Category: Alex
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I wear a badge. A dork badge.
I deliberately did not post yesterday. I didn\’t think I could do the anniversary justice, without getting too much into politics and other things that make me rage up when I think too much about it. However, if you need a 9/11 reminiscence, I urge you to check out Michelle\’s blog entry from yesterday. It…
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It\’s now a sort of bamboo hut.
We\’ve been getting new location signs put up outside the rooms here at work. You know the ubiquitous blue sign with sterile white lettering, letting you know exactly where you are in the organization. Fun, right? So down the hall from me we have a group who\’s name starts with the word \”Extended\”. Imagine my…
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Introducing. . .
Good morning everyone. Meet Jax. If you\’d prefer to be more formal, introducing Lieutenant Jackson Bonkers V. Yes, I realize that this officially makes us crazy cat people, but the little guy was irresistible. Plus, we needed a little more testosterone around the two apartments. I was getting a little outnumbered. Greta and Stella (in…
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Open For Discussion
It\’s Friday, and I don\’t have a whole lot of time for witty repartee today. So I thought I\’d try something new, and (naturally) really, really simple. We\’ll call it an open discussion, but what I\’m really after is as follows. Let\’s see a show of hands – who would like me to obtain: This.…
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Answers to your unasked questions.
Greetings. 1) Yes, I did see that Apple dropped the price on the iPhone yesterday. 2) Yes, that does mean that the model I bought a month ago was $100 more expensive and half the size of what is now the only model they offer. 3) Yes, had I bought mine 18 days later I\’d…
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Delicious, but deadly.
Things that are related to each other. Emphysema. Asthma. Black Lung. Popcorn Lung. Popcorn Lung! Mmmm… popcorn… *drool*. Seriously, I had no idea. Apparently there\’s been some recent news that not only can if afflict the people who manufacture it, but also people who consume it. You know, if you eat it more than twice…
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YouTubes in action
(Full disclosure: All of the following links were culled from this post over at matthewgood.org) This here is what happens when someone who\’s listened to too much Eddie Van Halen takes on pop culture. I was fully prepared to hate this from the moment the clip started, but it was too horrifically brilliant to deny.…
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Our dichotomy opens the combat
Greetings. I think I remember how this place works. Apologies for my unexplained absence lately. I had to cut my summer two weeks short to serve on jury duty (which I may or may not make a big post on here), and as such my month of August became a bit busy, trying to cram…
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To paraphrase the great Keanu…
Whoa. Just watch this thing through, it\’s got more plot twists than a lot of movies Trent has dragged me to. (Found via The News Hole.)
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I can has iPhone.
Yes, I\’ve resorted to nerd humor. Sosumi. So anyway, yes, I am the proud new owner of an expensive gadget. I finally decided that the cost per month wasn\’t going to increase much, and that I\’d find a way to rationalize the initial cost-of-gadget. I\’m still working on that, but I\’ve got some ideas for…