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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Somara’s dizziness persists
It seems the medication the nurse (not a PA or doctor) prescribed for Somara wasn’t enough. There was some slight, brief progress after Tuesday evening but a huge regression happened yesterday. I don’t know how severe it is until I … Continue reading
Music Collection hits 2500 CDs
This was achieved back on Tuesday but I didn’t get around to ripping, cataloging and inventorying the material until today. Of course, you’re probably thinking, “CDs? Does anybody buy those anymore?” Guilty. I’m not quite the musical Luddite as those … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Nelson
My friend joins the Prime Number Club today! What a great way to kick off Spring Break. Well, it’s Spring Break in Austin which means the UT students leave so all the jackasses with ponytails and cell phones can enjoy … Continue reading
New car is here…partially
Yesterday wasn’t very pleasant. I’ve been fighting off the beginning of a cold with a sore throat and I managed to get the afternoon off; take an opportunity to sleep it off since I felt the worst of it was … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Brian
My brother turns the big 4-0 today. I hope he and his family have a nice, big three-day weekend planned to celebrate. Meanwhile, I did find a funny card, it will just be late due to Somara’s dizziness and my … Continue reading
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Dizziness diagnosed on Somara
Somara even having such a problem was news to me when she told everybody at breakfast on Sunday. Namely her ongoing issue of it for 4-6 weeks. I’m not going to discuss the why at this point because it’s irrelevant … Continue reading
Light rail begins in two weeks…finally!
How I totally forgot about this development is a testament of how pre-occupied I was with a couple other things because last year CAMPO (Austin’s mass transit organization) finished constructing the Howard Lane stop around this time. I’ve been pretty … Continue reading
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Brandi Carlile
Last night was my co-worker/friend’s turn to pick a concert and a while back she chose Brandi Carlile who always gives me a Johnny and Rosanne Cash vibe; this is a good thing. I’m not even sure how well known … Continue reading
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What a game last night!
The playoff picture is heating up in the AHL as well as the NHL for us in Austin. Our Stars remain in fourth place but they won a critical game agains the Rockford Icehogs (farm team for the Blackhawks) to … Continue reading
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Happy Ninth Birthday Jack
The younger son of my friends Paul & Helen turns nine today. Unlike his older brother, it appears the weather has panned out in his favor; last month’s weather made DC resemble the South Pole for a while. I spoke … Continue reading
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Trade deadline passes uneventfully for Philly
If you want to know and didn’t see me gripe in person or via FaceBook, the US loss to Canada in overtime sucked. Firstly, the US beat the Canuckleheads a week earlier so the game for all the marbles was … Continue reading
Somara’s Third Place victory
Last weekend was Austin’s cake decorating competition thing. If you recall the year before, Somara took second place for taste on her tiramisu-based confection. This year she got more into the spirit of the Sci-Fi theme. Originally she had two … Continue reading
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174th Texas Independence Day
It’s only a coincidence that it happened to be on the same day as the Texas Primaries for both of the major parties; the Teabaggers already had two gatherings elsewhere (Nashville and the CPAC thing). Much like American Independence Day, … Continue reading
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The ultimate D&D room
My ex-girlfriends and parents thought I had too much D&D crap but they would’ve had a collective stroke if they saw this (courtesy of Jeremy). It is rather impressive despite all the multiple copies of the same books and boxes … Continue reading
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Happy belated birthday Nicolas
It’s always easy to forget Nic’s birthday, he was born on February 29, 2000 which isn’t just any Leap Day, it’s the one that happens once every 400 years. His unusual birthday helped me discover a shortcoming I need to … Continue reading
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