Monthly Archives: October 2010

Greetings from my iPad!

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Steve

It finally arrived after all my impatient fussing, which started as soon as I had a tracking number online. Thankfully it arrived two days early, I was jonsin’ by Friday evening. Overall, how is it? Pretty cool but I need … Continue reading →

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Digging out and recuperating

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Steve

Personally, I’m amazed my mediocre immune system hung in there as long as it did recently. The blistering heat of Central Texas ended earlier than normal which leads to cold-and-flu season here, usually mixed up some people’s nastier allergies from … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Helen

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Steve

She gave me some grief last weekend on the phone when I was off by two days. Normally, I do have it logged correctly in my oldest electronic source but I had been depending upon the newer one tied to … Continue reading →

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Chucks Solution version 2.0

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Steve

To celebrate our great reviews at work, we took advantage of the annual Elfa sale with the Container Store. Two more shelves were acquired. Last Fall my brother-in-law Aaron installed the vertical pieces which are the foundation. All we had … Continue reading →

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Happy 101010 or 42!

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Steve

Too bad Douglas Adams didn’t live to see the day when the answer to everything arrived. For those of you with lives, today’s day equals 42 in binary. It’s a stretch but sadly no major video games, movies, music or … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Chance!

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Steve

How fitting! During a weekend of celebrating all the good news Somara and I received from work…and may not stop for a while…it’s the birthday of a little guy who probably doesn’t remember us eight years ago in Phoenix. We … Continue reading →

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Oddly, this wasn’t an Onion story

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Steve

A friend sent a quick chat message stating “Fans offer Weezer $10 million to break up.” I reacted with, “Ha ha! Oh The Onion, they can be so witty.” Nope, it was a real story wasting electrons on the Internet. … Continue reading →

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Kuroneko’s surveillance

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Steve

Again, Kuroneko didn’t turn away when I caught her on my iPhone doing something cute. She usually does if it’s recording a movie but not a photo. Rather uncanny. Somara recently returned the tower to the corner between two windows. … Continue reading →

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Brad Lukowich

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Steve

Tuesday evening was the Stars’ Meet n’ Greet between the new 2010-11 lineup and the fans (namely season-ticket holders). I was overjoyed to attend. I think I missed last year’s due to a prior commitment, they didn’t have one or … Continue reading →

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I’m semi-famous!

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Steve

Unless you’ve been able to avoid it on ESPN, Versus, etc.; pre-season hockey and basketball are underway. This being America and the middle of football (NFL and College) season, it has been pretty easy. Me? I still have functioning widgets … Continue reading →

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Happy belated Birthday Lazz

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Steve

Yesterday was the birthday of a really great person and incredibly talented artist, my friend Rob who goes by the nickname Lazz (it’s derived from his Italian surname, the best kind to have!). If you’re into D&D, you often see … Continue reading →

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Over half-way there on a “permanent” spot in Vegas!

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Steve

The last several weeks have been hectic yet one good outcome from the stress was all the recent windfalls of savings/refunds we’ve received. We managed to almost cut our home-insurance premium in half (the sleazebags at Travelers jacked it 19 … Continue reading →

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RIP Stephen Cannell

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Steve

Modern television for better or worse wouldn’t be the same without this guy. Glad to know from his obit that he wrote/created shows I liked (The Greatest American Hero, Black Sheep Squadron) which cancel out the ones I hated (The A-Team, … Continue reading →

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