Continuing in yesterday’s trend, here is my #2 longest post by word count, weighing in at 1,676 words: Nidan Examination … or … The Rabid Chihuahua Fights Back

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I’m off to a long weekend!  A few days ago, I installed WP Word Count, which informed me of several things.  First, I have written 567,077 words on this blog since it started in June, 2003.  It provides a view into which posts are the longest, and I found that my longest posts to date […]

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Today saw my work issues largely resolved.  I raised my issues to the appropriate level so that more analysis can be done, and if decisions are made that come down and bite us in the butt later I have a paper trail that absolves me from responsibility.  This dramatically improved my workday today, and I […]

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It seems like it was me against the world today.  I had the esteemed pleasure of being the only guy raising up what I feel are rather serious concerns about an application feature that we are building, so that equated to a day full of respectful yet semi-heated arguments.  This is one of the few […]

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I opted for no nap before karate tonight and the workout went pretty well.  We did two primary combinations: jab, reverse punch, jab, then step in lunge punch.  We then did the same combination with front leg front kick in place of the jab, and rear leg front kicks in place of the other two […]

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Tonight Teddy, Tasha, and I went over to our friend Rick and Kristine’s house.  They are going to watch Teddy while we are “camping” this weekend.  Camping is quoted, because more accurately we are staying in a cabin with Paul and Kara to get away from the city for awhile. Teddy got to meet their […]

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Today I woke up at the crack of noon (gotta get all this out of my system before the kid arrives!) and proceeded to dutifully accomplish my chores.  I mowed the lawn, accumulated the soda cans in the proper receptacle, and adjusted the sprinkler system to hopefully soothe the three large brown spots in my […]

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As I mentioned during my last karate post, they are renovating the dance studio that we use for our dojo.  They recently refinished one of the wood floors near the room we train in, so the place was filled with the hanging vapors of wood sealer and varnish.  Add to that the lack of air […]

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I can’t stay long, Tasha’s out with the girls for Girls Night Out so I am off to play guitar for awhile.  For those of you that worry about such things, I went to karate first and had a really great workout. More soon!

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Words don’t describe how excited I am to announce that Tasha and I are expecting our first baby! We’re at 9 1/2 weeks (due March 26) along and we got to take that excellent picture and hear the baby’s heartbeat (a healthy 170 beats per minute) on Wednesday.  My favorite part of the appointment was […]

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