I have decided to set some February goals.
I intend to:
* Go to bed before 12:30 am every night.
* Bring my lunches to work as often as possible (the only exception is going away lunches, or other work-related outings).
* Get back on the debt-repayment wagon.
These things are in addition to my normal karate goals and other [...]

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After our showers today, Tasha noticed that yet again the bathtub drain wasn’t working. It got to the point where I’d be standing at least ankle deep in water, so I decided to try to fix it.
First, I tried Drano. It made things drain a little better, but it was still so far [...]

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Last week, had stopped by my desk for some reason and during the discussion it was pointed out that my iPod was scratched up again. Someone (possibly ) suggested that I use the Brasso Method again to see how it does.
Well, I just spent almost an hour working on my iPod and it [...]

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Aside from the workout, Saturday was a very lazy day. After getting home, I elected to take a several hour nap while Tasha did some running around town that she had to do. After that, we went out to dinner at Ruby Tuesday (triple prime burger == nirvana) and then went to Best [...]

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I returned to the dojo on Saturday morning after a week of nursing a pulled muscle in my back. I was intent on taking it easy, however I couldn’t resist the lure of partner drills and some slow sparring.
Everything held together well! I worked on stalking down with marginal success. [...]

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You Are Homer Simpson

You’re just an ordinary, all-American working Joe…
With a special fondness for pork rinds and donuts.
You will be remembered for: your little “isms” and philosophies on life
Your life philosophy: “Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals … except the weasel.”

The Simpsons Personality Test

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Reclining Teddy Originally uploaded by dalcher.
Here is Teddy, taking a break on the couch in plain view of some fantastic photography. He looks kind’ve regal in this pic.

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Special thanks to Matt H. for helping me get this one done, and to Anthony for couriering the antenna from Bloomington. Tonight I was able to hook up an indoor antenna to my plasma and pick up enough signals to make the effort worthwhile.
The only perplexing signal was that of the ABC affiliate, which [...]

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This weekend I started exploration into over-the-air high definition video capture for my system. Luckily, I brought my new work laptop home this weekend and noticed that it has a DVI port on it, and I had a DVI -> HDMI converter all ready to test it out.
I switched around on the [...]

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1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT? Right little finger, burned with sealing wax when putting programs together for my wedding.
2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM? Living room – a beautiful tree picture by one , a wrought iron plate rack containing my wife’s Longaberger leaf plates, and my [...]

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