I am pleased to report that we arrived to Pekin on time and the bachelor party went off without a hitch. We had giant steaks, I came out $70 ahead from the casino, and the remainder of the bachelor party lasted until around 6 am. I had to be up for my nephew Ethan’s baptism […]

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By the time this posts, I will be back in Illinois and on my way to my cousin’s bachelor party.  I will be leaving straight from the airport to head to my parents house, then from there directly to check in at the hotel and on to dinner at Alexander’s Steakhouse.  Then it’s on to […]

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Tonight’s workout was pretty straightforward… simple punching and kicking combinations (with some body shifting thrown in for good measure) and kata.  We did Heian Yondan multiple times and then moved on to Unsu.  Unsu was broken into parts to help us focus on particular segments of the kata, and I can now get through the […]

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Today I got a really significant part of our application at work finished up and ready for release with the rest of our development team.  It was a big milestone and we’re all pretty relieved that it is complete.  I finished up my contribution just minutes before it was time to head out to the […]

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Tonight was D&D at Total Escape Games.  It was the DM Revolution, an ongoing set of encounters that get run by a new DM every two weeks.  It is a fun session, full of creativity since you’ve only got a couple weeks to put together a mini storyline. Good news on the work front… we […]

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The weather has taken an unexpected turn for the cold.  That’s what I’m forced to resort to… blogging about the weather. It was a long day at the office today, and it’s going to stay busy through the end of the week.  Things are ramping up for the end of the iteration, but I’m actively […]

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Today was a fun one… I decadently slept in until late morning, and then Tasha and I went to Denny’s.  I ate a super-fried gutbuster of a meal then we came home and I shut down our sprinkler system for the year.  Tasha headed upstairs for a nap, and I finished up some design work […]

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Today we went down to check on the rabbits right before D&D, and we found Java Joe laying still in the bottom of his cage.  I thought he was dead for a moment, and when I walked up he started kicking his feet.  I set him upright and he was acting the same way The […]

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Going to bed early tonight. Watch this space for new and interesting happenings tomorrow. That is all.

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There was nothing good on TV tonight, so Tasha and I went over to look at what the Media Center had recorded.  Strangely, it wouldn’t connect.  I tried to Remote Desktop to the machine and it would also not connect however the computer looked as if it was turned on.  “Oh yeah,” Tasha mentions casually, […]

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