,788 people on the field of Mile High Stadium; the scent of pot thickly fills the…
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Red Barchetta
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I’m sitting here at work, working (as one tends to do at work), and I’m playing my ‘old man’ music… Today is a selection of old Rush from the recent…
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Software
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Long, long ago software came on physical media – actual floppies, CDs, and DVDs – and I’ve held on to a lot of it that I’ve purchased over the years.…
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History
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Still on my personal quest to nail down specific dates and places for my memoirs; everything gets a bit murky after twenty-plus years, and I’m a stickler for detail. Today…
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Arts and Crafts
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I’ve had a few odd art requests from various acquaintances over the last week, and as they seem to be happy with them, I’ll post there here for posterity. First…
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Perception
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I’m old, so I’ve seen a lot of weather maps in my time… One of the things I’ve noticed over the years is that weather maps seem to be experiencing…
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Update
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Went out to top off the gas tank and get a few groceries today; it’s a pretty crazy world out there… Firstly, I paid $5.20 a gallon for gas today…
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Movies
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It’s been a hot minute since the last time I went to the movies… Between needing a space suit for one year, and then the economy being pure suck for…
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April Showers Bring May Blizzards
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It snowed all night, so here’s how things look here in Colorado this morning… If it looks cold, that’s because it is; it’s 28 degrees outside. 🙂 Listening to “Explorers”…
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Weather
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Yesterday it was almost 90 outside, today it is… Listening to “Girl Can’t Help It ” by Journey
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Sauce
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I’m a big fan of hot sauce and tend to put it on everything, because everything can use a bit more spice in my humble opinion. I’m also a bit…
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WoW
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Blizzard, owned by Activision, owned by Microsoft (Microblizzavision) announced the next expansion for World of Warcraft (WoW) about two weeks ago. It piqued my curiosity… See, I more or less…
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Breakfast
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No matter how complicated life gets or how convoluted the world seems, there’s always some solace at Waffle House… Waffle Houses are interesting in that they are always there for…