Monthly Archives: January 2009

Fast As You

We went to San Antonio and Austin for our honeymoon. While we were in Austin we went to Waterloo Records and I bought Live by Dwight Yoakam. Every time we make our way to Texas we make sure we stop … Continue reading

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When Hell Is Full, The Dead Will Walk The Earth

Early this morning I was having a dream about vampires and zombies. Apparently the area around our house was full of them. I had to kick the kitchen chairs apart so we’d have stakes to dispatch the vampires. When we … Continue reading

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Working from home

I’m working from home today because a course I’m working on needs image work and the person who usually creates our images has a conflict with doing the images for this particular course and so I’m doing them. At home. … Continue reading

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He Started Off With Always A Friend

Yesterday the better-half met me at my office and we drove to Charlottesville to see Alejandro Escovedo perform at the Gravity Lounge. Before the show we stopped by Miller’s and enjoyed the smoky goodness of a great bar. The food … Continue reading

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Celebrating Early

The Chinese New Year is on Monday but we’re celebrating early by having The Niece, Lil’ Elvis and their parents over this afternoon.

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Brown Goes Down

For Christmas we gave the MIL a rose bouquet a month from FTD. We bought the six month plan and today she was supposed to get her second delivery. UPS claims they can’t find the recipient name and won’t deliver … Continue reading

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Words, No Pictures

I just finished completing some information on a monthly report that everyone in my department must complete, but I get the lucky experience of being responsible for the entire thing whereas everyone else just updates and goes about their merry … Continue reading

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Duck prosciutto is a many splendored thing

We let the duck breast hang in the garage one extra day because we wanted to be sure that it was cured enough. The garage has been especially cold and we were worried that the drop in temperatures out there … Continue reading

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W, Don’t Let It Hit You On The Way Out

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The beer and the ice were cold

I had a beer from Star Hill last night. Only one beer at a hockey game? It’s so I didn’t have to get up and disturb the natives. The natives were restless and rowdy. There were two fights within the … Continue reading

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